Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗, Shirō Masamune^?) is a manga artist of international renown, born Masanori Ota (太田 まさのりOta Masanori) on November 23, 1961. Manga )   is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...

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 popular for creating erotic art. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... Masamune Portrait This article is about the swordsmith. ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... This article is about computer and video games. ...

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. Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県 Hyōgo-ken) is located in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ... Port Tower at night For the basketball star Kobe Bryant go here. ... Osaka University of Arts ) is a private arts university located in Kanan, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... Black Magic M-66 is a science fiction manga by Masamune Shirow. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ...

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. For the Aesop Rock album, see Appleseed (album). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Seiun Award is a famous Japanese science fiction award for writers. ... Black Magic M-66 is a science fiction manga by Masamune Shirow. ... For the Aesop Rock album, see Appleseed (album). ... Dominion: Tank Police is a manga series written and drawn by Masamune Shirow, and later adapted into a series of OAVs. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Aesop Rock album, see Appleseed (album). ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga 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 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. Ghost in the Shell is a famous anime in the West based on his work, hence his popularity. Many people mistake him for the creator of the original anime movie, but he had no major role in its production. Mamoru Oshii directed both movies, which were adaptations of several chapters of the original manga put to film. However, he did play a role in the development of the TV anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer Mamoru Oshii (押井守 Oshii Mamoru; born August 8, 1951 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animation and live-action film writer and director famous for his philosophy-orietned storytelling. ... Batou and a Tachikoma Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is also titled Kōkaku Kidōtai: Stand Alone Complex (ManMachine Interface: STAND ALONE COMPLEX) in Japan, and is often refered to by its acronym GitS:SAC. GitS:SAC is a Japanese anime TV series set in...

Heroine with a single face

Many of his works (Ghost in the Shell, Dominion: Tank Police, Appleseed) follow a common form: a strong female law enforcement officer/warrior battles external threats while facing difficulties from internal politics, in a near-future setting with strong cyberpunk influences. Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... Dominion: Tank Police is a manga series written and drawn by Masamune Shirow, and later adapted into a series of OAVs. ... For the Aesop Rock album, see Appleseed (album). ... Berlins Sony Center in Potsdamer Platz reflects the global reach of a Japanese corporation. ...

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. Major Motoko Kusanagi ) is a fictional Japanese character in Masamune Shirows Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... Spoiler warning: Leona in the first Dominion Anime Leona in New Dominion Al saving Leona at the climax of New Dominion Leona Ozaki is the central character of Masamune Shirows Dominion: Tank Police anime and manga series. ... Dominion: Tank Police is a manga series written and drawn by Masamune Shirow, and later adapted into a series of OAVs. ... From the wikipedia Appleseed article. ... For the Aesop Rock album, see Appleseed (album). ... Orion is a science fiction/fantasy manga by Masamune Shirow, first published in 1991 by Seishinsha. ...

Erotic Art

Although his work is clearly contemporary Manga in style, a substantial amount of Masamune 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. Manga )   is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. ... An artbook is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... By todays standards Fragonards The Swing is rather tame, but in the 18th century this painting of a young lady being in a position where a man can look up her skirts was considered highly erotic. ... H manga is ero manga, which refers to any adult-themed comic books. ... Hentai tankōbon on display in Japan Hentai )   is a Japanese word that means abnormality or metamorphosis. However, in slang situations it often means perverted and is subsequently used in many other countries to refer to anime, manga and computer games with explicit sexual or pornographic content (see Japanese pornography). ...

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 cards, much as the earlier pinup girl art was used. This is a list of artists who work primarily in the medium of the pin-up. ... Time magazine cover, 1941-11-10, with portrait of Rita Hayworth by George Petty George Petty (1894-04-27-1975) was an American pin-up artist. ... Olivia de Berardinis (b. ... Alberto Vargas (1896–1982) was a noted painter of pin-up girls and erotica. ... A telephone card, calling card or phone card for short, is a small card, usually resembling a credit card, used to pay for telephone services. ... A pin-up girl is a woman whose physical attractiveness would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall. ...

Bibliography

• Black Magic M-66 (1983)
• Appleseed 1 (1985)
• Appleseed 2 (1985)
• Dominion (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)
• Dominion: Conflict 1 (No More Noise) (1995)
• Intron Depot 2 - Blades (1998) (fantasy-themed color illustration artbook featuring female characters with armor and edged weapons)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface (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)
• Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor (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)

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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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Other

• Galgrease poster series (2002), published in Uppers Magazine

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Anime adaptations

Film

• Ghost in the Shell (1995) by Mamoru Oshii
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) by Mamoru Oshii
• Appleseed (2004) by Shinji Aramaki
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society (2006) by Kenji Kamiyama

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OVAs

• 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
• Land Lock (1995)

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Television

• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (1st GiG) (2003) by Kenji Kamiyama (26 25-minute episodes; also called Alone on Earth or GitS:SAC)
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004) by Kenji Kamiyama (26 25-minute episodes; second season of GitS:SAC)

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Video Game Adaptions

• PlayStation
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Yarudora Series Vol. 3: Sampaguita
• PlayStation 2
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• PlayStation Portable
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Arcade
  • Horned Owl (lightgun shooting game)
• PC
  • RF Online (MMORPG)

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External links

• Masamune Shirow Hyperpage
• Artistic Genius
• ShirowLedge - Bio, articles, mangas, interviews, links and others
• Masamune Shirow at the Internet Movie Database