Our episode this time is on Ghost In the Shell 1989 Manga, or ‘why sometimes adaptations do improve on the original. No, not the Scarlet Johansson one, the others.’ We’re discussing the source code of it all, Ghost in the Shell: the Manga!

Mechs discussed:

Fuchikomas

Shells

That Thing From Mold of Life

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Content warnings for this episode: Detailed discussions of sexual content, extensive nudity, gun violence, racism and dystopic prejudices, misogyny, and mild body horror and gore.

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