Cyberpunk is also featured prominently in anime, Akira and Ghost in the Shell being among the most notable.

In the manga and anime series Ghost in the Shell, the protagonist Motoko Kusanagi is the fully prosthetic leader of an anti-terrorist force, who lives in a future Japan where the majority of adults are cyborgs and can connect wirelessly to the Internet for real-time communication and data research.

* Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintenance ; there are several manga ( or graphic novel ) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime films, three television series and three video games.

* Closed Shell Syndrome, a fictional disease in the Ghost in the Shell television series

Mamoru Oshii released the internationally acclaimed philosophical science fiction action film Ghost in the Shell in 1996.

In 2004, Mamoru Oshii released the anime movie Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence which received critical praise around the world.

Two anime television series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S. A. C.

In 2003, Kodansha published Ghost in the Shell 1. 5: Human-Error Processer, a collection of manga chapters previously unreleased by Shirow.

The first English-language adaptation of the original manga The Ghost in the Shell was released in December 1995 in the United States, published by Dark Horse Comics and translated by Studio Proteus.

Since the film's success abroad, most Ghost in the Shell media has been translated and released in English-speaking territories, including the anime series, which aired on the Sci-Fi Channel, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, and the United Kingdom's AnimeCentral.

Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of the cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, a member of a covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission known as Section 9.

The setting of Ghost in the Shell is cyberpunk or postcyberpunk.

The first entry in the franchise was Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga, first published in 1989 in Young Magazine.

A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface, was released in 2002, and a serialized manga, Ghost in the Shell 1. 5: Human-Error Processer, which contained material that was planned for but not included in the sequel, was released in 2003.

The manga was first adapted into a theatrical anime film adaptation in 1995, titled Ghost in the Shell, directed by Mamoru Oshii.

The film was followed by a theatrical film sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, produced in 2004, which was also directed by Oshii and places the character of Batou in the lead role.

The new version premiered on 12 July 2008 in Japan as Ghost in the Shell 2. 0.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by Production I. G, airing on Animax from 1 October 2002 to 25 March 2003 with a total of 26 episodes.

A film called Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, was created after the anime series and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, premiering on the SKY Perfect satellite television network on September 1, 2006.

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex official website

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex official English website

However, he did play a role in the development of the anime TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ( 2002 – 2003 ): the Laughing Man incident occurs.

** Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ( 2004 )

** Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ( 2002 – 2003 )

* " I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You " w. Bing Crosby & Ned Washington m. Victor Young

She has written scores for famous animated works, including Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Sakamichi no Apollon, and is the most trusted composer by veteran and new-wave directors such as Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichiro Watanabe and Shoji Kawamori.

" ( Cowboy Bebop ), " Yakusoku wa Iranai " ( Escaflowne ), " Gravity " ( Wolf's Rain ), " Inner Universe " ( Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ) and Stand Alone Complex O. S. T.

*" I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You " ( 1939 )

* In the third episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, " Android and I ", a 35mm reel of this film can be seen on a table, beneath a a reel of Alphaville, as Togusa and Batou are investigating the house of a suspect.

Kenji Kamiyama, the director of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex television series, considers Oshii his mentor, and states that he tried to copy Oshii's entire style when creating the Stand Alone Complex series, believing that audiences would be tricked into thinking Oshii had directed the series.

* Cyberbrain Sclerosis, a fictional disease introduced in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.

YTV's decision to air Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex in 2005 met with some controversy due to both the show's content and its adult nature.

Despite airing at midnight, the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episode " Jungle Cruise " was skipped due to its gruesome theme and content.

* Saito ( Ghost in the Shell ), of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

WOWOW mostly rebroadcasts movies, but is also well known for showing ( and even co-producing and / or assisting in the production of ) original anime series such as Big O, Brain Powerd, Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran, Trinity Blood, Cowboy Bebop ( the complete uncut version ), Shinreigari / Ghost Hound, Crest of the Stars, Ergo Proxy, X / 1999, SHUFFLE !, Paranoia Agent, and Le Chevalier d ' Eon, as well as the Anime Complex block.

* Ghost in the Shell 1. 5: Human-Error Processer ( 2003 )

* November 28 – Hope Lange, American actress ( The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ) ( d. 2003 )

The Abenaki are featured in Charles McCarry's historical novel Bride of the Wilderness ( 1988 ), and James Archibald Houston's novel Ghost Fox ( 1977 ), both of which are set in the eighteenth century ; and Jodi Picoult's Second Glance ( 2003 ), in the contemporary world.

* Beidler, Philip D., " Calley's Ghost ", Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2003.

Harris, Linda G., Ghost Towns Alive, University of New Mexico Press, 2003

Actors who have portrayed Nathan Zuckerman include Mark Linn-Baker ( in the 1984 television adaptation of The Ghost Writer ) and Gary Sinise ( in the 2003 film adaptation of The Human Stain ).

* A Forest Apart ( 2003 ) was an e-book by Troy Denning, also released in print as a supplement to his book Tatooine Ghost.

* The Ghost Club ( 2003 )

Ghost Recon: Desert Siege is a 2003 expansion pack, which is available for the PC as a separate purchase and can be unlocked as a new campaign in the PS2 version of Ghost Recon.

Ghost Recon: Island Thunder was released later in 2003 as an expansion pack for the PC and as a standalone game for Xbox.

First released on 15 May 2003, the same day as The Matrix Reloadeds North American release, Enter the Matrix gives players control of two of the supporting characters in that film, Ghost and Niobe, members of the same group of rebels as Morpheus, Trinity, and Neo, the protagonists in the films.

Spirited Away shared the first prize at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival and won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, while Innocence: Ghost in the Shell was featured at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

His later books include The Mirror at Midnight: A South African Journey ( 1990 ; new edition, 2007 ), The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin ( 1994 ; new edition, 2003 ), Finding the Trapdoor: Essays, Portraits, Travels ( 1997 ), which collects his personal essays and reportage, and King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa ( 1998 ; new edition, 2006 ), a history of the conquest and colonization of the Congo by Belgium's King Léopold II.

* The Unquiet Ghost ( 1994 / 2003 )

* Hochschild, Adam, The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin ( Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003 ), 304 pp., paperback: ISBN 0-618-25747-0

Symantec released a prototype of Phantom as Ghost for Manufacturing in 2003.