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Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg super-agent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers," capable of exploiting the human/machine interface by re-programming human minds to become puppets to carry out their criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside-down and inside-out.
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The ultimate Ghost in the Shell ^_^.......2007-01-15
This is the ultimate Ghost in the Shell manga! The 2nd edition has 18+ rating and so it includes original adult content :-) Also it's printed on a really quality paper with A5 dimensions so it's quite handy and nice. For GitS fans who don't have the 1st edition this is a must buy. Go for it you won't be disappointed ^_^
Great read.......2007-01-15
This book excellent. The author uses great choice of words. Overall, this is a great read.
Good, and uncensored..........2007-01-06
Well, what can I say... If you're a Ghost in the Shell fan, and you don't like getting your mangas censored (as in, entire pages removed), then get this edition of the Ghost in the Shell manga. It's much easier to follow when compared to the second manga (man machine interface) - which actually has very little to do with the first one. I'm not going to go over the story as I'm sure most of you who are looking at this item have seen either the movie or the TV series, and now wish to read the original work. So I thought I'd be a little more technical with my review, firstly, I would say that the paper is awesome quality, not the standard dull paper which is normally used for paperbacks, in terms of color pages, unfortunately, that's where the second manga kills the first, the second manga had so much in color (about half) it was almost hard to believe, this manga is for the most part just black and white with the occasional 3 color pages thrown in here and there. I've given this 4 stars because I think it is not as enjoyable as some of the other mangas I have read, but overall, not a bad purchase, do note that the drawing style is quite old, don't expect the same style as the second manga as that is much newer than this one.
BE HUMAN.......2006-02-06
Ghost in the Shell is more of an accumulation of stories printed over several years by the mysterious Shirow Masamune instead of a deftly plotted piece, so it reads more like an anthology than a series. Major Kusanagi is the lead operative for "Section 9", a covert anti-cyberterrorist unit in 2029 Japan. In this somewhat realistic future, the bodies of humans can be modified with cyborg implants, or even more extreme, the "ghost", or soul can be moved to a fully robotic body of various shapes and sizes. Even the most normal humans can communicate with each other through the net through receptors placed inside them. The big problem this world is having is the blurring of what is machine and what is human. Another one is that because we are connected over the net, viruses and hackers can actually take over the human will and force them to commit crimes. That's where Section 9 comes in. They have to deal with political assasinations, suicidal/homicidal cyborgs, criminals who can change bodies, and machines that want the same rights as us! And they have to deal with all this behind the scenes without bringing any attention to themselves or the public will cry murder.
While the art of Ghost in the Shell can be offputting at times because of its cartoonish style, (for example, most of the male characters look like simians), once you get used to the art, you can find real beauty in it. Masamune draws attractive women particularly well, and in this second edition, some more erotic elements enter into the fray. The artist is at his best when Ghost is in more traditional action mode instead of when Shirow descends into psychobabble about the nature of consciousness. As evidenced by the voluminous notes on his sources, I'm sure HE knows what he's talking about, but does the average reader? But the notes do help on some of the plot points. The design of the book is exquisite and it makes me wonder why Dark Horse did not put out this edition originally instead of making us buy two copies.
I would highly recommend the excellent Stand Alone Complex anime, which focus more on the action elements. The two films, on the other hand, deal with the psychobabble and are inferior to the manga and the TV show.
What we can learn through "Ghost in the Shell".......2005-12-23
"Ghost in the Shell" is the SF comic written bi Japanese caricaturist,Masamune Shirow in 1991. This story became a movie and won a high popularity all over the world. Recently it gained popularity again since many short stories and the second movie of it, "Innocence" were produced.
The title "Ghost in the Shell" implies the topic of the story rather than the original Japanese title, "Power Suit Assault Force (Koukaku Kidoutai)." Ghost means human mind and spirit and shell means the hard outer parts. SO the ghost in the shell describes the human mind and spirits moved into electric brains of mechanized bodies.
The time is the nearly future, "highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it." People changed some parts of their bodies into machine as cyborg and can access to the vast network of information. The main character, Motoko investigates the incidents and fights to seize the criminals as a member of security group, Power Suit Assault Force.
The criminals for the plots mainly account for the political corruptions and illegal trades. High technology of computer, such as computer virus and network have share on those incidents. Most of people can connect to network and communicate by their own brains since they changed their brains to the electric ones. For example, the hacker controls other people by changing the memories of their electric brains through the network system as if we erase and paste the data by using the computer on the Internet. Internet was not well developed in that time but the author prospected what would happen in the future with high technology of Internet system.
Motoko is worried about her own existence. "Sometimes I wonder if I've really died, and what I think of as "me" isn't really just an artificial personality comprised of a prosthetic body and e-brain." It shows the paradox that people get more worried with immortal mechanic body than with human body. Mortality of body is an aspect that living things have. And the other factor to define existence is concept of ghost, only-human soul or heart, appearing in the title. It is not clearly defined in the story but it is working like human instinct. Like Motoko said when she decided to attack, "A little voice is urging me on..." "My ghost!" Some people say they hear little voice inside when consider starting an action. So ghost is our desire for actions.
I think the author is basically criticizing things that we are doing in this world, not SF future world. There is an interesting conversation between Motoko and Aramaki, her boss. Aramaki said, "Whether it's a simulated experience or a dream, the information that exists is all real...and an illusion at the same time." Then Motoko responded, "You mean in the same way novels and films change people?" Reality and illusion are same in the way they influence actions of people, as perception. I remembered some people commit crimes by being inspired by TV programs and movies. Aramaki added, "People are only exposed to a limited amount of information in their lives. In this case, the fate of a single nation and the life of a single person have been treated as through they're worthless. Most people will never know a thing..." For me the author seemed to emphasize the limitation of information even we get the technology to access a large amount of it. I remembered people tend to choose information that they prefer unconsciously. It is also a social, Marxism critic between people on the top and on the ground, between ones manipulating information advantageously and ones getting information from them and being controlled. Aramaki said, "People get caught up in worldly events and seek nothing but pleasure, becoming machines pursuing profit and efficiency, or mere consumption units..." He criticizes ones only seeking pleasure, like a form of profits even through the crimes, and likened people to machines which do not know to stop and think independently, can only work dependently on programs. It is also like Marxism critic not that people create and control society but that society has existed to control people. Aramaki added "As an adventurer once said long ago: "Sometimes people need time just to stop and think...", "...And people are the only ones who can do that..." The author seems to entrust a possible action to improve human society to this adventurer's word.
The author is questioning the human history in the other scene. Motoko responded to Batou, her coworker, asking whether she know the word human right, "That's a term that emerged from the interface of morality and reality..." and "I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action." It is also an irony that humans haven't done what they have wanted to do. For example, discriminations against African Americans were banned long time ago, but it took long time until all American citizens really live together. We have created many definitions from our wishes. But it takes long time until these definitions came true.
The Ghost In The Shell is not just a SF story but has many theme criticizing how people are right now. Don't think The Ghost In The Shell is just a cyborg SF story--because it is completely misunderstanding. This story gave us great understanding about the relationship between individuals and society and between wishes and reality. And one thing I want to tell you at last is that this original story's scenes are dispersed into others such as Stand Alone Complex series. So if you have watched other series, you will find many scenes in this book that you have ever seen in other episodes. It is a very good aspect.
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March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist net security expert heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to solve a series of bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the temporal universe, brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, and the other by the complex, evolving Motoko entity. What unfolds will be all in a day's work...a day that will change everything, forever.
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Pretty computer graphics, but really no story.......2007-02-07
The original "Ghost in the Shell" was a watershed graphic novel that defined the standard for the genre, but this sequel just doesn't hold a candle to the original. A huge disappointment.
The original explored cybernetics, cyborgs, the nature of consciousness in the body, and tossed in such political realities as government-sponsored wetwork, supersoldiers, and intragovernmental infighting.
In this wan and thin sequel, Motoko fights computer viruses and mentally joins with a new silicon-based life form.
Frankly, that COULD be an interesting story, but it's pretty slow, tedious going here. We get page after page of Motoko shouting anti-virus commands to her robot assistants while we gaze up her skirt.
Oh, and Motoko regularly shifts her consciousness between bodies. But don't worry, all of the bodies are Manga Barbie-dolls with pneumatic boobs and Shirow gives you an gynecological exam of each one.
Shirow uses a LOT of computer generated and enhanced graphics in this book, and also there's a greater percentage of colored pages than the original, but it doesn't help.
A lot of the images from the original book have glued themselves securely in my mind because of their outrageousness and verve, but after about forty up-the-skirt shots of Motoko's various android twats in this book, I'd had enough.
Shirow has unfortunately dumped this series right into the "Vampirella Reborn" genre.
The overall effect is like a swimsuit issue of a magazine. Nice to look at, but you'd feel pretty slimy going back for a second look.
this is GREAT.......2006-07-13
I don't care if the format of the pages is not in full comic book page size. I don't care if the story is unusefully intricated and totally ununderstandable (at least for a common human being with only one bachelor....) : Masamune Shirow is THE MASTER and his ART is GREAT. You look at the computer colored pages: they're GREAT. You look at the b&w pages: they're even BETTER! The details and the design is amazing! I hope soon a fully large format b&w pages will be edited!
Important and beautiful, but confusing - and too many crotch shots.......2006-04-17
A dense work that gets a little bogged down in techno-cyber talk and descriptions of the intricacies of computer virus defense software rather than story or character. The constant switching of the heroine's physical form is a neat plot element, but it does make it hard to identify with anyone in the story. There are just too few handholds to guide the reader through the stories. And, the endless sexy crotch-shot drawings of the heroine's various android bodies in mid-karate-kick actually became a little uncomfortable for me when my girlfriend was in the room.
Shirow's Best Philosophical Work Yet!.......2006-03-01
This story is centered around one of Motoko's "children" after merging with project 2501. The Main character is Motoko Aramaki, security officer for Posidon Industrial. Readers will see a glimps of older characters from the first GITS book. All in all this book is far more complicated that the first book, but it is worth it.
The Story Is Hard To Follow.......2005-11-01
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This book has the same good story as the first, but isn't what I consider it's sequel. This book makes very little sense until the end, and although the art work is good, it just doesn't compare to the first.
I would recomend this for the art, but the story is very difficult to follow, and I don't think that it is as wise of a purchase.
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Thank you, Mr. Yamada.......2006-09-19
Mr. Yamada, thank you for writing this book. No other book has brought tears to my eyes from just reading the prologue. While you considered this book to be a hard-boiled detective story, I found it to be the quest of a cyborg for his dog, and also the search to find out if a cyborg has a soul.
This is really an excellent little book. I wish that Masamune Shirow had writing chops like Yamada. The author is an excellent writer, and now I'm going to have to see if there are other books of his in translation.
The author explores some of the aspects of Shirow's postulated future, with e-brains, cybernetic enhancements, way too much connectivity and too little information. The only downside to the book is that it is short.
Don't miss this "quiet" release!.......2006-03-25
I'm a Ghost In The Shell fan. I enjoyed the films and LOVE the SAC series.
I'm a science fiction fan. William Gibson is easily one of my top 3 authors, I really enjoyed Stephenson's "Snowcrash", and read and enjoyed "cyberpunk" voraciously until it became a rather tired genre.
So how I missed this wonderful novel until now, I'll never know! "After the Long Goodbye" is a very worthy addition to the GitS universe, and by the nature of its setting, has a cyberpunk feel to it, but it's so much more mature and thoughtful than much of that genre.
It wrestles some big questions, and even poses some interesting answers. It's written in the 1st person from Batou's POV, which surprised the heck out of me in the first two pages, but Yamada has done a wonderful job of putting the reader in the big guy's head without betraying what we've seen on the big and small screens. It's also surprisingly free of the techno-pron I'd expected. I expected almost excruciating detail about weapons, cyborgs and so on but, as Batou himself says, he's "no otaku". There's easily as much philosophy and technology in this novel, as befitting the GitS universe.
Strangely, after the first few pages, I sort of gave up on it being a "GitS novel". Little reference to Section 9, a few token appearances of Togusa, no Aramaki, and of course no Motoko... it does not seem like an unaired episode of GitS. However, by the end of the novel, all of the threads come together and you realize that, yes, it's very much a GitS story, one bigger than the television screen, but perhaps too quiet for the big screen. If you read it, perhaps you'll know what I'm trying to say.
By the way, it's a quick read, only 180+ pages. Also, the afterward "interview" with Yamada and "Innocence" director Mamoru Oshii is a treat, and offers some fascinating insights into their approaches to this universe, and the "Innocence" film itself.
Highly recommended, and required for GitS fans.
A Great Piece of Literature in its Own Right.......2006-02-21
I picked up After the Long Goodbye during a quick stop at Borders Bookstore for something to read on a long road trip later that day. While browsing around, I just happened to notice the book cover with Batou and his Basset Hound. I was very intrigued, since I had heard nothing about a novel coming out for Ghost in the Shell.
At first, I was afraid that it would read very poorly, either due to a bad translation or because of some defect in original source material (since it is a tie-in to the movie). However, I was completely wrong on both counts. This novel is very sophisticated in its language and reads extremely well. Like some other reviewers, I hope that people won't disregard this title just because it's based off of an anime/manga series. I normally take a very long time to get through any novel, but this was a hard book to put down. I definitely recommend it to anyone that is either a fan of the series or sci-fi/cyberpunk in general. The ways in which most things are written here, from the characters to the action and intrigue, were definitely handled with care. Kudos to the translators and the original author.
Souls, friends and dogs........2006-01-28
This book is all about Batou - and the many questions he has. Does he have a soul? Why did Gabriel go? Fighting tanks, the yakuza, fast food, racing hounds, homeless guys and the question of where love comes from.
This is set before the second Ghost In The Shell movie, Innocence, and also has a bonus discussion between the director, Mamoru Oshii, and the author, Masaki Yamada.
There's gun fights, advanced science, philosophy and surreal scenes of the 21st Century.
Surprisingly good.......2006-01-27
Yeah, it's a tie-in. Get over it.
What we have here is a well-written and thoughtful take on Philip K. Dick territory in a William Gibson world. What does it mean to be human, to love, to feel empathy? As more and more of your body and even your brain are replaced by machinery, how much of your humanness remains?
It may help to have some familiarity with the two Ghost in the Shell films, but it probably isn't necessary. The novel does a fine job of setting the scene, describing the characters, and explaining the future tech and philosophical questions that drive the movies. There's action, of course, suspense, intrigue, science fictional ideas explored, but at its heart the book is character-driven, following a cyborg who doesn't dream of electric sheep because he almost never dreams at all.
I expected this to be a quick, fun cyberpunk read in an interesting SF world. It's a lot more than that, and it shouldn't slip past the SF-reading world unnoticed.
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The year is 2030. Advances in robotics and cyberbrain technology have transformed the world into a miraculous place where almost anything is possible — even the melding of humans and machines. In this not-too-distant future, the crimes of flesh and metal are investigated by Section 9, an elite counterterrorist squad headed by Chief Aramaki and his cyborg first-in command, Major Motoko Kusanagi. When dead bodies, drained of blood and with two bite marks on their necks, start turning up on the streets of Tokyo, it isn’t long before the entire city is in a panic. As Major Kusanagi and the other members of Section 9 investigate the killings they begin to wonder — is the killer a real vampire or something much worse? In a dark world of murder, where cyberbrain hacks and treacherous conspiracies reach to the furthest heights of government, Section 9 is all that stands between the people and anarchy.
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whats to say.......2007-04-06
if you like the anime you should like this to because it was not a story in the anime series it is it's own story. but i got to warn you it was written by one of the writers of the anime and it reads like it to. you should also read the first two books also.
Good concept, poor execution.......2007-04-02
These novels, based on the films and manga Ghost in the Shell, illustrate how hard it is to translate from Japanese to English. To do so successfully, especially in fiction, the translator must also be a good writer. Unfortunately Camellia Nieh, the translator, is not and the novels come across as what the industry used to call "Juveniles" or books targeted at high school age kids.
The publisher probably has a contract with this translator to do the entire series, I wish they would put them through a rewrite after Camellia finishes with them, it would make these novels much better.
This is a review of the listing, not the book.......2006-12-30
I wish the listings made it clearer which of these are manga and which are novelizations. I enjoy the first, but dislike the latter, and wouldn't have bought this if I'd known it was a novel.
Vampires?.......2006-12-22
White Maze by Junichi Fujisaku is a novel based in the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex universe. It seems that very important people among the government's elite are being killed. By vampires. Of course nobody within Section 9 believes a word of it. But when they start running into people with fangs and brainwashed minds, they start to wonder what is going on?
Another novel with plots within plots, wheels within wheels, a great book with Motoko, Batou and Togusa. Plus S&M, the wild Tachikomas and lots of combat action.
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Release Date: 2003-05-02 |
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AnnLee is an avatar, a virtual being made in Japan for the animated film industry. She was intended as a third-rate character, one with few personality traits, designed to lead a brief life. In 1999, French artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno bought the rights to her, gave her a name, and initiated a project to fill the empty entity AnnLee with stories and ideas generated by other artists and writers, including Liam Gillick, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Richard Philips, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Molly Nesbit and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
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- Great compliment to the animated series
- If you are the fan of SAC.....
- Better than the average series tie-in novel.
- What they used to call a juvenile
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Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex Volume 1: The Lost Memory (Stand Alone Complex)
Junichi Fujisaku
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ASIN: 1595820728 |
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In the not-too-distant future of 2032, the frontier dividing humans and machines has been crossed. Crimes committed by flesh-and-metal cyborgs are investigated by Section 9, an elite counterterrorist squad run by Chief Aramaki and his cyborg assistant, Major Motoko Kusanagi. Section 9 has faced countless adversaries in the real world and in cyberspace, but none like “The Awakened.” It is believed that this lethal group of terrorists can take over the minds and bodies of almost anyone. Used as tools to commit crimes against the state, the victims are unaware of who or what is controlling them. When Major Kunasagi captures one of the victims, she hacks into his cyberbrain to learn the ringleader’s identity — what she discovers leads her on a journey deep into the heart of cyberspace, a journey that shakes her to the core.
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Great compliment to the animated series.......2007-01-11
It's like reading another chapter of the Stand Alone series. If you like it, you will probably enjoy the reading, if you're waiting for some mind bending phylosophy story, you will be disappointed. It could be a little longer too, and the ending is a little predictable, but the book is very fun to read and I recommend it.
If you are the fan of SAC............2006-12-03
I had little hope about this book when I purchased it from amazon.com. I never had a good luck with Japanese-English translation book when it comes to translation, and this book also disappointed me in that area. (what the heck is 'totaled'? Is that even a word?)
However, putting aside the translation issue, this book is nevertheless a great gift for us GITS fans. All of our favorite characters are here, and those who loved the first season of GITS TV series won't be disappointed. The plot is great, pace is great, and most of all, it has great characters.
Better than the average series tie-in novel........2006-07-19
When I originally started watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex on Adult Swim, I was rather pleasantly surprised to find a tightly-plotted political drama. GitS:SAC is very much not the average anime, so I was pleased to find out that the tie-ins marketed around it were a bit left of center as well.
Taking up the tradition started by Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: After The Long Goodbye, The Lost Memory is a prose novel that takes the reader a little bit deeper into the GitS world. This novel focuses on suicide bomber teenagers and their possible threat to a world peace leader. (The theme of teenagers as a group being such a cause of alarm to the greater populace seems to be paralleled from the film Battle Royal. Being from a Western country, it is interesting to take note of the small but telling and important differences in philosophy and social tension.)
Unlike After The Long Goodbye, The Lost Memory is sheer adventure fun. It is set during the series' first season and generally does a great job of building on the show's established universe. The characters are spot-on (helped, I'm sure, but the author being one of the series writers), and the prose is above average for other media tie-ins that I've encountered. Basically, it's worth the $9 to revisit the GitS:SAC universe.
I very much plan on buying the other books and hope there are quite a few of them. The series is addictive and intense, and if the rest of the books are on par or better than this one, I shall be a happy, happy girl.
What they used to call a juvenile .......2006-07-02
This would be far more interesting as a manga, as a prose book it is a good illustration of how difficult it is to translate from Japanese to English. In order to do so the translator must be a good writer as the japanese version will only serve as an outline. The translater of this book is definitely not a good writer so this is not a very good book. If you are a real GITS fan, then go ahead and buy the book. If not I would advise you to skip it because it is writen with grade school level prose. I hope that for subsequent novels in this series the publisher finds a better translator or a better editor, beaause I really like Ghost in the Shell.
Recomended only if you are a real Ghost in the Shell fan.
A novel set in SAC!.......2006-06-04
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Lost Memory by Junichi Fujisaku is a novel set in the SAC universe series. Good Morning Terrorists, young adults who keep committing crimes every few years, seem to be linked to the Red Sands. The Red Sands are drug traffickers who have been put out of business by the peace that broke out in the Middle East and their target is the man who brought it around - Osmal Najif. But why would Japanese teenagers, who don't remember anything afterwards, become terrorists and WHY are they linked to a drug ring from the Middle East?
The story expands on the SAC universe and, being written by one of the writers of the series, really has the feel of one of the episodes. Great cover and a smooth translation.
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- Good short stories
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Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex Volume 2: Revenge Of The Cold Machines (Stand Alone Complex)
Junichi Fujisaku
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ASIN: 1595820736 |
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2030 Tokyo: While patrolling Tokyo's post-World War III refugee zones Togusa, the newest member of Section 9, discovers that one of the most powerful cyber-criminals his squad has ever faced has plans to kill their leader, Section 9 Chief Daisuke Aramaki, in one of three stories in this collection, and it will take all of the members of Section 9 to stop him. The action heats up in the stories "Double Targets," "First Love, Last Love" and "Revenge of the Cold Machines."
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Good short stories.......2007-01-11
This volume is a little smaller than the previous one, but it's fun to read nonetheless. If you enjoy Stand Alone Complex animated series, you will probably enjoy this book. I only wish the stories were a little longer.
false advertising.......2007-01-03
Book was sold as a 2nd novel...After several delays from the original publication date the book (now a collection of short stories) arrived...I had pre-ordered a third advertised novel but when the notice of it's delay arrived I cancelled the order.
Three stories in one book.......2006-10-03
Revenge Of The Cold Machines by Junichi Fujisaku are three stories set in the Ghost In The Shell universe, sometime around the first part second season or just before it. The refugee problem is in the background, just starting to boil, and the Laughing Man case is talked about in one of the stories. The first story is about an assassin being hired to take out a member of Section 9. The second story focuses on the interaction between a police officer and a Tachikoma told from the point of view of the tank itself. The third deals with military cyberbodies in the wrong hands.
Yet as you read page after page you start to see the same names and realize all the stories are linked together. Like some episodes from the series these stories are not Stand Alone but part of a Complex single story. There are even links to the television episodes, if you look hard enough.
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- The ultimate Ghost in the Shell ^_^
- Great read
- Good, and uncensored...
- BE HUMAN
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Ghost in the Shell Volume 1 (Ghost in the Shell)
Masamune Shirow
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From acclaimed Japanese writer/artists Masamune Shirow, the creator of Appleseed, Orion, and Dominion: Tank Police comes a new dystopian tale of tough-talking cyborgs, political intrigues, and the kind of actions best left covert! The beautiful and deadly Major Kusanagi and her crack team of internal operatives are sent to investigate a government factory with questionable labor practices. As it turns out, their labor practices aren't the only thing to be questioned when the major and her team are met by a most unwelcoming welcome wagon!
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In a world in which the human mind can be programmed like a computer, where does the human soul end and the cybernetic machinery begin? What does it mean to be human? From Masamune Shirow, the creator of Appleseed, Orion, and Dominion: Tank Police, comes an epic, dystopian tale of politics, covert actions, and cyborgs with too much attitude!
This title contains: Ghost in the Shell #1-8
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The ultimate Ghost in the Shell ^_^.......2007-01-15
This is the ultimate Ghost in the Shell manga! The 2nd edition has 18+ rating and so it includes original adult content :-) Also it's printed on a really quality paper with A5 dimensions so it's quite handy and nice. For GitS fans who don't have the 1st edition this is a must buy. Go for it you won't be disappointed ^_^
Great read.......2007-01-15
This book excellent. The author uses great choice of words. Overall, this is a great read.
Good, and uncensored..........2007-01-06
Well, what can I say... If you're a Ghost in the Shell fan, and you don't like getting your mangas censored (as in, entire pages removed), then get this edition of the Ghost in the Shell manga. It's much easier to follow when compared to the second manga (man machine interface) - which actually has very little to do with the first one. I'm not going to go over the story as I'm sure most of you who are looking at this item have seen either the movie or the TV series, and now wish to read the original work. So I thought I'd be a little more technical with my review, firstly, I would say that the paper is awesome quality, not the standard dull paper which is normally used for paperbacks, in terms of color pages, unfortunately, that's where the second manga kills the first, the second manga had so much in color (about half) it was almost hard to believe, this manga is for the most part just black and white with the occasional 3 color pages thrown in here and there. I've given this 4 stars because I think it is not as enjoyable as some of the other mangas I have read, but overall, not a bad purchase, do note that the drawing style is quite old, don't expect the same style as the second manga as that is much newer than this one.
BE HUMAN.......2006-02-06
Ghost in the Shell is more of an accumulation of stories printed over several years by the mysterious Shirow Masamune instead of a deftly plotted piece, so it reads more like an anthology than a series. Major Kusanagi is the lead operative for "Section 9", a covert anti-cyberterrorist unit in 2029 Japan. In this somewhat realistic future, the bodies of humans can be modified with cyborg implants, or even more extreme, the "ghost", or soul can be moved to a fully robotic body of various shapes and sizes. Even the most normal humans can communicate with each other through the net through receptors placed inside them. The big problem this world is having is the blurring of what is machine and what is human. Another one is that because we are connected over the net, viruses and hackers can actually take over the human will and force them to commit crimes. That's where Section 9 comes in. They have to deal with political assasinations, suicidal/homicidal cyborgs, criminals who can change bodies, and machines that want the same rights as us! And they have to deal with all this behind the scenes without bringing any attention to themselves or the public will cry murder.
While the art of Ghost in the Shell can be offputting at times because of its cartoonish style, (for example, most of the male characters look like simians), once you get used to the art, you can find real beauty in it. Masamune draws attractive women particularly well, and in this second edition, some more erotic elements enter into the fray. The artist is at his best when Ghost is in more traditional action mode instead of when Shirow descends into psychobabble about the nature of consciousness. As evidenced by the voluminous notes on his sources, I'm sure HE knows what he's talking about, but does the average reader? But the notes do help on some of the plot points. The design of the book is exquisite and it makes me wonder why Dark Horse did not put out this edition originally instead of making us buy two copies.
I would highly recommend the excellent Stand Alone Complex anime, which focus more on the action elements. The two films, on the other hand, deal with the psychobabble and are inferior to the manga and the TV show.
What we can learn through "Ghost in the Shell".......2005-12-23
"Ghost in the Shell" is the SF comic written bi Japanese caricaturist,Masamune Shirow in 1991. This story became a movie and won a high popularity all over the world. Recently it gained popularity again since many short stories and the second movie of it, "Innocence" were produced.
The title "Ghost in the Shell" implies the topic of the story rather than the original Japanese title, "Power Suit Assault Force (Koukaku Kidoutai)." Ghost means human mind and spirit and shell means the hard outer parts. SO the ghost in the shell describes the human mind and spirits moved into electric brains of mechanized bodies.
The time is the nearly future, "highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it." People changed some parts of their bodies into machine as cyborg and can access to the vast network of information. The main character, Motoko investigates the incidents and fights to seize the criminals as a member of security group, Power Suit Assault Force.
The criminals for the plots mainly account for the political corruptions and illegal trades. High technology of computer, such as computer virus and network have share on those incidents. Most of people can connect to network and communicate by their own brains since they changed their brains to the electric ones. For example, the hacker controls other people by changing the memories of their electric brains through the network system as if we erase and paste the data by using the computer on the Internet. Internet was not well developed in that time but the author prospected what would happen in the future with high technology of Internet system.
Motoko is worried about her own existence. "Sometimes I wonder if I've really died, and what I think of as "me" isn't really just an artificial personality comprised of a prosthetic body and e-brain." It shows the paradox that people get more worried with immortal mechanic body than with human body. Mortality of body is an aspect that living things have. And the other factor to define existence is concept of ghost, only-human soul or heart, appearing in the title. It is not clearly defined in the story but it is working like human instinct. Like Motoko said when she decided to attack, "A little voice is urging me on..." "My ghost!" Some people say they hear little voice inside when consider starting an action. So ghost is our desire for actions.
I think the author is basically criticizing things that we are doing in this world, not SF future world. There is an interesting conversation between Motoko and Aramaki, her boss. Aramaki said, "Whether it's a simulated experience or a dream, the information that exists is all real...and an illusion at the same time." Then Motoko responded, "You mean in the same way novels and films change people?" Reality and illusion are same in the way they influence actions of people, as perception. I remembered some people commit crimes by being inspired by TV programs and movies. Aramaki added, "People are only exposed to a limited amount of information in their lives. In this case, the fate of a single nation and the life of a single person have been treated as through they're worthless. Most people will never know a thing..." For me the author seemed to emphasize the limitation of information even we get the technology to access a large amount of it. I remembered people tend to choose information that they prefer unconsciously. It is also a social, Marxism critic between people on the top and on the ground, between ones manipulating information advantageously and ones getting information from them and being controlled. Aramaki said, "People get caught up in worldly events and seek nothing but pleasure, becoming machines pursuing profit and efficiency, or mere consumption units..." He criticizes ones only seeking pleasure, like a form of profits even through the crimes, and likened people to machines which do not know to stop and think independently, can only work dependently on programs. It is also like Marxism critic not that people create and control society but that society has existed to control people. Aramaki added "As an adventurer once said long ago: "Sometimes people need time just to stop and think...", "...And people are the only ones who can do that..." The author seems to entrust a possible action to improve human society to this adventurer's word.
The author is questioning the human history in the other scene. Motoko responded to Batou, her coworker, asking whether she know the word human right, "That's a term that emerged from the interface of morality and reality..." and "I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action." It is also an irony that humans haven't done what they have wanted to do. For example, discriminations against African Americans were banned long time ago, but it took long time until all American citizens really live together. We have created many definitions from our wishes. But it takes long time until these definitions came true.
The Ghost In The Shell is not just a SF story but has many theme criticizing how people are right now. Don't think The Ghost In The Shell is just a cyborg SF story--because it is completely misunderstanding. This story gave us great understanding about the relationship between individuals and society and between wishes and reality. And one thing I want to tell you at last is that this original story's scenes are dispersed into others such as Stand Alone Complex series. So if you have watched other series, you will find many scenes in this book that you have ever seen in other episodes. It is a very good aspect.
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Prima Official Game Guide)
Levi Buchanan
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Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
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·All 120 fans revealed
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·Bios of the entire Section 9 team, an elite counter-terrorist organization
·Complete walkthrough strategies for all missions
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Get it!.......2004-12-27
This game is pretty hard, so this book is highly suggested.
Good luck! [...]I have more info there....
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Ghost in the Shell: Photography and the Human Soul, 1850-2000
Robert A. Sobieszek
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Ghost in the Shell takes as its premise the idea that the outer person is a reflection of the inner. Tracing the modern photographic portrait over the past 150 years, the book reveals the many ways the photographic arts have investigated, represented, interpreted, and subverted the human face and, consequently, the human spirit. Artists have used the genre not only to convey familiar emotions such as fear, love, sadness, and anger, but also to explore complex subjective states such as passionate individuality and psychological withdrawal. Different avant-garde movements have enlisted farce, masks, and masquerade in their charting of the human character, and many postmodern works employ irony and ambiguity to deal with issues of identity, gender, and dissociation.
The book, which accompanies an exhibition opening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in October 1999, is organized roughly chronologically around the traditional, modernist, and postmodernist views of the face, although the primary approach of one period often appears in the others. The artists discussed include, among others, Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Curtis, Salvador Dali, Duchenne de Boulogne, Dorothea Lange, Annie Leibowitz, Bruce Nauman, Orlan, William Parker, Irving Penn, Lucas Samaras, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol, and Edward Weston.
Published in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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A tour guides opinion.......2000-12-28
As a former tour guide for the Ghost in the Shell exhibit, i can honestly say that this book is a grat compilation of the works. While the pictures alone show the depth and richness of the exhibit, the text is used well and provides a great source of info for the reader. It is a great addition to any colletion of art books.
Visual Feast.......2000-04-02
I found this book to be a very rich and inspiring perspective on the historic use of photography. Wonderfully illustrated with examples from the beginnings of photo-experimentation to masters like Richard Avedon, this tome is worth buying for the illustrations alone. If you like this comprehensive analysis of the frisson between representation and being, I also recommend "Pictures of the Body, Pain & Metamorphosis" by James Elkins.
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