GITS=Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊 Kōkaku Kidōtai, translated as “Mobile Armored Riot Police”) is a Japanese cyberpunk manga created by Masamune Shirow, and first published in 1989 in Young Magazine.
A collected edition was released in 1991. A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface, was released in 2002. And a third serialized manga, Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor, containing material left out of the sequel was released in 2003.
Over the years, the manga series has been adapted into the following three anime films;
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society
Two anime television series;
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig .