Ghost in the Shell

Author: Masamune Shirow
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781845760182
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
Deep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg super-agent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers," capable of exploiting the human/machine interface by reprogramming human minds to become puppets to carry out their criminal ends.

Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn Vol. 15

Author: Masamune Shirow
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1648273335
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
POSEIDON ON THE PRECIPICE! The secret society Poseidon is finally ready to execute the Apollo Seed Project, even if it makes them enemies of the entire world! And they aren't the only ones moving into a new phase. Some major changes are in store for Nene, too!

The Ghost in the Shell Volume 1.5

Author: Shirow Masamune
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 1935429965
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
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 technoscape, the cover-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers the digital future has to offer. Whether dealing with remote-controlled corpses, lethally malfunctioning micromachines, or cop-killer cyborgs, Section 9 is determined to serve and protect…and reboot some cybercrook butt! Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, but never collected until now. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you’ve come to expect from Ghost in the Shell but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore. Features the stories "Fat Cat," "Drive Slave," "Mines of Mind," and "Lost Past."

Ghost in the Shell

Author:
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 1682334503
Category : Science fiction comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description

Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network

Author: Max Gladstone
Publisher: Kodansha America LLC
ISBN: 164212530X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 163

Book Description
A covert mission in Shanghai reunites Kusanagi with a wartime rival amid shifting loyalties. The infiltration of an anti-cyberization cult calls for Section 9’s most “human” members to do things the old-fashioned way. A deep dive into the mind of a criminal forces Kusanagi to question the nature of imagination – and her own identity. The stories in Global Neural Network bring a 21st-century perspective to its questions of human identity and the border between mind and machine that made The Ghost in the Shell one of the most revered manga of all time, and unleash top Western comics artists on eye-popping action scenes starring Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Aramaki, and all the members of Section 9! Original stories by: * Alex de Campi (Twisted Romance) & Giannis Milonogiannis (Prophet) * Brenden Fletcher (Gotham Academy, Motor Crush) & LRNZ (Golem) * Genevieve Valentine (Mechanique, Icon), & Brent Schoonover (The Astonishing Ant-Man) * Max Gladstone (the Craft Sequence) & David López (All-New Wolverine)

Manga

Author: Shige (CJ) Suzuki
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350072370
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
A wide-ranging introductory guide for readers making their first steps into the world of manga, this book helps readers explore the full range of Japanese comic styles, forms and traditions from its earliest texts to the internationally popular comics of the 21st century. In an accessible and easy-to-navigate format, the book covers: · The history of Japanese comics, from influences in early visual culture to the global 'Manga Boom' of the 1990s to the present · Case studies of texts reflecting the range of themes, genres, forms and creators, including Osamu Tezuka, Machiko Hasegawa and Katsuhiro Otomo · Key themes and contexts – from gender and sexuality, to history and censorship · Critical approaches to manga, including definitions, biography and reception and global publishing contexts The book includes a bibliography of essential critical writing on manga, discussion questions for classroom use and a glossary of key critical terms.

Animate(d) Architecture

Author: Vahid Vahdat
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1835532551
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
At their peak, architectural marvels such as the Sagrada Família, the Tower of London, the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, and the Eiffel tower, had a combined annual visit of almost 16.4 million people. The animated icebound castle in Disney’s (2019) Frozen had 116.4 million views, from one single YouTube trailer, in less than 24 hours. The spaces of such massively consumed animation have for generations informed the architectural imagination of people across the globe and from very early in their lives. Yet, not only have the architectural disciplines remained rather absent in the design of these massively consumed spaces, architectural theory has likewise failed to articulate a framework to approach the architecture of animation. To address this void, this book offers an interdisciplinary approach to survey the role of space in animation, including in creating humorous moments in early cartoon shorts, generating action and suspense in Japanese anime, and even stimulating erotic pleasure in pornographic Hentai. Exploring the imagined architecture of animation, from early motion picture to digital animation and from computer graphics to game engines, offers an analytical frame to reconceptualize space.

The Art of Ghost in the Shell

Author: David S. Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781785655272
Category : Ghost in the shell (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Witness the incredible artwork behind the creation of 'Ghost in the Shell', the live-action feature film based on the Japanese manga classic and starring Scarlett Johansson. As well as featuring beautiful concept art, stunning on-setphotography and exclusive interviews with major cast andcrew members, delve into the advanced special effects thatbring Japan and the cyborg elements of the story to life.

Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex

Author: Yu Kinutani
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
ISBN: 168233452X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description

Exploring the Limits of the Human through Science Fiction

Author: Gerald Alva Miller Jr.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137330791
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
Through its engagement with different kinds of texts, Exploring the Limits of the Human through Science Fiction represents a new way of approaching both science fiction and critical theory, and its uses both to question what it means to be human in digital era.