| Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface | |
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| 攻殻機動隊2 MANMACHINE INTERFACE (Kōkaku Kidōtai 2: Manmachine Interface) |
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| Genre | Cyberpunk |
| Manga | |
| Author | Masamune Shirow |
| Publisher |  Kodansha Planeta Agostini Glénat Egmont Dark Horse Comics J.P.Fantastica |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Magazine |
| Original run | 1997 #30 – #38 |
| Volumes | 1 |
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface (攻殻機動隊2 MANMACHINE INTERFACE Kōkaku Kidōtai 2: Manmachine Interface?) is an eleven chapter manga written and drawn by the mangaka Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune). Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly is an internationally renowned Manga artist born Masanori Ota (太田 まさのり Ōta Masanori) on November 23, 1961. is the largest Japanese publisher headquartered in ( Bunkyo) Tokyo. Glénat is a French publisher The company publishes many things including Comic books ( René Follet 's Ikar) and Manga in Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics Japonica Polonica Fantastica, also known as JPF, is a Polish Manga publisher located in Mierzyn near Szczecin, Poland. is a Japanese Manga Magazine published weekly by Kodansha. The magazine was started in 1980 and is targeted at adult males ( Seinen is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series though the Manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series ˈmɑŋgə is the Japanese word for Comics (sometimes called komikku コミック and print Cartoons In their modern form manga date from shortly is the Japanese word for a comic artist or Cartoonist. Outside of Japan, Manga usually refers to a Japanese Comic book and mangaka is an internationally renowned Manga artist born Masanori Ota (太田 まさのり Ōta Masanori) on November 23, 1961. It was first released in Japan in a serialized format in Young Magazine by Kodansha. is a Japanese Manga Magazine published weekly by Kodansha. The magazine was started in 1980 and is targeted at adult males ( Seinen is the largest Japanese publisher headquartered in ( Bunkyo) Tokyo. The same publisher later collected these works with significant changes into the limited SOLID BOX hardcover in 2000. In 2001, the mainstream softcover was released with more changes. It was first released in the US in 2003 by Dark Horse Comics. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics
The sequel to the original Ghost in the Shell manga series, GITS2 explores a wide range of philosophical issues regarding the nature of human identity and the boundaries of human consciousness. is a Japanese Cyberpunk Manga created by Masamune Shirow, and first published in 1989 in Young However, the action of the series is largely tangential to the plot of the original work and its various cinematic and televisual offspring (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and the recent feature film Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence directed by famed Japanese auteur Mamoru Oshii). is the second season of the Japanese Anime series Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, based on Masamune Shirow 's ''Ghost in the Shell'' is the 2004 sequel to the Anime Film Ghost in the Shell. Released in Japan on March 6, 2004, with a U Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Animation and live-action Film
GITS2 owes much to the conventions of cyberpunk and readers familiar with that genre may immediately recognize the questions raised by Shirow. Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. As such, the overall philosophical terrain is not entirely new; rather, the work might instead be considered an extended rumination, punctuated by complex action sequences, upon many of the same issues brought up in the original Ghost in The Shell manga.
English Editions
Dark Horse first published the book in 2003 as 11 comic sized volumes. The translation is the work of Studio Proteus. Studio Proteus was a Japanese manga import translation and lettering company founded in 1986 by Toren Smith and based in San Francisco. It also got published as a TPB in early 2005.
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface TPB, 1st edition, January 2005, Dark Horse Comics; ISBN 1-59307-204-X
Japanese Editions
Kodansha collected the Young Magazine serialization for the first time in 2000. The first collection to appear was the limited hardcover SOLID BOX version that included significant changes. More changes were made to the widely-released softcover edition.
- The Ghost in the Shell (Koukaku Kidoutai) Man Machine Interface SOLID BOX, 2000, Kodansha; ISBN 4-06-336310-4
- Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Man Machine Interface, Softcover edition, 2001, Kodansha; ISBN 4-06-334441-X
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