The Ghost in the Shell Manga Reviews

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Jul 31, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

好きです

I like it

いま、新しいアニメ版を見ています。旧アニメも、原作のこちらも、どれもがそれぞれの味があって面白いです。かっこいいですね。

Right now, I'm watching the new anime version. Both the old anime and this one from the original have their own flavor, which is interesting. That's cool.

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Jun 09, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

オオーッ(ネタバレごめん遊ばせ？)

Oooh (sorry spoiler, let me play?)

This review contains spoilers. 【まだ立ち読み中(1巻、挫けた…)】タイトルしか知らなかったのでチェック。西暦2029年ってもうすぐじゃね？今、読むことに意味があるかも。作品紹介を見るとなんだ公安なのかー。みんな結局、勧善懲悪が好きなのね？『キューティーハニー』のような表紙に時代を感じましたが、文字も絵もとにかくびっしりぎっしり。タブレット必至かも？というわけでソッコー挫けました。申し訳なし(*･ω･)*_　_)ﾍﾟｺﾘ。当時？このタイトルとかのTシャツを着ている人をフツーに見たような気がします。内容も知らなかったのにナンですが、なんとなく日陰の身だったオタクがカッコイイに変わった時代の象徴的な作品、の印象デシタ。

This review contains spoilers. [Still Reading (Volume 1, Frustrated...)] I only knew the title, so check it out. 2029 AD is coming soon, isn't it? Maybe it makes sense to read it now. If you look at the introduction of the work, I wonder if it's a matter of public safety. After all, everyone likes good, good, and evil, right? The cover, which looked like “Cutie Honey,” felt the times, but the letters and pictures were just so tight. Maybe a tablet is inevitable? That's why I was so frustrated. I'm sorry (*･ω･) *_ _) lol lol. back then? I feel like I've just seen people wearing T-shirts with this title or something. Even though I didn't know the content, it's Naan, but my impression is that it's an iconic work from the time when otaku, who were in the shade, changed in a cool way.

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Jan 26, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

時代を先取りしすぎた

It was too ahead of its time

時代を先取りしすぎた作品ですね。当時アニメ化した時もなかなかに衝撃をもって迎えられた感があり士郎正宗先生の頭の中はどうなってるのかと驚いてしまいました。ガッツリ読み込むと恐ろしく時間のかかるハイカロリーな作品です。

It's a work that was too far ahead of its time. There was a feeling that they were greeted with quite a shock even when it was made into an anime at the time, and I was surprised at what was going on inside Shiromasamune sensei's head. It's a high-calorie work that takes an awfully long time to read.

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Oct 30, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

難しくて頭痛くなるけど面白い

It's difficult and gives me a headache, but it's interesting

全ての人がそうではないだろうけど、私は一巻読むのにも時間が掛かってしまう。それ以外は最高。1991年から書かれた作品なのにネットだのAIだの電子化された脳みそだの…作者の頭の中を覗きたくなる。

Not everyone is like that, but it takes time for me to read one volume. Other than that, it's great. Even though it's a work written since 1991, it's an internet, AI, an electronized brain... it makes me want to look inside the author's head.

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May 14, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

おもろい

It's interesting

アニメから入ったけど面白い。内容はちょっと難しいって感じたけど世界観とか設定とかが最高！！読んでるうちにどんどん引き込まれる

I started with the anime, but it's interesting. I felt that the content was a bit difficult, but the world view and settings were amazing!! As I read, I'm drawn in more and more

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Nov 24, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

文句ないけど

I'm not complaining

いつ読んでもすごいなと思います。先生の頭の中はどうなっているんだろうと。久しぶりに読んだけど、眼の老いが進んでいて疲れた。でかい画面で読みたい。

I think it's amazing no matter when I read it. I wonder what's going on inside the teacher's head. I haven't read it in a long time, but my eyes are getting old and I'm tired. I want to read it on a big screen.

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Aug 13, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

2501

2501

This review contains spoilers. 正直手書きの台詞が読みづらいです… が、引き込まれる社会背景に情報社会。今で言うIoTが人とも直接繋がった世界が提示されています。攻殻機動隊は漫画もアニメも音楽も大ファンです。現代ではPCカメラやペット見守りカメラがジャックされていると言われていますが、脳と社会が直接繋がった世界には脳のジャックがあると思うと… もうひとつの情報社会を垣間見させてくれる作品です。作品を生み出してくださった士郎先生、映像作品を生み出してくださった押井先生、アニメーションを展開してくださった各先生方に感謝します。これからも続くことを切に願っています

This review contains spoilers. Honestly, handwritten lines are hard to read... but the information society is a social background that draws me in. A world where today's IoT is directly connected to people is being presented. Ghost in the Shell is a big fan of comics, anime, and music. It is said that PC cameras and pet monitoring cameras are being jacked in modern times, but if you think that in a world where the brain and society are directly connected, there is a brain jack... this work gives you a glimpse into another information society. I would like to thank Mr. Shirou for creating the work, Professor Oshii for creating the video work, and all the teachers who developed the animation. I sincerely hope that it will continue

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Jan 07, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English

斬新

novel

この漫画が描かれたのは随分前なのに､設定が今尚未来であるだけでなく､細々とした内容さえ､色褪せない事に驚きを覚えます｡ｱﾆﾒから入ったのですが､漫画にはｺﾐｶﾙな表現がちりばめられていて､ｱﾆﾒの草薙素子とはまた違った面が垣間見られ楽しいです｡設定とは別に､話の展開(政府や国家間の駆け引き)が複雑なのに､私のようなアホにも解るような説明はあまり無いので､自分の中に落とし込むのに何度か読み返しが必要でした｡しかし､攻殻機動隊は大好きなので何度だって読んじゃいます！

Even though this comic was drawn a long time ago, I'm surprised that not only is the setting still in the future, and even the small details haven't faded. I came in from Anime, and the comic is studded with comical expressions, and it's fun to catch a glimpse of a different aspect from Motoko Kusanagi in Anime. Apart from the setting, the development of the story (bargaining between governments and nations) is complicated, and even though there aren't many explanations that even idiots like me can understand, even though there aren't many explanations to put it into myself I needed to reread it a few times, but I love Ghost in the Shell, so I read it over and over again!

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Dec 02, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

「感覚」で読んだ・・・

I read it with “feeling”...

まあ士郎正宗が難しいのは他作品で十分承知なので。でもホントに独特なので他の方には描いて欲しくないのですよね。しかもこの素子さん、かっとんでるし。

Well, I'm fully aware of the difficulties of Shirou Masamune from his other works. But it's really unique, so I don't want anyone else to draw it. What's more, this Motoko is in a hurry.

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Feb 04, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

かの有名なオリジナル

Kano's famous original

思えば発表が信じら得ないほど昔です。先見性というにはあまりにも凄すぎる世界観です。まだまだCGで絵を描くって何？だったしね。沢山のキャラクター、アニメ、グッズ、有名なセリフ。元々はここから発信されたお話なのよね。アニメから入ってくると随分印象が大分違うかもしれません。個人的には桜の監視を飄々とする、素子が好きですし、趣味バリバリのスタイルの看護婦さんも好きです（笑）実本も持ってますので、久しぶりにこちらでもみましたがこのお話は読むべき部分があり過ぎ、細かすぎて個人的には実本の方がいいかもと思いました。電子版でも、あちこち行ったり来たり、大きくしたりしてじっくり読む。まさにネットの世界は広いわ、を実感できるのが良さだと思います。面白い、というより興味深いって感じの星をつけました。2巻は観念的っていうか宗教的っていうかなかなかよくわかんない感じで星がつけにくい⭐︎⭐︎かな。くせはあるけど、読んでない人は一度どうぞ。

If you think about it, the announcement is so long ago that you won't believe it. It's a worldview that's far too amazing to be called farsighted. What is still drawing pictures with CG? That was it, wasn't it? Lots of characters, anime, merch, and famous lines. The story was originally sent from here, wasn't it? The impression may be quite different when coming in from anime. Personally, I like the element that carefully monitors cherry blossoms, and I also like the nurse, who has a good hobby style (laughs), so I saw it here for the first time in a long time, but this story had too many parts to read, and it was too detailed, so I personally thought the actual book might be better. Even in the electronic version, read it carefully by going back and forth and making it bigger. I think it's great to be able to feel that the internet world is really big. I added a star that felt more interesting than interesting. I don't really understand whether volume 2 is idealistic or religious, so it's probably hard to star it ⭐ ︎ ⭐ ︎. If you have a habit but haven't read it, go ahead and check it out.

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Mar 11, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

映画

movies

自分は、映画を見て面白かったので、マンガも読み始めました。マンガはちょっと難解で理解しにくいですが、ハマると夢中になってしまう

I enjoyed watching movies, so I started reading manga as well. Manga is a bit difficult to understand, but once you get addicted to it, you'll get hooked

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Aug 02, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

アニメの元となったサイバーパンク作品

The cyberpunk film that was the origin of the anime

膨大な書き込みを施された絵と練りこまれた裏設定、個性あふれるキャラクターの織りなすドラマが魅力。１巻とそれ以降で作風が大きく違ってくるので注意。

Dramas that interweave voluminous pictures, elaborate backstory settings, and unique characters are attractive. Note that the style of writing will be very different from volume 1 onwards.

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Oct 18, 2018 (PST) | Translate to English

全ての始まり

The beginning of everything

攻殻機動隊シリーズの全ての始まりの作品です。30年近く前の作品ですので今読むと世界観で粗いところやキャラの性格が異なる点があり、理解する為には巻末の解説を何度も読み返さないといけないという難もありますが、それでも引き込まれてしまいます。

This is the beginning of everything in the Ghost in the Shell series. It's a work from nearly 30 years ago, so if you read it now, there are rough points in the worldview and points where the characters have different personalities, and there is also the difficulty of having to reread the explanation at the end of the book over and over again in order to understand it, but even so, I'm drawn in.

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Mar 19, 2017 (PST) | Translate to English

確かに

surely

難しい。でも面白い。20年前に読んだときはスゴく衝撃を受けました。理解したくて欄外(結構勉強になる)も頑張って読みましたー。他作品への影響も大きいですよね。「あ、これ攻機だろ」と感じること多々あります。リアリティーのあるファンタジーというのかな。褪せない世界観。だから今でも映像化されるのでは。アニメ映画は良かったけど....ハリウッド版は正直期待はしてないです。

difficult. But it's interesting. I was so shocked when I read it 20 years ago. I did my best to read the extra column (it's quite a learning experience) because I wanted to understand it. The influence on other works is also huge, isn't it? There are many times when I feel, “Oh, this is an attack aircraft.” I wonder if it's a realistic fantasy. An unfading view of the world. So I think it's still being visualized today. The animated film was good, but... I honestly wasn't expecting the Hollywood version.

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