is a
seinen manga series written and illustrated by
Masamune Shirow, which spawned the
media franchise of the same name. The manga, first serialized in 1989 under the subtitle of
The Ghost in the Shell, and later published as its own
tankobon volumes by
Kodansha, told the story of the fictional counter-cyberterrorist organization
Public Security Section 9, led by protagonist Major
Motoko Kusanagi, in the mid 21st century of Japan.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface was the sequel work which follows the story of Motoko after merging with the Puppeteer. The last volume,
Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor, contains four separate cases.