Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface

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Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface (Koukaku Kidoutai 2: ManMachine Interface; 攻殻機動隊 : 2 ManMachine Interface) is an eleven volume manga written and drawn by the famous mangaka, Masamune Shirow (士郎正宗 Shirō Masamune). It was first released in the US in 2005 by Dark Horse Comics.

The nominal 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. However, readers should be warned that 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: Innocence directed by famed Japanese auteur Mamoru Oshii).

GITS2 owes much to the conventions of cyberpunk and readers familiar with that genre may immediately recognize the questions raised by Shirow. As such, the overall philosophical terrain is not entirely new; rather, the work might instead be considered an extended rumination, punctuated by complex CG action sequences, upon many of the same issues brought up in the original Ghost in The Shell manga.

Critics have panned the manga for focusing on page after page of play by play cyberbrain warfare as opposed to the action/crimesolving themes of the first manga. The plot has been criticised as beening difficult to impossible to understand even by Masamune's standards. Oddly enough some have complained about the perverted aspects seeing page after page of Aramaki and other female characters wearing little if anything and having Barbie doll proportions. Others have said that is the best thing about the manga. However most readers were awestruck by the high ratio of color pages that blended Masamune's handrawn characters with CG backrounds.Template:Fact

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