ll of Shirow Masamune's original The Ghost in the Shell manga in one massive hardcover make this the ultimate collector's edition of the ultimate cyberpunk classic. Contains The Ghost in the Shell 1, 1.5, and 2 for over 800 pages of manga.
Featuring a NEW, EXCLUSIVE cover created for this edition by Shirow Masamune!
Includes in one large hardcover volume:
The Ghost in the Shell (1991)
Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been
blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are
upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg
superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most
dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including ghost hackers who are capable
of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become
puppets to carry out the hackers' criminal ends.
The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor (2003)
The lost Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing
work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force,
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface. Focusing on Section 9 agents in
their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor. Features the
stories Fat Cat, Drive Slave, Mines of Mind, and Lost Past.
The Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (2001)
March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist
Net security expert, heading the investigative department of the giant
multi-national Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physical world and
existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities
and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates
around the globe to investigate a series of bizarre incidents. Meanwhile, Tamaki
Tamai, a psychic detective from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to
explore strange changes in the temporal universe brought about by two forces,
one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, the other by the
complex, evolving Motoko entity. What unfolds will all be in a day's work–a
day that will change everything, forever.