| Ghost in the Shell | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ghost_in_the_Shell.jpg) Cover of the first manga volume, featuring Motoko Kusanagi | |
| 攻殻機動隊 (Kōkaku Kidōtai) | |
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| Genre | Cyberpunk[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masamune Shirow |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Imprint | Young Magazine KC |
| Magazine | Young Magazine Zōkan Kaizokuban |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1989 – 1991 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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| 1.5: Human Error Processor | |
| Written by | Masamune Shirow |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1991 – 1996 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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| 2: Man-Machine Interface | |
| Written by | Masamune Shirow |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Published | 1997 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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| The Human Algorithm | |
| Written by | Junichi Fujisaku |
| Illustrated by | Yuki Yoshimoto |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | September 16, 2019 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
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Ghost in the Shell (Japanese: 攻殻機動隊, Hepburn: Kōkaku Kidōtai, lit. 'Mobile Armored Riot Police') is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow, which spawned the media franchise of the same name. It was first serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine Zōkan Kaizokuban from 1989 to 1990, under the subtitle of The Ghost in the Shell, and was compiled in a single tankōbon volume. Set in the mid-21st-century, it tells the story of the fictional counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi.
The manga was followed by two sequels, Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor, and Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface.
The mangas contain Shirow's thoughts on design and philosophy, including sociological issues, the consequences of technological advances and themes on the nature of consciousness and identity. Several artbooks have been released to detail the concept art and the world of Ghost in the Shell. All three volumes have received mainly positive reviews.