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Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (manga)

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Alternative title:
Kōkaku Kidōtai 2 (Japanese)
攻殻機動隊2 (Japanese)
Themes: military, police
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Taking place a few years after the first Ghost in the Shell manga. The Major has been missing since then and Ghost in the Shell 2 follows the mysterious Motoko Aramaki as she runs an investigation into a incident at an organ factory and its consequences. She's on the run to clean up the mess and save herself in the process. Meanwhile the former members of Section 9 investigate Motoko to find out who she really is.
User Ratings: 152 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 29 votes (Eng:13, sub:8, dub:5, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 30 votes (Eng:17, sub:10, dub:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Very good: 24 votes (Eng:18, sub:5, dub:1)
 Good: 28 votes (Eng:18, dub:2, sub:2, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 German
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish
)
 Decent: 11 votes (Eng:6, sub:2, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 French dubbed
)
 So-so: 8 votes (Eng:7, raw:1)
 Not really good: 6 votes (Eng:5, ?:1)
 Weak: 5 votes (Eng:4, dub:1)
 Bad: 7 votes (Eng:4, edit.dub:1, sub:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Awful: 2 votes (edit.dub:1, Eng:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (Eng:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 326 users, rank: #258 (of 7042)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.296 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.4517, rank: #2628 (of 7929)
Weighted mean: 7.203 (Good+), rank: #3196 (of 7929) (seen all: 7.36 / seen some: 6.70 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.215 (Good+), rank: #2183 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 1
Number of pages: 312
Vintage: 1997 (Japan: Young Magazine 1997 #30–#38)
Release dates: We have 3
Comment:
Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor is a set of four Ghost in the Shell 2 chapters that were not included in the collected Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface tankoubon.
Review:
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Graphic novel
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (GN) 2005-01-19 (from $11.02)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (GN 2) 2010-08-10 (from $21.50)
    The Ghost in the Shell: Fully Compiled - [Hardcover] (GN) 2023-01-10 (from $31.71)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Masamune Shirow
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Mark Cox
Translation:
Frederik L. Schodt
Toren Smith

Editing: Chris Warner
Editing Assistant: Matt Dryer
Executive Editor: Toren Smith
Lettering: Tom Orzechowski
Publication Design: David Nestelle
Publisher: Mike Richardson
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Dark Horse Comics (expired)
Kodansha Comics (2009)
Production: Studio Proteus
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Translation: Kodansha Bilingual Comics
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Publisher: Daiwon C.I.
Korean cast
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French staff
French companies
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Publisher: Glenat
French cast
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Spanish staff
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Licensed by:
OVNI Press (Argentina)
Panini Comics (Mexico)
Publisher: Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Spain)
Spanish cast
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Italian staff
Italian companies
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Italian cast
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German cast
German staff
Translation: Claudia Peter
(none)
German companies
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Azbuka
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
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Portuguese staff
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Publisher: JBC (Brazil)
Portuguese cast
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Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Faces Publishing
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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