The Art of Masamune Shirow: Volume 1: Manga

THE ART OF MASAMUNE SHIROW

VOLUME 1: MANGA

by Jeremy Mark Robinson

This is a study of the art of Masamune Shirow (real name Masanuri Ota, b. 1961, Kobe, Japan), a Japanese artist best known for Ghost In the Shell, Appleseed and Dominion: Tank Police.

Masamune Shirow is one of the great creators in the world of Japanese manga and anim - his works have been the basis of several important franchises. 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).

The Art of Masamune Shirow includes chapters on Shirow's signature works, Appleseed and Ghost In the Shell, and his lesser-known comics, such as Dominion: Tank Police, Orion, Black Magic and Neuro Hard; a biography; Shirow's relation to the Japanese manga industry; and themes such as cyberculture and cyber-punk fiction. The Appleseed comic and the three Ghost In the Shell comics are explored chapter by chapter.

Fully illustrated, including many images from Masamune Shirow's whole output, the neglected comics, and Shirow's other works in print publishing, such as the Intron Depot series.

Hardcover - full colour laminate cover.

Bibliography, resources and notes. 376 pages.

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About the Author
Robinson, Jeremy Mark: - JEREMY ROBINSON has published poetry, fiction, and studies of J.R.R. Tolkien, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Hardy, André Gide and D.H. Lawrence. Robinson has edited poetry books by Novalis, Ursula Le Guin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Francesco Petrarch, Dante Alighieri, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Books on film and animation include: The Akira Book The Art of Katsuhiro Otomo The Art of Masamune Shirow (3 vols) The Ghost In the Shell Book (2 vols) Berserk: Kentaro Miura: The Manga and the Animé Fullmetal Alchemist: Himoru Arakawa: Manga: Animé Movies Cowboy Bebop: The Anime and Movie The Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki: Pocket Guide Princess Mononoke: Pocket Movie Guide Spirited Away: Pocket Movie Guide The Sacred Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Tarkovsky: Pocket Guide. Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick Blade Runner: Pocket Movie Guide The Cinema of Donald Cammell Performance: Donald Cammell: Nic Roeg: Pocket Movie Guide Ken Russell: England's Great Visionary Film Director and Music Lover Tommy: Ken Russell: The Who: Pocket Movie Guide Women In Love: Ken Russell: D.H. Lawrence: Pocket Movie Guide The Devils: Ken Russell: Pocket Movie Guide Walerian Borowczyk: Cinema of Erotic Dreams The Beast: Pocket Movie Guide The Lord of the Rings Movies The Fellowship of the Ring: Pocket Movie Guide The Two Towers: Pocket Movie Guide The Return of the King: Pocket Movie Guide Jean-Luc Godard: The Passion of Cinema