Decipher SciFi

Ghost in the Shell: scifi anime, computer evolution, and cybernetics

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Anime

We watched a lot of it in highschool. How this film transcends the norm. Timeline of anime and the cyberpunk aesthetic.

Influence

The influences that went into this movie. The huge influence this movie had on everything after.

Plot

For once we have to lay out the plot of the movie in detail, because it’s kind of complicated!

The Opening Scene

Awesome. Exploding heads. Japanese pornography laws. Encryption as armament.

Cybernetics/Cyborgs

The spectrum on jacked-in-ness in the movie. Taxonomy of androids, cyborgs, and robots.

The Soul/Ghost

Mind-body dualism. The treatment of consciousness in the film.

Evolution in Binary

Emergent AI. What is life? Evolution of digital life forms.

  1. Ghost in the Shell (original manga): Amazon
  2. Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex: iTunesAmazon
  3. The Matrix: iTunesAmazon
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