Books by Shirow Masamune

A NEW CHAPTER IN THE APPLESEED SAGABefore the events of Appleseed, Deunan, a human woman and former SWAT officer, along with her combat-cyborg lover, Briareos, arrive in war-torn New York City. The city's mayor is a dapper but delusional cyborg, preparing for the UFO invasion he's convinced is right around the corner. Briareos's powerful abilities earn the pair refuge, but there are few human comforts to be found in a city catered to cyborgs…After the couple parts ways, the mayor's nightmare takes a turn for the worse. Deunan's group of outcast humans may be just the extra manpower the mayor needs-but can the two factions put aside their differences in time to save the world?PRAISE FOR APPLESEED BY SHIROW MASAMUNE, THE MIND BEHIND THE GHOST IN THE SHELL "A meditation on utopian ideals...pure SF." -Worlds Without End "Every time you read the manga and watch the plot develop you find something you missed before." -"Ten Reasons Appleseed Is Amazing," IGN

The bestselling manga set in a dystopic futuristic Japan continues.

From Shirow Masamune, the award-winning creator of Appleseed and Dominion comes the breakthrough manga that inspired the internationally acclaimed animated film.

NEW HARDCOVER DELUXE EDITION! Now a major motion picture! • Definitive new edition supervised by creator Shirow Masamune • In the original, right-to-left format with Japanese sound effects for the first time! • Released simultaneously with deluxe editions of The Ghost in the Shell 1.5 and 2 Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers" who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers' criminal ends.

Collecting numbered 71-78, this title chronicles the Viltrumite War in its entirety.