She is later loaned out to Public Security Chief Aramaki by 501 so she can help him investigate a mysterious death. The bulk of this origin is handled in the first two entries, with Ghost In The Shell Arise: Border 1 - 'Ghost Pain' seeing the Major working with the special 501 Organization, which owns her cybernetic body. Ghost In The Shell: Arise debuted in 2013 and acts as a prequel/reboot, detailing how Major Motoko came to work with Section 9 and met each member of her team. Related: Ghost in the Shell: Original Vs. The movie ended up underperforming financially. Scarlett Johansson took the lead role of The Major over contenders like Margot Robbie, but before release, the production was hit with accusations of whitewashing, which only seemed to intensify post-release due to the movie's attempt to tackle the issue with a plot twist in the third act. GITS pop culture status almost guaranteed a live-action Hollywood adaptation but after spending years in development hell, it finally arrived in 2017. The franchise has rarely been out of rotation since, thanks to various video games and Ghost In The Shell anime series like Stand Alone Complex or the more recent SAC_2045. Its incredible action mixed with philosophical themes and a fleshed cyberpunk world made it hugely influential on the genre, with The Matrix later taking many cues from it. The Ghost In The Shell franchise kicked off with the original manga by Masamune Shirow, but its international popularity really took off thanks to the 1995 anime movie. Here's Major Motoko Kusanagi ends up meeting each of her Section 9 teammates in reboot series Ghost In The Shell: Arise.

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