in the shell

That episode was set in Taiwan actually. It had landmarks like that hotel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_%28Taipei%29 Japan is automatically ahead (economically and technologically) of much of the rest of the world because, in the GitS universe, they had their exclusive "asian mirac...

I think the latest news about the Hollywood live action adaptation was a couple of questions thrown at the script writer: http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/01/31/live-action-ghost-in-the-shell-writer-talks-about-the-script/ With Spielberg backing it, I think there's a good chance it'll get greenlit b...

The song's name is "good by my master".

You can find it on the tachikoma theme OST album, Be Human by Yoko Kanno.

IMHO.... She had already decided to recruit him so she didn't want to kill him (a lobbed grenade from around the corner could have done that) She had determined from how he was sniping that the interaction of the showdown would make a point that he would understand (and if he did not 'get it' then ...

Aww, has no one got any theories about his lady-friend in England? Well... it is mentioned that she was a high-ranking politician in the Japanese administration some time ago, and that is when Aramaki knew her. She retired from politics (unsurprisingly, looking at the events in SAC1 and SAC2 o_O), ...