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Masamune Shirow

Born

in Kobe, Japan

November 23, 1961

Website

http://www.shirowledge.com

Genre

Manga, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Masamune Shirow (士郎正宗) is an internationally renowned manga artist. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and several video games. Shirow is also known 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. ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 19,777 ratings · 951 reviews · 140 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ghost in the Shell (Ghost in the Shell, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,617 ratings — published 1989 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-machine Interface (Ghost in the Shell, #2) 3.57 avg rating — 1,829 ratings — published 2001 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appleseed, Vol. 1: The Promethean Challenge 3.94 avg rating — 1,473 ratings — published 1985 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-error Processor (Ghost in the Shell, #1.5) 3.82 avg rating — 1,215 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appleseed: Prometheus Unbound (Appleseed, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 697 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appleseed: The Scales of Prometheus (Appleseed, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 594 ratings — published 1987 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appleseed: The Promethean Balance (Appleseed, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dominion 3.75 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orion by Masamune Shirow, Frederik L. Schodt (Translator), Toren Smith (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 1991 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intron Depot (Intron Depot, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ghost in the Shell (7 books)
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Appleseed (6 books)
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-machine Interface (1 book)
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Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor (1 book)
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Intron Depot (7 books)
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“Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you.”
― Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell

tags: identity, self

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“Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. - Makoto Kuzanagi, Ghost in the shell”
― Masamune Shirow

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“-So life is like fruit growing on the end of the branches..?
-that's right..
-... it's like fruit.”
― Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the shell

tags: life

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