in the shell

Actually, if you pay attention to the entire scene once they are rescued you'll notice that Kuze's has the cyberbrain lock attached, hence signifying he can't really do much of anything. This is why it looks like Batou is basically manhandling him. Once on board the helicopter, I'm assuming Motoko'...

I agree with your ideas that Kuze has bitten of the fruit in that he is going to merge with the net and rise to a higher different conciousness. I would say it was Kuze who had bitten the apple. The major almost did but stopped. The apple obviously isn't there just as an apple, its a representation ...

When Motoko and Kuze are in the helicopter leaving Dejima theres a scene where Kuze is holding an apple with a bite out of it. Motoko then says "Your... " and its left at that. I remember that Motoko was going to bite out of that apple when she and Kuze were trapped. Her being fully cyborg...

Whats up with the region 1 release?

I voted for the original as it was the first manga film i saw. I found the story baffling at first trying to piece together what things meant and how parts of the story which at first didnt seem linked, came together. Although i thought that it had been made in the late 80's or early 90's because of...

Hi everyone :P Brand new to the forums here and finally found a forum about my favourite series/film :D Anyhow anyone seen Dead Leaves? What do you think about it? I just couldnt help but love it, its the most crazy, funny and gross thing i've seen in ages, and really unique from other anime films i...