The Ghost In the Shell Book: Volume 1: Manga includes a biography a chapter on the Japanese manga industry chapters on Shirow's signature work, Ghost In the Shell, including all three comics and a chapter on cyberculture. In cinema, Masamune Shirow's inﬂuence is easy to spot in the Star Wars prequels, in the Matrix movies, in Avatar, in Minority Report, in the Avengers series, and in many a superhero ﬂick. It all adds up to a remarkable presence in TV and movies. Then there's the Appleseed digital animations and Appleseed cel animation, plus Black Magic, Real Drive, Ghost Hound (Unseen World) and Dominion: Tank Police. Add to that the live-action Ghost of 2017, and more Ghosties on the way. The impact of the work of Masamune Shirow has been immense in animé and manga: Ghost In the Shell alone led to not one but two classic movies, two outstanding TV series (plus a third, the Arise series), and spin-off movies. Shirow's art is marked by futuristic, cyber-punk settings, fabulous, often eccentric designs, elaborate mecha (such as tanks and mobile suits), attractive warrior women and detailed storytelling (accompanied by his famous, sometimes arcane notes). Masamune Shirow is one of the great creators in the world of Japanese manga and animé - his works have been the basis of several important franchises, with Ghost In the Shell the most famous. Shirow is a Japanese artist best known for Ghost In the Shell, Appleseed and Dominion: Tank Police. This is a study of the Ghost In the Shell comic by Masamune Shirow (real name Masanori Ota, born in 1961, Kobe, Japan).

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