This weeks feature artist: Masamune Shirow

Fans of manga need no introduction to Masamune Shirow. His works are legend. It is our hope that during Manga Month at Dark Horse, we will bring some new readers into the fold. and no introduction to manga is complete without an introduction to Shirow. His published works include Black Magic, Appleseed, Dominion, Ghost in the Shell, Orion, Neurohard, and the deluxe illustration collection, Intron Depot.

The animated version of Ghost in the Shell was released in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom in the late 1995. It is expected to be a very high quality work, employing a great deal of computer graphics, and the best animation staff in Japan. Mr. Shirow is currently working on Ghost in the Shell Part 2, and he plans to serialize it in Kodansha's Young Magazine in the fall of 1995.

Almost all of his works have been translated into English by Studio Proteus, and are currently available through Dark Horse Comics. Ghost in the Shell was released in March 1995

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