Japanese Ghost in the Shell game cover

A Fuchikoma (フチコマ) is a 1-man tank (walker) used by members of Section 9 of the National Public Safety Commission in Masamune Shirow's manga and anime Ghost in the Shell. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (713x713, 73 KB) This is the cover art for a video or computer game. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (713x713, 73 KB) This is the cover art for a video or computer game. ... Ghost in the Shell is a video game for the PlayStation game console, and draws on both the anime of the same name and the manga by Shirow Matsamune in its presentation. ... Walker is frequently used for any mobile vehicle that moves on legs rather than wheels or tracks. ... Public Security Section 9 is a fictional organization from Masamune Shirows Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. ... The National Public Safety Commission (国家公安委員会) is the organization, consisting of about five committees and answering to the cabinet of the Japanese government, which oversees national security in Japan. ... Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune) is a manga artist of international renown. ... A page from the Marmalade Boy manga, volume 1 (Japanese version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics and/or cartoons (not necessarily animated, this includes print cartoons); outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... Anime (アニメ) is a style of animation originating in Japan. ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ...

Description

They possess a simple artificial intelligence and can act independently to support their user in combat. When not in use, they exhibit a childlike personality and provide much of the humor in the series, while also being used to elaborate on Shirow's philosophy and ideas. Their AI does not include typical safeguards as they are military hardware, but because they possess emotions, they are closely monitored for signs of instability. The Fuchikomas within Section 9 are synchronized nightly or after missions to share their experiences and allow the entire group to learn from them. Wikibooks has more about this subject: Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as intelligence exhibited by an artificial entity. ...

Mechanically, they have four legs and two simple hands with three fingers on extensible arms which double as machine guns. The "face" consists of a large main lens and two smaller sensors with a "mouth" below, which is commonly a grenade launcher but sometimes a heavier machine gun. The pilot sits in a hunched position inside a large posterior pod with interface cables leading to the standard ports in the user's neck for direct control, but the Fuchikoma can also be given orders to act without a pilot. A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

They can handle many different types of terrain, and are able to walk up walls, rappel, walk, or extend wheels from their feet to drive. They are also submersible. In British English, abseiling (from the German abseilen, to rope down) is the process of descending on a fixed rope. ...

Appearances

Fuchikomas appear in the graphic novel of Ghost in the Shell (Koukaku Kidoutai) and a PlayStation game of the same name, where the player spends the entire game playing as a Fuchikoma. A graphic novel (GN) is a long-form comic book, usually with lengthy and complex storylines, and often aimed at more mature audiences. ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid 1990s. ... Ghost in the Shell is a video game for the PlayStation game console, and draws on both the anime of the same name and the manga by Shirow Matsamune in its presentation. ...

They were removed from Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell movie, though a large relative of the Fuchikoma, known as a "think tank" appears near the end of the movie. Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director. ...

In the TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, they are replaced by Tachikomas which act similarly, but look different, standing taller, and instead of a single large "eye" lens, they have 4 independent rotating sensor pods with 3 sensors each. Also the AI of Tachikomas is considerably more advanced. Batou and a Tachikoma Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is also titled Kōkaku Kidōtai: Stand Alone Complex (ManMachine Interface: STAND ALONE COMPLEX) in Japan, and is often refered to by its acronym GitS:SAC. GitS:SAC is a Japanese anime TV series set in the Ghost in the... Tachikoma A Tachikoma (タチコマ) is a fictional multiped (walker) think-tank (a tank controlled by an AI instead of a pilot) from the Ghost in the Shell universe. ...

At the end of the TV series Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG the Tachikomas sacrifice their AI's in order to prevent a nuclear detonation. They are replaced by Fuchikoma/Tachikoma hybrids referred to as 'Uchikoma'. Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (japanese title: 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG) is the second season from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. ...