That certain someone is Major Motoko Kusanagi, a female cyborg who leads a team of counter-terrorists dubbed “Section 9” as they patrol the mean streets of New Port City, an urban locale visually modeled after Hong Kong. Clearly, someone has got to put a stop to this. The Puppet Master has been hacking folks’ brains and implanting false memories for his/her own selfish purposes. Like its most obvious cinematic forbear, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982), Ghost in the Shell explores what it means to be human in our increasingly technologically-driven age. As luck would have it, the Puppet Master has emerged from the primordial stew of the internet with a fully-formed, self-generated consciousness.
The central conflict of the narrative involves the so-called “Puppet Master,” a cyber-terrorist that turns out to be the next generation of Artificial Intelligence.
The “shell” of the title seems to refer to a human being’s corporeal self (even if it’s more machine than man) whereas as the “ghost” is, for lack of a better term, the soul – or for a less religious slant, the “data” that makes up one’s personal identity. With a few rare exceptions, most humans in the world of Ghost in the Shell have undergone some form of cybernetic modification, many becoming full-on cyborgs in the process. Set in the not-too-distant future, Ghost in the Shell introduces us to a world in which technology has taken over our lives in ways beyond checking Facebook and Twitter every thirty seconds. Although its philosophical ramblings may be a little taxing and its plot a tad opaque, there are few anime films that can beat Ghost in the Shell in terms of pure action, world building and atmosphere. Kazunori Itōo, Masamune Shirow (original manga)Ītsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Tamio Ōki, Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, William KnightĪdapted from the work of Masamune Shirow, this groundbreaking sci-fi anime remains a must-see film for fans of Japanese animation.
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