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- 20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
- SECTN 9 THE MAJOR THE MAJOR / MIRA KILLIAN/ MOTOKO KANAGI PORTRAYED BY: SRLETT JOHANSSON VOICED BY: ROSALBA SOTELO (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), ATSO TANAKA (JAPANE)A CYB EMPLOYED AS THE FIELD MANR OF SECTN 9. ACTN HERO: OBVLY. SHE'S THE FIELD MANR, SHE HAS TO BE A FIGHTER. ADAPTATNAL BADASS: ZIG-ZAGGED. ON ONE HAND, SHE IS NOW PHYSILLY STRONG ENOUGH TO SUCCSFULLY DISABLE A SPIR TANK, SOMETHG SHE FAILED TO DO THE FIRST ANIME FILM, WHILE TAKG SOMEWHAT LS STCTURAL DAMAGE HER BODY; SIARLY, HER HAND-TO-HAND SKILLS ARE ALSO AMPED UP, TO THE POT THAT HER FIGHT AGAST THE GARBAGEMAN HAS HER THROWG HIM AROUND AND NOT STGGLG HEAVILY AGAST HIM LIKE THE ANIME FILM. ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE IS SURPRISED AND TRICKED SEVERAL TIM, ENDS UP PTURED TWICE, AND THE ONE TIME SHE ATTEMPTS A CYBERHACK, SHE'S THE ONE WHOSE GHOST ENDS UP PROMISED; ALSO, SHE'S ALSO NEVER SHOWN HOLDG A POSN OF THORY OVER THE OTHER MEMBERS OF SECTN 9. HER VULNERABILI THIS ERATN OF THE ANCHISE ARE REPRENTED MALY BY HER LACK OF EXPERIENCE ALG WH SUCH SUATNS, SCE SHE'S ONLY BEEN AT FOR A YEAR. NOT ONLY THAT, SHE'S ACTUALLY A TEENAGER HANKA ROBOTICS ABDUCTED FOR THEIR EXPERIMENTS. ADAPTATN NAME CHANGE: MOTOKO KANAGI IS RENAMED TO MIRA KILLIAN. THIS IS ACTUALLY A SUBVERSN, AS 'S LATER REVEALED THAT MIRA KILLIAN IS THE NAME HANKA ROBOTICS GAVE TO HER AFTER THEY ED HER ACCINT AS A REASON TO ERASE HER INTY AND REPROGRAM HER WH A NEW NAME AND BODY. IRONILLY, THE MAJOR'S "REAL NAME" REVEALED THE MOVIE WAS CLARED "AN OBV PSDONYM" THE ORIGAL MANGA (A JAPANE FAY NAMED KANAGI IS ABOUT AS PLSIBLE AS A BRISH FAY NAMED EXLIBUR). AMBIGUOLY GAY: PLAYED WH; MAJOR HIR A FEMALE HUMAN PROSTUTE, BUT 'S IMPLIED THAT WASN'T FOR SEXUAL PLEASURE, BUT TO ASK WHAT SHE FEELS OM HER BODY'S OWN TOUCH. ALSO, HER RELATNSHIP WH BATOU REMAS LARGELY PLATONIC. ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE AND KUZE ARE IMPLIED TO HAVE BEEN LOVERS WHEN THEY WERE BOTH NAWAYS. THE ARTIFACT: EVERYONE SEEMS TO ADDRS MAJOR MIRA KILLIAN AS IF "MAJOR" WAS HER FIRST NAME STEAD OF A ARY RANK. (THIS CLUS THE FILM'S NOTOR "I AM MAJOR" MARKETG MPAIGN.) UNLIKE THE RT OF GHOST THE SHELL MEDIA, HER BACKSTORY THIS FILM SHOWS THAT SHE NEVER SERVED THE ARY, NOR WAS SHE EVEN GIVEN ANY ARTIFICIAL MEMORI OF SERVG THE ARY, SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY SHE SHOULD BE LLED "MAJOR." BARBIE DOLL ANATOMY: SHOWN THE OPENG CREDS WHEN MIRA'S BODY IS CREATED, SHE HAS NO GENALIA OF ANY SORT. JTIFIED AS HANKA ROBOTICS WANTED A BAT CYB, NOT A SEX BOT, AND LIKELY DIDN'T RE IF MIRA MIGHT LIKE THE OPTN OF HAVG SEX ON HER OWN IATIVE AT SOME POT. BIG "NO!": WHEN SHE THKS KUZE IS KILLED. BULLET DODGE: THE MAJOR DODG A YAKUZA THUG FIRG AT HER, WHILE HANDCUFFED TO A STRIPPER POLE NO LS. CATAPULT NIGHTMARE: THE WAY MAJOR RIS OM THE OPERATN TABLE AFTER SHE NARROWLY PED A MD VASN. CANON CHARACTER ALL ALONG: SHE IS REVEALED TO BE MOTOKO KANAGI. COMPOSE CHARACTER: THE MAJOR HERSELF B ELEMENTS OM ALL THE ADAPTATNS OF GHOST THE SHELL: AN ORPHAN WHO SURVIVED A DISASTER AND GREW UP WAR-TORN STRIFE-FILLED JAPAN, GIVEN A FULL-BODY CUTTG-EDGE BODY TRANSPLANT THAT MAK HER BOUND TO THE ANIZATN'S BIDDG AND UNABLE TO SOCIALIZE OR NNECT WH ANYONE AS A RULT OF HER ENTIRE INTY NOW REVOLVG AROUND POLICE WORK FOR HANKA WHILE EVERYONE AROUND HER HAS THEIR OWN PURPOSE LIFE, HUNTG DOWN SOME KD OF ROGUE PROGRAM, AND EVENTUALLY TURNG OUT TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PSDONYM AND FAKE MEMORI, WH THE FORMER G OM THE IC BOOK VERSN'S OWN REASONG THAT "KANAGI" IS A MA-UP NAME (NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD NATURALLY HAVE THE NAME 'DURANL' OR 'CROCEA MORS', TO PARE), AND THE LATTER ALSO G OM ARISE. CONVENIENTLY AN ORPHAN: MAJOR'S PARENTS BOTH DIED THE TERRORIST ATTACK THAT SUNK HER REFUGEE BOAT. THIS IS THE LIE THAT HANKA PROGRAMMED HER TO BELIEVE. MOTOKO WAS ACTUALLY A NAWAY WHO LIVED WH KUZE AND OTHER CHILDREN THE LAWLS ZONE. HANKA'S FORC KIDNAPPED ALL THE CHILDREN AND ED ALL OF THEM AS EXPERIMENTS FOR PROJECT 2571. DANCE BATTLER: AFTER GETTG HANDCUFFED TO A STRIPPER POLE A PRIVATE ROOM A CLUB, THE GOONS SUGGT THAT THE MAJOR "DANCE" AND HAVE A LTLE FUN. THE ONLY THG IS, SHE'S NOT BUILT FOR DANCG. DEADPAN SNARKER: DEFELY. SHE AND BATOU HAVE QUE A FEW SNARKG MATCH. FLIPPG THE BIRD: THE MAJOR SARSTILLY RPONDS WH THIS AFTER BATOU UPGRAS HIS EY.MAJOR: HOW MANY FGERS AM I HOLDG UP? BATOU: FUNNY. HEROIC RROD: MUCH LIKE THE ORIGAL FILM, MAJOR SHREDS HER OWN BODY APART AND LOS HER ARM THE PROCS OF FEATG THE SPIR TANK. I CHOOSE TO STAY: KUZE ASKS MAJOR TO ABANDON HER BODY AND PE WH HIM TO HIS WORK. SHE REF AS SHE'S NOT READY TO LEAVE HER IENDS AND NEWLY-DISVERED FAY. INNTURED SERVU: THE OFFICIAL TRAILER DIT THAT THE MAJOR'S LIFE IS NO LONGER HER OWN. THE MOVIE SELF DON'T DITE THIS IS THE SE.DR. OUELET: YOU WERE DYG, AND WE SAVED YOU. NOW, YOU SAVE OTHERS. KUZE: EVERYTHG THEY TOLD YOU IS A LIE. THEY DID NOT SAVE YOUR LIFE. THEY STOLE . INVISIBLE STREAKER: ALTHOUGH HER BODY N CLOAK VERY EFFECTIVELY, SHE MT STRIP "NAKED" ORR TO MAKE E OF . IRONIC ECHO: "I GIVE MY NSENT." LET'S DANCE: AFTER GETTG HANDCUFFED TO A STRIPPER POLE A PRIVATE ROOM A CLUB, THE GOONS SUGGT THAT THE MAJOR "DANCE" AND HAVE A LTLE FUN. THE ONLY THG IS, SHE'S NOT BUILT FOR DANCG. LOSS OF INTY: AT THE END OF THE MOVIE, MIRA IS STANDG ONT OF A GRAVTONE THAT SAYS "MOTOKO KUSANAGI", PAYG RPECT TO THE WOMAN SHE ED TO BE. MARRIED TO THE JOB: YOU N SEE SPARSE NCRETE APARTMENT THE MAJOR , LACKG ANY RATN OR PERSONAL EMS UNNNECTED WH HER JOB OR SELF-MATENANCE WH THE DGHTER'S ROOM THAT HER MOTHER KEEPS REFULLY PRERVED. MISSG MOM: MIRA IS LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT HER PARENTS DIED THE ACCINT THAT MA HER WHAT SHE IS NOW, BUT SHE LATER FDS OUT THAT HER MOTHER IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL, AND IS EVENTUALLY RNED WH HER AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. OVERRANKED SOLDIER: IN MOST ADAPTATNS THE MAJOR IS A REER SOLDIER, HENCE HER RANK. HERE SHE'S ONLY BEEN A SOLDIER SCE PLETG HER IAL POST-ENHANCEMENT TRIALS LS THAN A YEAR BEFORE THE START OF THE MA STORY, MAKG HER VERY EXPERIENCED FOR HER RANK, AND AT TIM SHOWS (SEE ADAPTATNAL BADASS ABOVE). RACIAL TRANSFORMATN: SHE'S ACTUALLY ASIAN. FOR WHATEVER REASON, HANKA ROBOTICS GAVE HER A CSIAN CYB BODY, PERHAPS TO BETTER GIVE HER A PLETELY NEW INTY. SENSUAL SPANX: THE MAJOR'S DISTCTIVE FORM FTG OPTIL MOUFLAGE SU PUTS HER BODY ON FULL DISPLAY, THOUGH THE ACTUAL STUME WAS MA OUT OF SILINE ORR TO NCEAL THE PARTS OF SRLETT JOHANSSON'S ANATOMY THE MAJOR'S CYBERIC BODY IS SUPPOSED TO LACK. THE SENSUAL ASPECT IS PROVID BY A WORK OF SUBTLE SURFACE TAILS AND CISED L THAT IMPLY AND ACCENTUATE THE CYBERIC MECHANISMS AND ACCS PANELS THAT SUPPOSEDLY LIE UNRNEATH. SGLE TEAR: MAJOR SHEDS ONE THE FAL SCENE, ALBE MORE DISCRETELY THAN UAL FOR THIS TROPE. TAKG THE BULLET: MAJOR TAK A BOMB BLAST THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED BATOU, THOUGH HE'S STILL BLD ENOUGH TO REQUIRE CYB EY. TASER TAG WEAKNS: MAJOR IS PTURED TWICE THIS WAY G SOME FORM OF SHOCK PROD. TOPLSNS OM THE BACK: WHEN MAJOR TAK OFF HER DIVG SU. WHO ARE YOU?: MAJOR GETS ASKED THIS SEVERAL TIM. THE QUTN IS MORE RELEVANT THAN SHE THKS. YOUNGER THAN SHE LOOKS: SHE WAS ORIGALLY A TEENAGE NAWAY BEFORE HER BRA WAS PUT TO AN OLR CYB BODY. ARAMAKI DAISE ARAMAKI PORTRAYED BY: TAKHI KANO VOICED BY: TAKHI KANOTHE CHIEF OF SECTN 9. BADASS BOAST: DONT SEND A RABB TO KILL A FOX. ALSO DOUBL AS PRE-MORTEM ONE-LER BULLETPROOF VT: ARAMAKI'S BRIEFSE IS BULLETPROOF AND SAV HIS LIFE OM AN ASSASSATN ATTEMPT. COOL OLD GUY: HAS TO BE HIS MID-SIXTI, AND WIP THE FLOOR WH THE ASSASSS SENT AFTER HIM. DA CHIEF: DOWNPLAYED, THAT HE RIS HIS TEAM ABOUT PROCRE SOMETIM, BUT ONLY BEE HE KNOWS 'LL KEEP THEIR SUPERRS OFF THEIR BACKS AND ABLE TO DO THEIR DAMN JOBS. REASONABLE AUTHORY FIGURE: ARAMAKI REFED TO BELIEVE THAT THE MAJOR WENT ROGUE AFTER CUTTER AMED HER FOR OUELET'S MURR. REVOLVERS ARE JT BETTER: WHEN 'S TIME TO TAKE ON HANKA ROBOTICS, ARAMAKI WORDLSLY PLAC ON THE TABLE A SMH & WSON .44 MAGNUM ENSED A LEATHER HOLSTER, A NOTICEABLE NTRAST TO THE HIGH-TECH TOS WIELD BY HIS SUBORDAT. BATOU BATOU PORTRAYED BY: PILOU ASBæK VOICED BY: IDZI DUTKIEWICZ (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), AK ŌTSA (JAPANE)THE SEND MAND OF SECTN 9 UNR THE MAJOR. THE NOVELS MENTNS THAT HE HAS SWEDISH HERAGE. THE BIG GUY: THE MOST PHYSILLY-IMPOSG OF THE SECTN 9 MEMBERS. COOL CAR: US A LOT ESPR. EL ARE MORE GLAMORO: BEFORE BATOU JOED SECTN 9, HE WAS OM THE SWEDISH ARMY'S SPECIAL OPERATNS GROUP.NOTE THE ENGLISH TRANSLATN OF S&ML;RSKILDA OPERATNSGPPEN EYE SCREAM: BATOU GETS HIS CYBERIC EY AFTER BEG BLD AN EXPLOSN. WHAT WE SEE OF THE AFTERMATH ISN'T PRETTY, WH FLHY SMOKE RISG OM WHERE HIS EY ARE (OR WERE). HIDN DEPTHS: A STOIC, TACURN BADASS WHO DON'T FLCH UNR PRSURE... AND WHO NEVER ALLOWS THE STRAY DOGS HE FEEDS TO MISS A DAY'S MEAL. HE EVEN MAK SURE THE MAJOR TAK OVER FOR HIM WHEN HE N'T DO . MARRIED TO THE JOB: WHEN MAJOR NOT THAT BATOU HAS GOTTEN HIMSELF ELECTRONIC EY TO CREASE HIS EFFICIENCY ON THE JOB, AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE DISCREET VERSNS SHE HAS, BATOU REPLI THAT HE HAS NOTHG BUT THE JOB. LATER HE EXPRS ENVY THAT CUNNGHAM AT LEAST HAS THE ILLN THAT HE HAS A FAY. TRENCHAT WARFARE: BATOU HIS BADASS LONGAT TO HI A SHOTGUN THE YAKUZA CLUB. ONCE THE SHOOTG STARTS, THIS TROPE ENSU. TOGA TOGA PORTRAYED BY: CH HAN VOICED BY: EDUARDO RAMíREZ PABLO (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), KōICHI YAMARA (JAPANE)A MEMBER OF SECTN 9. LIKE ALL OTHER RNATNS, HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CYBERIZED PARTS HIS BODY. BADASS NORMAL: THE LEAST ENHANCED MEMBER OF SECTN 9, BUT STILL MORE THAN PABLE OF HOLDG HIS OWN A FIGHT. THOSE ASSASSS NEVER KNEW WHO THEY WERE UP AGAST. REVOLVERS ARE JT BETTER: TOGA A CHIAPPA RHO 60DS, THE UPDATED EQUIVALENT OF THE MATEBA TOREVOLVER HE RRI THE ANIME. ISHIKAWA CARLOS ISHIKAWA PORTRAYED BY: LASAS RATUERE VOICED BY: GERARDO GARCíA (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), YUTAKA NAKANO (JAPANE)THE VERT TELLIGENCE, RMATN WARFARE AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST SECTN 9. DON'T MAKE ME DTROY YOU: ISHIKAWA MAK AN ARMED CIVILIAN DROP A SHARP STMENT AFTER SHOOTG AN ARMED MAN A RAID ON A CYBERHUB. NAMED BY THE ADAPTATN: HE'S GOT A FIRST NAME, CARLOS. THE OTHER GITS VERSNS (CLUDG THE MANGA VERSN) DIDN'T DITE HIS FIRST NAME. RACE LIFT: ISHIKAWA IS PLAYED BY ATRALIAN ACTOR LASAS RATUERE. THE ALHOLIC: ISHIKAWA IS TRODUCED BY SHOWG OFF THE SURGERY SRS FOR HIS NEW ENHANCED LIVER. TOGA EXPRS HIS DISBELIEF THAT HE GOT A NEW LIVER JT SO HE ULD DRK MORE. SAO SAO PORTRAYED BY: YUTAKA IZUMIHARASECTN 9'S RINT TACTIL SNIPER SPECIALIST. ALL THERE THE MANUAL: THE TERVIEW WH IZUMIHARA MENTNS THAT THIS VERSN OF SAO ED TO BE WH THE NAVY SEALS PRR TO BEG A MERCENARY AND THEN, JOG SECTN 9. EL ARE MORE GLAMORO: USED TO BE A NAVY SEAL. FRIENDLY SNIPER: COVERS THE MAJOR BY TAKG OUT THE GUNSHIP TRYG TO ATTACK HER THE SLUMS. IMPROBABLE AIMG SKILLS: THANKS TO HIS CYBERIC EYE. PRIVATE MILARY CONTRACTORS: THE NOVEL HTS TO HIS MERCENARY PAST PRR TO BEG RECED FOR SECTN 9. BORMA BORMA PORTRAYED BY: TAWANDA MANYIMO VOICED BY: DANIEL L ROBLE (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH)SECTN 9'S EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS AND BOMB DISPOSAL SPECIALIST. RACE LIFT: BORMA, ALSO ASSUMED TO BE JAPANE,NOTE HIS RACE IS NEVER ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP ANYWHERE THE ANCHISE IS PLAYED BY NEW ZEALANR-ZIMBABWEAN ACTOR TAWANDA MANYIMO. IT MIGHT BE A LIBERATE ARTISTIC LICENSE, AS "BORMA" SOUNDS PHOILLY MORE AIN THAN JAPANE (HIS NAME SPELLED JAPANE IS AN AMBIGUO "BōMA"). LADRIYA LADRIYA PORTRAYED BY: DANIA SAMAL VOICED BY: YADIRA AEDO (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), HAYO YAMAGA (JAPANE)SECTN 9'S ADVANCED WEAPONS SPECIALIST, WHO'S SKILLED WH A KNIFE. A BRISH WOMAN OF INDIAN ORIG, ACRDG TO THE NOVEL. ACTN GIRL: THE OTHER FEMALE SECTN 9 WHO FIGHTS AGAST ARMED CRIMALS. CANON FOREIGNER: SHE'S A CHARACTER CREATED SPECIFILLY FOR THIS MOVIE. EXPY: CONSIRG THAT LADRIYA'S MENTNED BY STORY MATERIAL TO BE GOOD WH A KNIFE, SHE'S MOST LIKELY A FEMALE UNTERPART OF PAZU. INFORMED ATTRIBUTE: SOME RELEASED MENTNS THAT LADRIYA IS GOOD G A KNIFE, WHICH IS NOT SEEN THE MOVIE.HANKA ROBOTICS
20 INIC GAY & LGBT ANIME CHARACTERS: THE ULTIMATE LIST
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Like Wtern media, they’ve gradually troduced more healthy pictns of gay characters – even if they’re not always the most notor.
SECTN 9 THE MAJOR THE MAJOR / MIRA KILLIAN/ MOTOKO KANAGI PORTRAYED BY: SRLETT JOHANSSON VOICED BY: ROSALBA SOTELO (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), ATSO TANAKA (JAPANE)A CYB EMPLOYED AS THE FIELD MANR OF SECTN 9. ACTN HERO: OBVLY. SHE'S THE FIELD MANR, SHE HAS TO BE A FIGHTER. ADAPTATNAL BADASS: ZIG-ZAGGED. ON ONE HAND, SHE IS NOW PHYSILLY STRONG ENOUGH TO SUCCSFULLY DISABLE A SPIR TANK, SOMETHG SHE FAILED TO DO THE FIRST ANIME FILM, WHILE TAKG SOMEWHAT LS STCTURAL DAMAGE HER BODY; SIARLY, HER HAND-TO-HAND SKILLS ARE ALSO AMPED UP, TO THE POT THAT HER FIGHT AGAST THE GARBAGEMAN HAS HER THROWG HIM AROUND AND NOT STGGLG HEAVILY AGAST HIM LIKE THE ANIME FILM. ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE IS SURPRISED AND TRICKED SEVERAL TIM, ENDS UP PTURED TWICE, AND THE ONE TIME SHE ATTEMPTS A CYBERHACK, SHE'S THE ONE WHOSE GHOST ENDS UP PROMISED; ALSO, SHE'S ALSO NEVER SHOWN HOLDG A POSN OF THORY OVER THE OTHER MEMBERS OF SECTN 9. HER VULNERABILI THIS ERATN OF THE ANCHISE ARE REPRENTED MALY BY HER LACK OF EXPERIENCE ALG WH SUCH SUATNS, SCE SHE'S ONLY BEEN AT FOR A YEAR. NOT ONLY THAT, SHE'S ACTUALLY A TEENAGER HANKA ROBOTICS ABDUCTED FOR THEIR EXPERIMENTS. ADAPTATN NAME CHANGE: MOTOKO KANAGI IS RENAMED TO MIRA KILLIAN. THIS IS ACTUALLY A SUBVERSN, AS 'S LATER REVEALED THAT MIRA KILLIAN IS THE NAME HANKA ROBOTICS GAVE TO HER AFTER THEY ED HER ACCINT AS A REASON TO ERASE HER INTY AND REPROGRAM HER WH A NEW NAME AND BODY. IRONILLY, THE MAJOR'S "REAL NAME" REVEALED THE MOVIE WAS CLARED "AN OBV PSDONYM" THE ORIGAL MANGA (A JAPANE FAY NAMED KANAGI IS ABOUT AS PLSIBLE AS A BRISH FAY NAMED EXLIBUR). AMBIGUOLY GAY: PLAYED WH; MAJOR HIR A FEMALE HUMAN PROSTUTE, BUT 'S IMPLIED THAT WASN'T FOR SEXUAL PLEASURE, BUT TO ASK WHAT SHE FEELS OM HER BODY'S OWN TOUCH. ALSO, HER RELATNSHIP WH BATOU REMAS LARGELY PLATONIC. ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE AND KUZE ARE IMPLIED TO HAVE BEEN LOVERS WHEN THEY WERE BOTH NAWAYS. THE ARTIFACT: EVERYONE SEEMS TO ADDRS MAJOR MIRA KILLIAN AS IF "MAJOR" WAS HER FIRST NAME STEAD OF A ARY RANK. (THIS CLUS THE FILM'S NOTOR "I AM MAJOR" MARKETG MPAIGN.) UNLIKE THE RT OF GHOST THE SHELL MEDIA, HER BACKSTORY THIS FILM SHOWS THAT SHE NEVER SERVED THE ARY, NOR WAS SHE EVEN GIVEN ANY ARTIFICIAL MEMORI OF SERVG THE ARY, SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY SHE SHOULD BE LLED "MAJOR." BARBIE DOLL ANATOMY: SHOWN THE OPENG CREDS WHEN MIRA'S BODY IS CREATED, SHE HAS NO GENALIA OF ANY SORT. JTIFIED AS HANKA ROBOTICS WANTED A BAT CYB, NOT A SEX BOT, AND LIKELY DIDN'T RE IF MIRA MIGHT LIKE THE OPTN OF HAVG SEX ON HER OWN IATIVE AT SOME POT. BIG "NO!": WHEN SHE THKS KUZE IS KILLED. BULLET DODGE: THE MAJOR DODG A YAKUZA THUG FIRG AT HER, WHILE HANDCUFFED TO A STRIPPER POLE NO LS. CATAPULT NIGHTMARE: THE WAY MAJOR RIS OM THE OPERATN TABLE AFTER SHE NARROWLY PED A MD VASN. CANON CHARACTER ALL ALONG: SHE IS REVEALED TO BE MOTOKO KANAGI. COMPOSE CHARACTER: THE MAJOR HERSELF B ELEMENTS OM ALL THE ADAPTATNS OF GHOST THE SHELL: AN ORPHAN WHO SURVIVED A DISASTER AND GREW UP WAR-TORN STRIFE-FILLED JAPAN, GIVEN A FULL-BODY CUTTG-EDGE BODY TRANSPLANT THAT MAK HER BOUND TO THE ANIZATN'S BIDDG AND UNABLE TO SOCIALIZE OR NNECT WH ANYONE AS A RULT OF HER ENTIRE INTY NOW REVOLVG AROUND POLICE WORK FOR HANKA WHILE EVERYONE AROUND HER HAS THEIR OWN PURPOSE LIFE, HUNTG DOWN SOME KD OF ROGUE PROGRAM, AND EVENTUALLY TURNG OUT TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN A PSDONYM AND FAKE MEMORI, WH THE FORMER G OM THE IC BOOK VERSN'S OWN REASONG THAT "KANAGI" IS A MA-UP NAME (NOT MANY PEOPLE WOULD NATURALLY HAVE THE NAME 'DURANL' OR 'CROCEA MORS', TO PARE), AND THE LATTER ALSO G OM ARISE. CONVENIENTLY AN ORPHAN: MAJOR'S PARENTS BOTH DIED THE TERRORIST ATTACK THAT SUNK HER REFUGEE BOAT. THIS IS THE LIE THAT HANKA PROGRAMMED HER TO BELIEVE. MOTOKO WAS ACTUALLY A NAWAY WHO LIVED WH KUZE AND OTHER CHILDREN THE LAWLS ZONE. HANKA'S FORC KIDNAPPED ALL THE CHILDREN AND ED ALL OF THEM AS EXPERIMENTS FOR PROJECT 2571. DANCE BATTLER: AFTER GETTG HANDCUFFED TO A STRIPPER POLE A PRIVATE ROOM A CLUB, THE GOONS SUGGT THAT THE MAJOR "DANCE" AND HAVE A LTLE FUN. THE ONLY THG IS, SHE'S NOT BUILT FOR DANCG. DEADPAN SNARKER: DEFELY. SHE AND BATOU HAVE QUE A FEW SNARKG MATCH. FLIPPG THE BIRD: THE MAJOR SARSTILLY RPONDS WH THIS AFTER BATOU UPGRAS HIS EY.MAJOR: HOW MANY FGERS AM I HOLDG UP? BATOU: FUNNY. HEROIC RROD: MUCH LIKE THE ORIGAL FILM, MAJOR SHREDS HER OWN BODY APART AND LOS HER ARM THE PROCS OF FEATG THE SPIR TANK. I CHOOSE TO STAY: KUZE ASKS MAJOR TO ABANDON HER BODY AND PE WH HIM TO HIS WORK. SHE REF AS SHE'S NOT READY TO LEAVE HER IENDS AND NEWLY-DISVERED FAY. INNTURED SERVU: THE OFFICIAL TRAILER DIT THAT THE MAJOR'S LIFE IS NO LONGER HER OWN. THE MOVIE SELF DON'T DITE THIS IS THE SE.DR. OUELET: YOU WERE DYG, AND WE SAVED YOU. NOW, YOU SAVE OTHERS. KUZE: EVERYTHG THEY TOLD YOU IS A LIE. THEY DID NOT SAVE YOUR LIFE. THEY STOLE . INVISIBLE STREAKER: ALTHOUGH HER BODY N CLOAK VERY EFFECTIVELY, SHE MT STRIP "NAKED" ORR TO MAKE E OF . IRONIC ECHO: "I GIVE MY NSENT." LET'S DANCE: AFTER GETTG HANDCUFFED TO A STRIPPER POLE A PRIVATE ROOM A CLUB, THE GOONS SUGGT THAT THE MAJOR "DANCE" AND HAVE A LTLE FUN. THE ONLY THG IS, SHE'S NOT BUILT FOR DANCG. LOSS OF INTY: AT THE END OF THE MOVIE, MIRA IS STANDG ONT OF A GRAVTONE THAT SAYS "MOTOKO KUSANAGI", PAYG RPECT TO THE WOMAN SHE ED TO BE. MARRIED TO THE JOB: YOU N SEE SPARSE NCRETE APARTMENT THE MAJOR , LACKG ANY RATN OR PERSONAL EMS UNNNECTED WH HER JOB OR SELF-MATENANCE WH THE DGHTER'S ROOM THAT HER MOTHER KEEPS REFULLY PRERVED. MISSG MOM: MIRA IS LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT HER PARENTS DIED THE ACCINT THAT MA HER WHAT SHE IS NOW, BUT SHE LATER FDS OUT THAT HER MOTHER IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL, AND IS EVENTUALLY RNED WH HER AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. OVERRANKED SOLDIER: IN MOST ADAPTATNS THE MAJOR IS A REER SOLDIER, HENCE HER RANK. HERE SHE'S ONLY BEEN A SOLDIER SCE PLETG HER IAL POST-ENHANCEMENT TRIALS LS THAN A YEAR BEFORE THE START OF THE MA STORY, MAKG HER VERY EXPERIENCED FOR HER RANK, AND AT TIM SHOWS (SEE ADAPTATNAL BADASS ABOVE). RACIAL TRANSFORMATN: SHE'S ACTUALLY ASIAN. FOR WHATEVER REASON, HANKA ROBOTICS GAVE HER A CSIAN CYB BODY, PERHAPS TO BETTER GIVE HER A PLETELY NEW INTY. SENSUAL SPANX: THE MAJOR'S DISTCTIVE FORM FTG OPTIL MOUFLAGE SU PUTS HER BODY ON FULL DISPLAY, THOUGH THE ACTUAL STUME WAS MA OUT OF SILINE ORR TO NCEAL THE PARTS OF SRLETT JOHANSSON'S ANATOMY THE MAJOR'S CYBERIC BODY IS SUPPOSED TO LACK. THE SENSUAL ASPECT IS PROVID BY A WORK OF SUBTLE SURFACE TAILS AND CISED L THAT IMPLY AND ACCENTUATE THE CYBERIC MECHANISMS AND ACCS PANELS THAT SUPPOSEDLY LIE UNRNEATH. SGLE TEAR: MAJOR SHEDS ONE THE FAL SCENE, ALBE MORE DISCRETELY THAN UAL FOR THIS TROPE. TAKG THE BULLET: MAJOR TAK A BOMB BLAST THAT WOULD HAVE KILLED BATOU, THOUGH HE'S STILL BLD ENOUGH TO REQUIRE CYB EY. TASER TAG WEAKNS: MAJOR IS PTURED TWICE THIS WAY G SOME FORM OF SHOCK PROD. TOPLSNS OM THE BACK: WHEN MAJOR TAK OFF HER DIVG SU. WHO ARE YOU?: MAJOR GETS ASKED THIS SEVERAL TIM. THE QUTN IS MORE RELEVANT THAN SHE THKS. YOUNGER THAN SHE LOOKS: SHE WAS ORIGALLY A TEENAGE NAWAY BEFORE HER BRA WAS PUT TO AN OLR CYB BODY. ARAMAKI DAISE ARAMAKI PORTRAYED BY: TAKHI KANO VOICED BY: TAKHI KANOTHE CHIEF OF SECTN 9. BADASS BOAST: DONT SEND A RABB TO KILL A FOX. ALSO DOUBL AS PRE-MORTEM ONE-LER BULLETPROOF VT: ARAMAKI'S BRIEFSE IS BULLETPROOF AND SAV HIS LIFE OM AN ASSASSATN ATTEMPT. COOL OLD GUY: HAS TO BE HIS MID-SIXTI, AND WIP THE FLOOR WH THE ASSASSS SENT AFTER HIM. DA CHIEF: DOWNPLAYED, THAT HE RIS HIS TEAM ABOUT PROCRE SOMETIM, BUT ONLY BEE HE KNOWS 'LL KEEP THEIR SUPERRS OFF THEIR BACKS AND ABLE TO DO THEIR DAMN JOBS. REASONABLE AUTHORY FIGURE: ARAMAKI REFED TO BELIEVE THAT THE MAJOR WENT ROGUE AFTER CUTTER AMED HER FOR OUELET'S MURR. REVOLVERS ARE JT BETTER: WHEN 'S TIME TO TAKE ON HANKA ROBOTICS, ARAMAKI WORDLSLY PLAC ON THE TABLE A SMH & WSON .44 MAGNUM ENSED A LEATHER HOLSTER, A NOTICEABLE NTRAST TO THE HIGH-TECH TOS WIELD BY HIS SUBORDAT. BATOU BATOU PORTRAYED BY: PILOU ASBæK VOICED BY: IDZI DUTKIEWICZ (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), AK ŌTSA (JAPANE)THE SEND MAND OF SECTN 9 UNR THE MAJOR. THE NOVELS MENTNS THAT HE HAS SWEDISH HERAGE. THE BIG GUY: THE MOST PHYSILLY-IMPOSG OF THE SECTN 9 MEMBERS. COOL CAR: US A LOT ESPR. EL ARE MORE GLAMORO: BEFORE BATOU JOED SECTN 9, HE WAS OM THE SWEDISH ARMY'S SPECIAL OPERATNS GROUP.NOTE THE ENGLISH TRANSLATN OF S&ML;RSKILDA OPERATNSGPPEN EYE SCREAM: BATOU GETS HIS CYBERIC EY AFTER BEG BLD AN EXPLOSN. WHAT WE SEE OF THE AFTERMATH ISN'T PRETTY, WH FLHY SMOKE RISG OM WHERE HIS EY ARE (OR WERE). HIDN DEPTHS: A STOIC, TACURN BADASS WHO DON'T FLCH UNR PRSURE... AND WHO NEVER ALLOWS THE STRAY DOGS HE FEEDS TO MISS A DAY'S MEAL. HE EVEN MAK SURE THE MAJOR TAK OVER FOR HIM WHEN HE N'T DO . MARRIED TO THE JOB: WHEN MAJOR NOT THAT BATOU HAS GOTTEN HIMSELF ELECTRONIC EY TO CREASE HIS EFFICIENCY ON THE JOB, AS OPPOSED TO THE MORE DISCREET VERSNS SHE HAS, BATOU REPLI THAT HE HAS NOTHG BUT THE JOB. LATER HE EXPRS ENVY THAT CUNNGHAM AT LEAST HAS THE ILLN THAT HE HAS A FAY. TRENCHAT WARFARE: BATOU HIS BADASS LONGAT TO HI A SHOTGUN THE YAKUZA CLUB. ONCE THE SHOOTG STARTS, THIS TROPE ENSU. TOGA TOGA PORTRAYED BY: CH HAN VOICED BY: EDUARDO RAMíREZ PABLO (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), KōICHI YAMARA (JAPANE)A MEMBER OF SECTN 9. LIKE ALL OTHER RNATNS, HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CYBERIZED PARTS HIS BODY. BADASS NORMAL: THE LEAST ENHANCED MEMBER OF SECTN 9, BUT STILL MORE THAN PABLE OF HOLDG HIS OWN A FIGHT. THOSE ASSASSS NEVER KNEW WHO THEY WERE UP AGAST. REVOLVERS ARE JT BETTER: TOGA A CHIAPPA RHO 60DS, THE UPDATED EQUIVALENT OF THE MATEBA TOREVOLVER HE RRI THE ANIME. ISHIKAWA CARLOS ISHIKAWA PORTRAYED BY: LASAS RATUERE VOICED BY: GERARDO GARCíA (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), YUTAKA NAKANO (JAPANE)THE VERT TELLIGENCE, RMATN WARFARE AND TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST SECTN 9. DON'T MAKE ME DTROY YOU: ISHIKAWA MAK AN ARMED CIVILIAN DROP A SHARP STMENT AFTER SHOOTG AN ARMED MAN A RAID ON A CYBERHUB. NAMED BY THE ADAPTATN: HE'S GOT A FIRST NAME, CARLOS. THE OTHER GITS VERSNS (CLUDG THE MANGA VERSN) DIDN'T DITE HIS FIRST NAME. RACE LIFT: ISHIKAWA IS PLAYED BY ATRALIAN ACTOR LASAS RATUERE. THE ALHOLIC: ISHIKAWA IS TRODUCED BY SHOWG OFF THE SURGERY SRS FOR HIS NEW ENHANCED LIVER. TOGA EXPRS HIS DISBELIEF THAT HE GOT A NEW LIVER JT SO HE ULD DRK MORE. SAO SAO PORTRAYED BY: YUTAKA IZUMIHARASECTN 9'S RINT TACTIL SNIPER SPECIALIST. ALL THERE THE MANUAL: THE TERVIEW WH IZUMIHARA MENTNS THAT THIS VERSN OF SAO ED TO BE WH THE NAVY SEALS PRR TO BEG A MERCENARY AND THEN, JOG SECTN 9. EL ARE MORE GLAMORO: USED TO BE A NAVY SEAL. FRIENDLY SNIPER: COVERS THE MAJOR BY TAKG OUT THE GUNSHIP TRYG TO ATTACK HER THE SLUMS. IMPROBABLE AIMG SKILLS: THANKS TO HIS CYBERIC EYE. PRIVATE MILARY CONTRACTORS: THE NOVEL HTS TO HIS MERCENARY PAST PRR TO BEG RECED FOR SECTN 9. BORMA BORMA PORTRAYED BY: TAWANDA MANYIMO VOICED BY: DANIEL L ROBLE (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH)SECTN 9'S EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS AND BOMB DISPOSAL SPECIALIST. RACE LIFT: BORMA, ALSO ASSUMED TO BE JAPANE,NOTE HIS RACE IS NEVER ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP ANYWHERE THE ANCHISE IS PLAYED BY NEW ZEALANR-ZIMBABWEAN ACTOR TAWANDA MANYIMO. IT MIGHT BE A LIBERATE ARTISTIC LICENSE, AS "BORMA" SOUNDS PHOILLY MORE AIN THAN JAPANE (HIS NAME SPELLED JAPANE IS AN AMBIGUO "BōMA"). LADRIYA LADRIYA PORTRAYED BY: DANIA SAMAL VOICED BY: YADIRA AEDO (LAT-AMERIN SPANISH), HAYO YAMAGA (JAPANE)SECTN 9'S ADVANCED WEAPONS SPECIALIST, WHO'S SKILLED WH A KNIFE. A BRISH WOMAN OF INDIAN ORIG, ACRDG TO THE NOVEL. ACTN GIRL: THE OTHER FEMALE SECTN 9 WHO FIGHTS AGAST ARMED CRIMALS. CANON FOREIGNER: SHE'S A CHARACTER CREATED SPECIFILLY FOR THIS MOVIE. EXPY: CONSIRG THAT LADRIYA'S MENTNED BY STORY MATERIAL TO BE GOOD WH A KNIFE, SHE'S MOST LIKELY A FEMALE UNTERPART OF PAZU. INFORMED ATTRIBUTE: SOME RELEASED MENTNS THAT LADRIYA IS GOOD G A KNIFE, WHICH IS NOT SEEN THE MOVIE.HANKA ROBOTICS
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