Max Factory does it again with a great new anime figure. This time fans of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex get a new figure of Public Security Section 9 member Batou. This figure slides right ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Batou and the Major also have a complex relationship with much of ...

A video of a blind rescue dog regaining his confidence on the treadmill touched people's hearts. Run Dawg Gym, a mobile dog gym in Las Vegas, recently worked with Batou, a blind dog who was abandoned ...

Helping a nervous dog gain confidence is easier said than done, but with a little time and a lot of love, anything is possible. Whether it's a timid rescue dog coming home for the first time or a ...

Nine years after his classic Japanime "Ghost in the Shell," creator Mamoru Oshii fails to spin the same magic twice. Covering the same ground with no new thoughts, "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence" is ...

Courtesy of Entertainment Tonight, here's a new behind-the-scenes look at Scarlett Johnasson as The Major and Pilou Asbæk as Batou from the set of Ghost in the Shell. While some of the film was shot ...

One of Rainbow Six Siege's strongest meta-defenders, Azami, gets the opportunity to become Major Motoko Kusanagi with this new collaboration. Featuring the iconic uniform worn by the character in the ...

Today, I’m showcasing Thorp’s designs for Batou’s car, which I believe is a modified Lotus Esprit from the 1980s; Major’s futuristic motorcycle, which is modified version of Honda’s NM4; and solograms ...

Matthew Magnus Lundeen is a writer, critic, and aspiring cinephile trying way too hard and simultaneously not enough. He writes anime features for Game Rant when he isn't trying to write fiction.

Next year we finally get a live-action version of Ghost In The Shell, the hugely successful manga from Masamune Shirow that has defined the genre and has been a Japanese pop culture beacon ever since ...

Kotaku (via hk01 and Apple Daily) has posted some fairly revealing images from the Hong Kong set of Ghost In The Shell. They give us a much better look at Scarlett Johansson as Major Motoko Kusanagi ...