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Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?
Posted By: AlricDate: 3/27/12 6:21 p.m.

In Response To: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon? (XaleManix)

: I know there are quite a few in Oni (I expect at least 7even people to claim
: Konoko isn't Major Kusanagi), but does anyone know if Shirow Masamune's
: venerated cyberpunk series had any influence on the Marathon games?

: The security officer's description of being superior to other colonists
: reminds me of a line from Stand Alone Complex, but I might be remembering
: both with a bit of a miss.

: Just a thought. I have quite a few "what if" plots, or ideas for
: silly, non-cannon modifications to games like marathon, and Ghost in the
: Shell's weapons have always captured my fascination. This is sort of a
: by-product of that, I guess.

I know the first Ghost in the Shell movie came out in 1995, several months after Marathon 1 was published. I'm not sure when the manga was released in the west but I'm sure such things were hard to come by in the mid-1990s.

That said, there appears to be some anime influence in the art design in Marathon.

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Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?XaleManix 3/27/12 4:49 p.m.
     Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Alric 3/27/12 6:21 p.m.
     Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Jabberwok 3/27/12 9:02 p.m.
           Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Jabberwok 3/27/12 9:04 p.m.
                 Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?XaleManix 3/27/12 9:46 p.m.
                       Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Jabberwok 3/28/12 6:45 a.m.
                             Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?XaleManix 3/28/12 7:30 a.m.
                                   Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Jabberwok 3/29/12 6:24 a.m.
                       Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Godot 3/29/12 10:47 a.m.
           Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Godot 3/27/12 11:11 p.m.
                 Re: Ghost in the Shell influences on Marathon?Alric 3/28/12 5:32 a.m.

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