APPLESEED HYPERNOTES TP
(W) MASAMUNE SHIROW (A) MASAMUNE SHIROW (CA) MASAMUNE SHIROW
World war Three is over, but for nomad soldier Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover, Briareos, the greatest challenge lies ahead, not in the abandoned cities and DMZs of a post-war battlefield, but on the streets of a new "utopia." Shirow Masamune's visionary Appleseed is widely regarded not only as one of the linchpin works of graphic fiction, but one of the most influential science-fiction stories in recent memory, culminating in the astonishing 2005 animated adaptation. Appleseed Hypernotes, never before collected in America, features an over 80-plus-page Appleseed tale, plus reams of detailed information and art of the characters, machines, and weapons of Appleseed, presented in a non-Westernized, right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • Contains Appleseed stories from Super Manga Blast! #25-39.
DOMINION TP 4TH ED
(W) Shirow Masamune (A) Shirow Masamune (CA) Shirow Masamune
Welcome to the future, where the norms are vast bio-constructed cities, air toxic enough to force citizens to wear oxygen masks, and crime so severe that the cops drive tanks! When a mysterious winged girl with the power to cleanse the poisoned air is kidnapped by the villainous Buaku, police mini-tank commander Leona Ozaki, her tank Bonaparte, and her lovesick partner Al must confront the arch-criminal and his catgirl molls-the beautiful and deadly Annapuma and Unipuma-before Buaku's master plan kicks into gear. Buaku has more than money on his mind, and the future fate of humanity hangs in the balance! Produced by international comics superstar Shirow Masamune, creator of Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell, Dominion is an ecological-dystopian-police procedural adventure/comedy as only Shirow can create! This new edition is published for the first time in America in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • Shirow is well-known and critically acclaimed internationally. • 2007 will see new non-westernized editions of Dominion, Dominion Conflict 1, Appleseed, and Black Magic; interest in Shirow's work will be high. • Produced in the authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. FOR MATURE READERS Dominion original art and story copyright © 2006 MASAMUNE SHIROW and Seishinsha. New and adapted artwork and text © 2006 Studio Proteus and Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Dominion, its characters, and their distinctive likenesses TM and © 2006 MASAMUNE SHIROW and Seishinsha. The Dominion English logo TM 2006 Studio Proteus and Dark Horse Comics, Inc.