I heard somewhere that Major is said to be designed after an american spy on the GitS manga
I only saw the movie, but wouldn't that be kinda retarded? She has a japanese name and stuff
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The name "Motoko Kusanagi" is a very clearly fake name. "Motoko" is a very generic first name, like "Mary" in the US. "Kusanagi" is the name of a famous sword, much like excalibur, the sword of Arthur; Mary Excalibur doesn't really sound like a real name.
No idea about that American Spy bit, but then again, I never read the manga.