In a sense, Ghost in the Shell predicted the world we live in now. The original manga grew famous after director Oshii Mamoru’s 1995 animated feature adaptation. His Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ...

“Anime adaptation-wise, this new THE GHOST IN THE SHELL marks the fourth version following those by Oshii, Kamiyama, and Kise,” Shirow began in a special comment shared with fans alongside a new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. I actually still have both these mice from 2002, and they work ...

A prophetic cyberpunk manga masterpiece published 37 years ago envisioned a world where humans and artificial intelligence become indistinguishably intertwined—both mechanically and philosophically.

Story by Koji Uchida The wait for the next evolution of cybernetic warfare is almost over. The upcoming TV anime "THE GHOST ...

Science Saru's new spin on the iconic sci-fi manga has a chance to bring back some whimsy in a major way. Reading time 3 minutes One of the things that gives me pause is that we’re only two years out ...

Hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old ...

After being revealed on social platforms in April 2025, the first trailer for the 2026 Ghost in the Shell reboot has arrived. Spearheaded by studio Science Saru, which has remained in top form in ...

Before the anime adaptations of Ghost in the Shell, there was the original manga by Masamune Shirow and it changed the world of cyberpunk fiction forever. When this manga first appeared at the end of ...