Masamune Shirow

"Masamune Shirow" is a Pen Name , based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune . He is best known for the manga '' Ghost In The Shell '', which has since been turned into two Anime movies, two Anime TV series and several Video Games . Masamune is also a popular Hentai artist.

Born in the Hyōgo Prefecture capital city of Kobe , he studied oil painting at Osaka University Of Arts . While in college, he developed an interest in manga, which lead him to create his own complete work, '' Black Magic '', which was published in the manga Fanzine ''Atlas''. His work caught the eye of Seishinsha President Harumichi Aoki , who offered to publish him.

The result was '' Appleseed '', a full volume of densely-plotted drama taking place in an ambiguous future. The story was a sensation, and won the 1986 Seiun Award for Best Manga. After a professional reprint of '' Black Magic '' and a second volume of '' Appleseed '', he released '' Dominion '' in 1986 . Two more volumes of '' Appleseed '' followed before he began work on '' Ghost In The Shell ''.

FAME

Masamune Shirow is now one of the most famous anime and manga creators in the world. Indeed, for a time, he was more popular ''outside'' of Japan. He was chosen as an early author to bring to the West because of many stylistic similarities between his work and traditional American comics. ''''.

HEROINE WITH A SINGLE FACE

Many of his works ('' influences.

His female lead characters (Motoko Kusanagi in '' Ghost In The Shell '', Leona Ozaki in '' Tank Police '', Deunan Knute (or Deunan Nats) in '' Appleseed '', and Seska in '' Orion '') tend to look very similar to each other, with the exception of hair color.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

'' Black Magic M-66 '' ( 1983 )

'' Appleseed 1 '' ( 1985 )

'' Appleseed 2 '' (1985)

'''' ( 1986 )

'' Appleseed 3 '' ( 1987 )

'' Appleseed 4 '' ( 1989 )

'' Ghost In The Shell '' ( 1991 )

'' Orion '' (1991)

'' Intron Depot 1 '' ( 1992 ) (sci fi-themed color illustration artbook collecting his work from 1981 to 1991)

'' (No More Noise)'' ( 1995 )

'' Intron Depot 2 - Blades '' ( 1998 ) (fantasy-themed color illustration artbook featuring female characters with armor and edged weapons)

'''' ( 2001 ) (released in collected form in America on January 19 , 2005 )

'' Intron Depot 3 - Ballistics '' ( 2003 ) (military-themed color illustration and CG artbook featuring female characters with guns)

'''' ( 2003 ) (original version of ''Ghost in the Shell 2'', scrapped when ''Ghost in the Shell 2'' was collected in a single volume, but recently rereleased in Japan)

'' Intron Depot 4 - Bullets '' ( 2004 ) (color illustration artbook collecting his work between 1995 to 1999)

"Minor" works

'' Areopagus Arther '' ( 1980 ), published in ATLAS (fanzine)

'' Yellow Hawk '' ( 1981 ), published in ATLAS (fanzine)

'' Colosseum Pick '' ( 1982 ), published in Funya (fanzine)

'' Pursuit '' ( 1982 ), published in Kintalion (fanzine)

'' Opional Orientation '' ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS (fanzine)

'' Battle On Mechanism '' ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS (fanzine)

'' Metamorphosis In Amazoness '' ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS (fanzine)

'' Arice In Jargon '' ( 1984 ), published in ATLAS (fanzine)

'' Bike Nut '' ( 1985 ), published in Dorothy (fanzine)

'' Gun Dancing '' ( 1986 ), published in Young Magazine Kaizokuban

'' Pile Up '' (two parts) ( 1987 ), published in Young Magazine Kaizokuban

'' Colosseum Pick '' ( 1990 ), published in Comic Fusion Atpas (fanzine)

'' Neuro Hard - The Planet Of A Bee '' (two parts in 1992 , four in 1993 , four in 1994 ), published in Comic Dragon

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ANIME ADAPTATIONS

Film

'' Black Magic M-66 '' ( 1987 ) by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and Masamune Shirow (this is the ''only'' anime Shirow played a direct role in the production of)

'' Appleseed '' ( 1988 ) by Kazuyoshi Katayama

Dominion Tank Police (1988) by Takaaki Ishiyama and Kôichi Mashimo

'' Ghost In The Shell '' ( 1995 ) by Mamoru Oshii

'''' ( 2004 ) by Mamoru Oshii

'' Appleseed '' ( 2004 ) by Shinji Aramaki

Television

'''' ( 2003 ) by Kenji Kamiyama (26 25-minute episodes; also called ''Alone on Earth'' or ''GitS:SAC'')

'''' ( 2004 ) by Kenji Kamiyama (26 25-minute episodes; second season of ''GitS:SAC'')

VIDEOGAME ADAPTIONS

Playstation

:YARUDORA 3: Sampaguita

Playstation 2

Playstation Portable

Arcade

EXTERNAL LINKS

Extensive Masamune Shirow fan website

Masamune Shirow Hyperpage

Artistic Genius

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