Fridays are for fun, and here's today's anime sampler.
This is Mokoto Kusanagi, a.k.a., "The Major". Yeah, she's gorgeous, but she's also tough as nails, and why wouldn't she be? Her entire body is mechanical - she's a complete cyborg. As a member of Special Section 9 (which officially does not exist), she leads a team of counter-terrorists in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell. Don't screw with her - she's the mechanical hacker version of Jet Li.
The TV series - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, or "GitS:SAC" 2nd season (2nd Gig) is currently running in Japan, and the first season is being released on DVD here in the states. Sort of a crazy blend of Mission Impossible, Miami Vice, and cyberpunk, it's a lot of fun, though definitely not for kids. Robotic geishas, invisible intelligent tanks, corrupt politicians, cyborgs, humans, all combine in a stew that just winds up being good.
Better (for me) subbed than dubbed. I'm just so used to the character voices from the Japanese.
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