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Ghost in the Shell: scifi anime, computer evolution, and cybernetics

Published: Dec. 8, 2015, 4:45 a.m.

Anime \n\n

We watched a lot of it in highschool. How this film transcends the norm. Timeline of anime and the cyberpunk aesthetic.

\n\n Influence \n\n

The influences that went into this movie. The huge influence this movie had on everything after.

\n\n Plot \n\n

For once we have to lay out the plot of the movie in detail, because it\u2019s kind of complicated!

\n\n The Opening Scene \n\n

Awesome. Exploding heads. Japanese pornography laws. Encryption as armament.

\n\n Cybernetics/Cyborgs \n\n

The spectrum on jacked-in-ness in the movie. Taxonomy of androids, cyborgs, and robots.

\n\n The Soul/Ghost \n\n

Mind-body dualism. The treatment of consciousness in the film.

\n\n Evolution in Binary \n\n

Emergent AI. What is life? Evolution of digital life forms.

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