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Re:An exploratory statistical analysis of Akira and Ghost in... by michaelt on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @06:59AM (#23537692)
> In any other anime film, we might be quick to dismiss these suggestive, voyeuristic shots as "fan service", but Ghost in the Shell uses these to express something deeper. When bodies are purposeless shells, what does it even mean to sexualise them?

While I agree the nudity in GITS isn't gratuitously sexual, I was quite surprised when I learned what a large portion of Shirow's oeuvre is erotic art books.

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