0049 - GitS Stand Alone Complex (S1, Pt 2) ft. Iris Jay

Our episode this time is on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, season 1 part 2, and HEY SAITO! FORK OVER THAT WEAPON NOW!** This episode’s special guest is illustrator and comics creator Iris Jay.

Mechs discussed:

• Tachikomas


• Shells, cyberbrains, and transhumanist elements


• Multiped Tank


• Armed Suits
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Content warnings for this episode: assassination, body horror, misogyny, police violence, state violence, surveillance/stalking, hostage-taking and kidnapping, terrorism, depersonalization, gun violence, physical violence, memory manipulation/brainwashing, violence against minors, organ harvesting.

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