However her human mentality is considerably older than she looks. Therefore her body is strong and youthful. In the 1995 anime film adaptation, character designer and key animator supervisor Hiroyuki Okiura made her different from her original manga counterpart, stating, 'Motoko Kusanagi is a cyborg. Shirow intentionally chose this appearance so Motoko would not be harvested for those parts. Her electrical and mechanical system within is special and features parts unavailable on the civilian market. Motoko Kusanagi's body was designed by the manga author and artist Masamune Shirow to be a mass production model so she would not be conspicuous. A strong-willed, physically powerful, and highly intelligent cyberhero, she is well known for her skills in deduction, hacking and military tactics. She is a synthetic 'full-body prosthesis' augmented- cybernetic human employed as the field commander of Public Security Section 9, a fictional anti- cybercrime law-enforcement division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission.

Major Motoko Kusanagi ( Japanese: 草薙・素子, Hepburn: Kusanagi Motoko), or just ' Major', is the main protagonist in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series. OVAs) Elizabeth Maxwell ( Arise, The New Movie)

TV series, Innocence, First Assault Online, SAC_2045) Peggy O'Neal (young S.A.C. Japanese Atsuko Tanaka (most media) Maaya Sakamoto (young, Arise, The New Movie) Hiromi Tsuru ( 1997 video game) English Mimi Woods ( 1995 film, 1997 video game) Mary Elizabeth McGlynn ( S.A.C.

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