 Hiroyuki Okiura , the character designer and key animation supervisor , designed a more mature and serious Motoko than Masamune Shirow 's original portrayal of the character in the manga . Okiura chose to depict a physically mature person to match Motoko 's mental age , instead of the youthful twenty @-@ something appearance in the manga . Motoko 's demeanor lacks the comedic facial expressions and rebellious nature depicted in the manga . 
 Hiroyuki Okiura , the character designer and key animation supervisor , designed a more mature and serious Motoko than Masamune Shirow <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>original portrayal of the character in the manga . Okiura chose to depict a physically mature person to match Motoko <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>mental age , instead of the youthful twenty @-@ something appearance in the manga . Motoko <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>demeanor <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>lacks</mark></a> the comedic facial expressions and rebellious nature depicted in the manga . 
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