Masamune Shirow

Masamune Shirow
士郎 正宗
Born Masanori Ota
(1961-11-23) November 23, 1961
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Area(s) Manga artist
Pseudonym(s) Masamune Shirow
Notable works
Appleseed, Ghost in the Shell
Awards Seiun Award (for Appleseed)
www.shirowledge.com

Masamune Shirow (士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune, born November 23, 1961) is the pen name[1] of Japanese manga artist Masanori Ota. The pen name is derived from the legendary sword-smith Masamune. Shirow is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime television series, an anime television movie, an anime OVA series, and several video games. Shirow is also known for creating erotic art.

Career

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 best-selling[2] manga 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.

In 2007, he collaborated again with Production I.G to co-create the original concept for the anime television series Shinreigari/Ghost Hound, Production I.G's 20th year anniversary project. A further original collaboration with Production I.G began airing in April 2008, titled Real Drive.

Bibliography

Manga

Art books

A substantial amount of Shirow's work has been released in art book or poster book format. The following is an incomplete list.

Galgrease

Galgrease (published in Uppers Magazine, 2002) is the collected name of several erotic manga and poster books by Shirow. The name comes from the fact that the women depicted often look "greased".

The first series of Galgrease booklets included four issues each in the following settings:

The second series included another run of 12 booklets in the following worlds:

After each regular series, there were one or more bonus poster books that revisited the existing characters and settings.

Minor works

Main source:[3]

Other

Anime

Film

OVAs

Television

Video games

Arcade

PC Engine

Super Famicom

Nintendo DS

PlayStation

PlayStation 2

PlayStation Portable

Microsoft Windows

References

  1. MSHD: About Masamune Shirow
  2. McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 42. — 528 p. — ISBN 978-0061474507
  3. shirowledge
  4. MAPP1-SM mouse series
  5. "Pandora in the Crimson Shell Manga Gets Event Anime in December". Anime News Network. October 23, 2015.

Further reading

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