History Awesome / GhostInTheShellArise

* The second fight between Motoko and Batou. He actually starts off by hacking her so she sees a fake image of him laying dead in the truck. Clearly he learned from their last encounter. And it takes Motoko, Paz, and VV all working together to subdue Batou.
** Then after receiving the antivirus that shows him the truth of what happened in Qhardistan, Batou returns the favor by using the Logicoma's twin machine gun to destroy VV before she can kill Motoko.

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* Everyone was excited when news came out that Mary Elizabeth [=McGlynn=] was casted as Kurutsu for [[HilariousInHindsight it meant that Kurutsu was the leader of Motoko back in Unit 501]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTwEFXxJ4XY The OP sequence "Ghost in the Shell Arise".]]

* When the 78th Ranger Unit takes control of the city's traffic system, [[BikerBabe the Major maintains control of her bike]] and pulls her sidearm as she figures she's going to be attacked. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJLKobRh_vE&t=1m10s Indeed]], when a large van pulls up next to her and the door opens, she [[BoomHeadshot nails her first would-be attacker in the head]] before he can even bring his gun up. Then when another shooter brings out [[GatlingGood a gatling gun]] against her, she ''jumps her motorbike through the van's open door and slams the guy against the other side.'' And while still in mid-jump through the middle of the moving van, she meets eyes with the driver, Batou, who pulls his own gun, and they still manage to trade shots with each other before her bike busts out of the other side of the van. ''Damn.''

* Everyone was excited when news came out that Mary Elizabeth [=McGlynn=] was casted as Kurutsu for [[HilariousInHindsight it meant that Kurutsu was the leader of Motoko back in Unit 501]].

* When the 78th Ranger Unit takes control of the city's traffic system, [[BikerBabe the Major maintains control of her bike]] and [[GenreSavvy pulls her sidearm as she figures she's going to be attacked.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJLKobRh_vE&t=1m10s Indeed]], when a large van pulls up next to her and the door opens, she [[BoomHeadshot nails her first would-be attacker in the head]] before he can even bring his gun up. Then when another shooter brings out [[GatlingGood a gatling gun]] against her, she ''jumps her motorbike through the van's open door and slams the guy against the other side.'' And while still in mid-jump through the middle of the moving van, she meets eyes with the driver, Batou, who pulls his own gun, and they still manage to trade shots with each other before her bike busts out of the other side of the van. ''Damn.''

** Then after receiving the antivirus that shows him the truth of what happened in Qhardistan, Batou returns the favor by using the Logicoma's twin machine gun to destroy VV before she can kill Motoko.

* Ishikawa actually manages to beat Paz in a hand-to-hand bout. Quite impressive considering this is the first time in the entire ''Ghost in the Shell'' franchise [[AdaptationalBadass he's been in a real fight.]]

* Motoko easily overpowers Batou by constantly hacking into his eyes and slowing down his sense of perception by about half a second, which comes in quite handy when he drops his gun and that extra split second gives her the chance to grab it first.

* Then when she fights Raizo near the end, his much larger and stronger cyborg body outmatches her, resulting in her [[MythologyGag losing an arm and almost getting her head crushed]]. However, at the last second, she simply uses her cable to [[CombatPragmatist connect into him and hack his body to paralyze him.]]

* When the 78th Ranger Unit takes control of the city's traffic system, [[BikerBabe the Major maintains control of her bike]] and [[GenreSavvy pulls her sidearm as she figures she's going to be attacked.]] Indeed, when a large van pulls up next to her and the door opens, she [[BoomHeadshot nails her first would-be attacker in the head]] before he can even bring his gun up. Then when another shooter brings out [[GatlingGood a gatling gun]] against her, she ''jumps her motorbike through the van's open door and slams the guy against the other side.'' And while still in mid-jump through the middle of the moving van, she meets eyes with the driver, Batou, who pulls his own gun, and they still manage to trade shots with each other before her bike busts out of the other side of the van. ''Damn.''

* After Saito defects to Batou [[MoneyDearBoy thanks to Batou paying him triple what Motoko was offering him]], he shows up in a helicopter to cover Batou during the highway chase and gets her lined up in his sniper rifle's sights. He loses sight of her for a moment when the Logicoma moves behind Batou's van... and the moment she moves back in sight of him, she's pulled out a rocket launcher.