Ghost in the Shell 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 animé films; Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society; and two animé television series — Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig; all produced by Production I.G, along with one PlayStation game, one PlayStation 2 game, and one PlayStation Portable game.