Alt: Three characters from The Ghost in the Shell franchise. Batou, a cyborg that appears as a man with blonde hair and artificial eyes that look like grey plastic cylinders, an "operator lady", which is an android with a high ponytail, and Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg that appears as a woman with short blue hair. (note on the term "Android" - linguistically, an android is a robot that appears to be a human man, and a gynoid is a robot that appears to be a human woman, however, in many sci-fis, including this one, android is used to describe any humanoid robot that is intended to pass as human or nearly human, whereas gynoid is an android specifically tailored for sex acts, regardless of gender