From the outside, it looks like a company’s lab suddenly started assembling a military-grade robot on its own. Obviously, it’s not magic; a hacker is involved. Continue reading →

Is this Motoko attempting to be… normal? Is this her flirting with the idea of domesticity? Continue reading →

This week, Motoko and her men are headed to the Far North, a megacity that is much more reminiscent of cyberpunk settings depicted in other media. Feels like something straight out of Blade Runner, actually. Continue reading →

A rather corpulent man asks one of his sexy… see, this is the thing: how can you tell if these girls are cyborgs or robots? Maybe that’s the point. Continue reading →

As I watch Motoko continue her pursuit on foot, swinging after the suspect like an acrobat, I can’t help but wonder how much of her physical prowess can be attributed to her natural athleticism, and how much has been artificially enhanced? I suppose this is the core anxiety beneath every transhumanist story: as we “Ship of Theseus” ourselves with cybernetic parts, how much of our humanity will remain? But before we start discussing such weighty concepts, let’s get the plot out of the way. Continue reading →