
Because of this unprecedented dilemma that the world has been facing deliveries are being delayed and will take longer to get to certain destinations regardless of the companies promised or normally scheduled delivery dates. 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.ĭue to the Pandemic deliveries through all major shipping companies are being delayed due to increased volume and the inability to handle the increasing volume of packages being ordered and sent out. Man/Machine Interface owes much to the conventions of cyberpunk and readers familiar with that genre may immediately recognize the questions raised by Shirow.

However, the action of the series is largely tangential to the plot of the original work and its various cinematic and televisual offspring (GITS: SAC,GITS: 2nd Gig, and the 2004 feature film Innocence directed by famed Japanese auteur Mamora Oshii). The sequel to the original Ghost in the Shell manga series, Man/Machine Interface explores a wide range of philosophical issues regarding the nature of human identity and the boundaries of human consciousness. It was first released in the US in 2003 by Dark Horse Comics.

In 2001, the mainstream softcover was released with more changes. The same publisher later collected these works with significant changes into the limited SOLID BOX hardcover in 2000. It was first released in Japan in a serialized format in Young Magazine by Kodansha.

Manmachine Interface 2 (攻殻機動隊/Kōkaku Kidōtai 2: Manmachine Interface) is an eleven chapter manga written and drawn by the mangaka, Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune). Tiny nick on the cover of the spine, right near where it says Manmachine Interface. Ghost In The Shell: Manmachine Interface 2 Graphic Novel - Softcover - Japanese - Untranslated Color, Black & White Manga.
