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Set in the 21st century, Ghost in the Shell is superficially a futuristic spy thriller, dealing with the exploits of Motoko Kusanagi, a major in the covert operations organization "Section 9," which specializes in fighting technology-related crime. Kusanagi herself is almost completely mechanized, a human brain in an artificial body, capable of superhuman feats, and specialized for her job. The setting of Ghost in the Shell is distinctively cyberpunk, similar to that of William Gibson's sprawl trilogy, though Shirow's work is more focused on the ethical and philosophical ramifications of the widespread merging of humanity and technology, the development of artificial intelligence, and an omnipresent computer network, in particular related to human identity and uniqueness. The manga, in particular, tackles these questions head on, as Kusanagi and her colleagues face both external threats and puzzles, and internal conflict over their own nature, being more machines than humans.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex comes on Adult Swim.
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An anime film based on the manga by Masamune Shirow.
Shows a world in which the lines between the virtual and real worlds are heavily blended, and many people are now cyborgs.
Ghost in the Shell was hailed as one of the influences for the Matrix
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Cheap tack, flammable as you like, crappy comes in a range of clashing neon colours that make your arse look fat
Brookside, liverpool, saaarf east london and hell
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Very stylish anime set in a future where the boundaries between the virtual and real worlds are blurred, and hence the concept of existence too.
In this world where bodies are interchangable you are generally considered a person if you have a "ghost line"; special code that cannot be artifically created.
The comic discussed different kinds of intelligence and had a fair amount of political commentary. The final appendix opened the very real idea that major Kusanagi, the lead role, must have died along time ago by being copied.
Heavily influenced by Bladerunner, the first ever Cyberpunk novel and arguably the first ever science fiction novel.
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Tactics used to deliberately confuse someone so that their previous agreements can be broken. (Made popular by street perfomers, where there are 3 shells or cups in a row. One shell or cup has a ball placed underneath. The performer moves all the shells around quickly and then stops. The subject is asked to guess where the ball is...usually incorrect.)
Mary said she had a great girl she wanted me to meet this weekend. On Thursday, I asked Mary "so Mary, what's this girll's name i'm meeting this weekend?" Mary replies "oh, i think it's Jenny or maybe it's Jason..i'll let you know. On Friday you ask "so Mary, is her name Jenny or Jason?" Mary replies "do I know you?" You call your friend and say Mary just played the Shell Game.
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state of the scrotum sack when cold temperatures and or when you step out of the shower and the room temperature is colder than temperature of sack resulting in hard 1 to 3 in thick nut sack shell
I stepped out of the shower this morning,and my wife noticed that I had a severe case of the armadillo shell.
A slang term for "post-traumatic stress disorder". A condition which often occurs for those who have been in active combat. Can affect the body in various ways, but can be treated.
He was suffering from a serious case of shell shock after 'nam.
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