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is an internationally renowned Manga artist, born Masanori Ota (太田 まさのり''Ota Masanori'') on November 23 , 1961 . ''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 three Anime movies, two Anime TV series and several Video Games . Shirow is also popular for creating erotic art. 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 led 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 Shirow is a world-famous illustrator. Indeed, for a time, he was more popular ''outside'' of Japan than inside. 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. EROTIC ART Although his work is clearly contemporary Manga in style, a substantial amount of Shirow's work has been released in Artbook or Poster Book format focusing on female characters in provocative poses and various degrees of nudity. This Erotic Art is also known as H Manga or Hentai . Some earlier Pinup Artists that have styles from which Masumune may have been influenced are George Petty , Olivia De Berardinis , and Alberto Vargas . In addition, some of Masumune's work has been used in advertising such things as Telephone Card s, much as the earlier Pinup Girl art was used. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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