Comic books in 'Manga'

Volume 2, 1st Printing - Softcover, 5" x 7", 216 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 2, 2nd or later printing - Softcover, 5" x 7", 216 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 1- 1st printing. Story and art by Yun Kouga. In the legendary past the gods battled for supremacy and cast out the demon god whose name cannot be spoken. Banished to Earth, the demon found refuge on the mysterious and dangerous island known only as "G". Softcover, 5-in. X 7 1/2-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $8.99.

Volume 1- 1st printing. Story by Yuya Aoki. Art and cover by Rando Ayamine. The job of a retriever is not a very lucrative one, at least not for Ginji Amano and Ban Mido. So dire are their circumstances that death by starvation seems imminent until a homeless man takes pity on them and shares some of the food he's been able to scrounge. Upon learning that they are the GetBackers, he offers them all he has to get his daughter back from the Yakuza. Softcover, 214 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Yongtaek Chae. Art and cover by Garam Han. It is the near future, and student violence in schools is out of control. In a questionnaire survey for teachers, 98.6% say it is far more challenging to teach students than in the past, and 85.8% say it is not only more challenging but now dangerous. Eventually, due to out of control youth violence, a teacher is murdered, and the news goes everywhere. As a result, public opinion calling for rapid changes to juvenile law boils over in all parts of the country. The Ministry of Education and the National Assembly, feeling the seriousness of the collapse of the teaching authority, take the news very seriously and revise the Teaching Rights Protection Act to create a single supervisory body. The name of the supervisory body is the Office of the Protection of Educational Rights. Hwajin Na becomes a supervisor of the Educational Rights Protection Bureau and is sent to a school where the collapse of authority is severe. His teaching techniques are violent for someone who works in the Ministry of Education. That being said, when punishments don't seem to work on even the worst of school bullies, there is no better man for the job. Sometimes you can't get a good education until those bullies are taught a lesson... Collecting the hugely popular Webtoon in print for the first time! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 250 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Yongtaek Chae. Art and cover by Garam Han. As Hwajin Na's TRPA team expands, bad actors within the Korean education system don't stand a chance! As their assignments continue, they discover that their brand of corrective justice must be applied to students and teachers alike. Very little bad behavior happens without cause and, through unconventional means, Hwajin and Hanrim seek to cut off school-led chaos at the root. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 264 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Yongtaek Chae. Art and cover by Garam Han. As Hwajin Na's TRPA team expands, bad actors within the Korean education system don't stand a chance! As their assignments continue, they discover that their brand of corrective justice must be applied to students and teachers alike. Very little bad behavior happens without cause and, through unconventional means, Hwajin and Hanrim seek to cut off school-led chaos at the root. Collecting Season One of the hugely popular Webtoon in print for the first time! Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 264 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by Ken Ishikawa and Eiichi Shimizu. Art and cover by Tomohiro Shimoguchi.

A modern reimagining of a genre classic, by the author/artist duo who brought you the Ultraman manga! When strange alien creatures known as the Devolved begin attacking our universe through distortions in space, three young pilots are recruited to combat them. The trio are connected by Getter Rays - a mysterious cosmic radiation - and with its power are capable of piloting the most powerful robot known to mankind: Getter Robo!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 180 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Written by Ken Ishikawa and Eiichi Shimizu. Art and cover by Tomohiro Shimoguchi.

A modern reimagining of a genre classic, by the creators who brought you the Ultraman manga! When strange alien creatures known as the Devolved begin attacking our universe through distortions in space, three young pilots are recruited to combat them. The trio are connected by Getter Rays - a mysterious cosmic radiation - and with its power are capable of piloting the most powerful robot known to mankind: Getter Robo!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing.

Written by Ken Ishikawa and Eiichi Shimizu. Art and cover by Tomohiro Shimoguchi.

A modern reimagining of a genre classic, by the creators who brought you the Ultraman manga! When strange alien creatures known as the Devolved begin attacking our universe through distortions in space, three young pilots are recruited to combat them. The trio are connected by Getter Rays, a mysterious cosmic radiation, and with its power are capable of piloting the most powerful robot known to mankind: Getter Robo!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing.

Written by Ken Ishikawa and Eiichi Shimizu. Art and cover by Tomohiro Shimoguchi.

A modern reimagining of a genre classic, by the creators who brought you the Ultraman manga! When strange alien creatures known as the Devolved begin attacking our universe through distortions in space, three young pilots are recruited to combat them. The trio are connected by Getter Rays, a mysterious cosmic radiation, and with its power are capable of piloting the most powerful robot known to mankind: Getter Robo!

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.99.

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Written by Masamune Shirow. Art by Shirow Masamune. The beautiful and deadly Major Kusanagi and her crack team of Internal Affairs operatives are sent to investigate a government factory with questionable labor practices, but the factory is ready to defend itself! All in a day's work, except this time, the major and her team aren't sure if they will still have jobs when -- or if -- they return! Cover price $3.95.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Someone is inflicting wetware viruses on government employees, and Togusa has an ex-girlfriend who has fallen victim to the deadly program! Full-metal jacket or encryption-encoded neurovirus: either way, you're staring death in the face! Welcome to the 21st century! Cover price $3.95.

By MASAMUNE SHIROW. When you build robots with artificial personalities, you risk the chance that they might not want to be treated like appliances. And when you pattern a robot's consciousness on a human template, you're transcribing hopes and fears. Robots are turning into crazed killers, and it's up to Major Kusanagi to determine whether this is a robot factory-worker's cry for help...or a general rebellion! Cover price $3.95.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Some powerful megacorporations seem very interested in a worn-out piece of land just north of Japan. When they get interested enough to kill a rookie cop performing surveillance, Major Kusanagi and her team move in...but will they be able to investigate without sparking an international incident between former rival nations? Cover price $3.95.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Major Kusanagi gives herself totally to her work. And when she receives a surprise visit from an escaped terrorist, she makes no exception. A pound of 16-penny nails and a hunk of plastique won't stop her from coming out both barrels blazing...even if that means blowing herself sky-high! Cover price $3.95.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. The Major, Batou, Togusa and Aramaki begin this issue on a search-and-destroy mission. The object of their hunt is a rogue robot who may or may not have a "ghost." As they get closer to the truth, they also get closer to a dangerous situation that could affect the very fabric of their society. Cover price $3.95.

By MASAMUNE SHIROW. Sometimes you have to take a life to save a life, and that's just what Kusanagi did to save the Foreign Minister. She took down the terrorist to save the diplomat. Yet, despite that fact, she is sentenced to 8 months in prison for use of excessive force. The same prison, it turns out, where the terrorist's pals have been sent for their crimes. Surrounded by enemies, in the darkness of her cell, will Kusanagi last her 8-month sentence? Will she even make that first week? Cover price $3.95.

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By MASAMUNE SHIROW. The Puppeteer attacks the Major during her most vulnerable moment: the time she leaves her own body in preparation to inhabit a new one! Will the Puppeteer succeed in hijacking her body by destroying her "ghost" to make room for his own? Don't miss this dramatic, climactic final chapter! Cover price $3.95.

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Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging technoscape, the covert-ops agents of Section 9 are charged to track and crack the most dangerous terrorists, cybercriminals, and ghost hackers. And speaking of ghosts, when supposedly dead people start turning up walking and talking, Section 9 begins to look into the possibility that corpses are being 'puppeted' from a remote location, and some serious powerbrokers may be pulling the strings. Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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, but never collected until now. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you've come to expect from Ghost in the Shell but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore. This first issue features part one of 'Fat Cat,' the first of four Ghost in the Shell tales. ? Shirow and Ghost in the Shell are well-known and critically acclaimed internationally, with movies, television, and novels inspired by the groundbreaking manga. ? These stories have long been in demand by Shirow fans, but have only seen print in the stories' original serializations, and have not been available for over a decade. ? This is the first English-language Shirow series that will be produced in the authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. Cover price $2.99.

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by Shirow Masamune How do you keep a dead man from being murdered? Business bigwig Hayasaka might be dead, but he keeps turning up walking and talking, and Section 9 agents need to find out whether he's being remotely "puppeted" and whether those pulling the strings?like the mysterious Takoaka of the Institute of Technology?are the same people trying to control access to Pandora, a vast digital treasure trove of information of the most sensitive?and dangerous?nature. 24pgs (2 of 6) Cover price $2.99.

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Cybercrime special-ops unit Section 9 has been mobilized to protect a key witness in a trial involving defective micro machines. And the witness definitely needs protection-from remote-controlled corpses packing serious hardware! And if the identity of these dead assassins' pilots isn't enough of a mystery for Section 9, how about the unexpected appearance of long-missing special agent Motoko Kusanagi! Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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. This deluxe-format issue concludes 'Fat Cat,' the first of four Ghost in the Shell tales. Cover price $2.99.

Top cybercrime agent Motoko Kusanagi has returned-or has she? Well, whoever 'Motoko' is-or isn't-she's back on the job with Batou, protecting a comatose key witness from assassination, a killing designed to end the investigation of a case involving lethally defective micro machines. But the bad guys don't only have little machines, they also have great big combat mecha perfectly capable of taking apart the hospital-not to mention Matoko and Batou-to terminate the target! Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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. This deluxe-format issue concludes 'Drive Slave,' the second of four Ghost in the Shell tales. Blade of the Immortal © 2006 by Hiroaki Samura. All rights reserved. New and adapted artwork and text copyright 2006 Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor © Shirow Masamune 2003. All rights reserved. First published in Japan in 2003 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. Publication rights for this English edition arranged through Kodansha Ltd. Cover price $2.99.

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Section 9 special agents Batou and Togusa are investigating a series of brutal murders that appear to be linked by the victims' common tattoo, a military design. A found yacht key could help unlock the mystery behind the murders, but if the Section 9 agents want to toss the boat, they'll have to get in line-behind two killer cyborgs with a distinct antipathy for cops! Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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. This deluxe-format issue begins 'Mines of Mind,' the third of four Ghost in the Shell tales. Cover price $2.99.

Another grisly murder has been committed, and again the unidentified victim has a military tattoo that's been found on all the bodies in a series of brutal slayings. Section 9 special agents Togusa and Azuma find a destroyed cyborg at the scene, the same killer 'borg who nearly did them in in a previous encounter. Also found are the prints of the last surviving member of the now-slaughtered military team. Is he the final name on the hit list, or is he the mastermind crossing off the names? Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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. This deluxe-format issue concludes 'Mines of Mind,' the third of four Ghost in the Shell tales. Cover price $2.99.

When a suspected assassin turns up dead with a couple of ex-bodyguards of her intended government-minister target, the agents of Section 9 set out to unravel the mystery only to find themselves tied up in a Gordian knot of intrigues and subterfuges. When the minister goes missing, reports surface of an ace-sniper out to punch the big shot's ticket, and the Section 9 agents race against the clock to get to the minister before the assassin's bullet does! Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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. This deluxe-format issue begins 'Lost Past,' the final of four Ghost in the Shell tales, presented in the original right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. Cover price $2.99.

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A top government official has disappeared, and superstar-for-hire sniper Yuen Shohoi may have 'disappeared' him. But the investigating agents of Section 9 begin to suspect something else afoot-that the minister is in hiding, possessing secrets that others in the government are determined to make sure never see the light of day. And by tracking down the minister, are the agents simply leading the predators to the prey? Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America 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. This deluxe-format issue concludes 'Lost Past,' the final of four Ghost in the Shell tales. ? This is the first English-language Shirow series that will be produced in the authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. Cover price $2.99.

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Regular cover. by MASAMUNE SHIROW; translation by FREDERIK L. SCHODT 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 solve a series of bizarre incidents. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the temporal universe, brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, and 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. Man-Machine Interface, the long awaited-sequel to Masamune Shirow's groundbreaking Ghost in the Shell and one of the most highly anticipated comics series in many years, finally reaches American shores. Featuring 100 pages of new art and story created since its original publication, most rendered in dazzling full color with awe-inspiring digital effects on a level never before seen in the annals of graphic fiction. Shirow has raised the bar for what can be achieved on the page, page after page!. MATURE READERS On sale October 30 FC, 40pg (no ads) . . .$4.99 Cover price $4.99.

Chrome Cover. by MASAMUNE SHIROW; translation by FREDERIK L. SCHODT 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 solve a series of bizarre incidents. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the temporal universe, brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, and 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. Man-Machine Interface, the long awaited-sequel to Masamune Shirow's groundbreaking Ghost in the Shell and one of the most highly anticipated comics series in many years, finally reaches American shores. Featuring 100 pages of new art and story created since its original publication, most rendered in dazzling full color with awe-inspiring digital effects on a level never before seen in the annals of graphic fiction. Shirow has raised the bar for what can be achieved on the page, page after page!. MATURE READERS On sale October 30 FC, 40pg (no ads) . . .$4.99 Cover price $4.99.

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by MASAMUNE SHIROW; translation by Frederik L. Schodt March 6, 2035 ? four and half years since cyber-cop Matoko Kusanagi joined with an artifical intelligence and quit the 9th Police Squad. Now, a hyper-advanced cyborg called Motoko Aramaki ? a fusion of multiple entities and identities ? heads the investigative department of the giant multi-national, Poseidon Industrial, deploying remotely controlled humanoid surrogates around the globe as on-the-ground agents. When a herd of specially-bred pigs used to clone human organs for transplant are slaughtered, Motoko dispatches herself through cyberspace and utilizing surrogate cyborgs at far-flung locales to do the heavy lifting, Matoko hunts down the attackers, battling online and on the ground, but there may be more to the mystery than meets the eye...even the all-seeing eye of artificial intelligence. No work of graphic fiction you've ever experienced can prepare you for the mind-warping journey that is Man-Machine Interface. ? Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! FOR MATURE READERS On sale November 27 FC, 32pg (no ads) . . . $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

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by MASAMUNE SHIROW; translation by Frederik L. Schodt Cyborg cyber-agent Matoko Aramaki has dispatched a humanoid surrogate ? call her "Clarice" ? to investigate an apparent terrorist attack on a herd of genetically-engineered pigs designed for human organ cloning. And no sooner does the surrogate hit the ground in a vehicle assembly plant halfway around the world than she's wrangling a herd of a different kind ? no- nonsense security cyborgs bent on sending her to the cyber-scrapheap. But when Clarice/Matoko jacks into the brain of the facility's supervisor and breaks through network firewalls into the level 6 "ghostline," Motoko discovers that the pig slaughter may have been only a strike against a deeper conspiracy ? and yet another hidden enemy! ? Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! FOR MATURE READERS On sale December 18 FC, 32pg (no ads) . . . $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

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by MASAMUNE SHIROW An important meeting of VIPs at Poseidon Industrial turns to mayhem and then murder right under the nose of cyborg cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki and Poseidon's security team. With the blood still wet on the polished hardwood, Maotoko must once again jack into cyberspace and try to solve the crime with the use of one of her cyborg surrogates ? providing her surrogate survives a knock-down drag-out encounter with a hit team of murderous machines! The mind-blowing sequel to the manga/anime classic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface shatters the boundaries of graphic fiction, conjuring a fully-realized visual reality unlike anything seen before but certain to be imitated for years to come. FOR MATURE READERS On sale January 22 FC/b&w, 32pg (no ads) . . . $3.50 Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW On sale April 2, FC, 32pg (no ads), $3.50 Cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki remains hot on the trail of the shadowy terrorists making life hell for Poseidon Industrial. Motoko deploys a cyborg surrogate, Chroma, for on-the- ground operations to pick up needed information, but while waiting for an e-brain private eye to pony up the data, Chroma is jacked into a no-holds-barred virtual combat game? at least she hopes it's virtual! The synapse-frying followup to the manga/anime heavyweight champion, Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface crushes to powder any previous notions of what is or is not a comic book with its dizzying storyline and cutting-edge, digitally enhanced visuals, unlike anything comics have ever offered. Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! FOR MATURE READERS Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW On sale May 21, FC/b&w, 32pg (no ads) (6 of 11), $3.50 Chroma, one of super-cyber agent Motoko Aramaki's cyborg surrogate operatives, has a little problem. She's not sure whether she's in the real world or inside a game...but either way, there are plenty of well-armed weirdoes going all-out to turn Chroma into a grease- spot, virtual and/or literal. And real or not, their goal is to find a way to get to Motoko, and she may have unwittingly provided them with the means to track her down...and rub her out! The brain-twisting followup to the manga/anime classic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface redefines the limits of "comic book" to create an immersing visual landscape unlike anything seen before in graphic fiction. ? Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW FOR MATURE READERS On sale August 6, FC, 32pg, (no ads), $3.50 After arriving at the ocean-floating Poseidon Industrial Headquarters, super cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki is determined to infiltrate into the Decatoncale supercomputer, one of only three such systems on earth. But breaking through Poseidon's security into the network won't exactly be a walk in the park, and even if she manage to jack in, the dangers of the virtual dimension are every bit as deadly! The mind-mulching sequel to the manga/anime classic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface takes comics to a level never-before-seen, creating a fever-dream cyberscape of spectacular?and disturbing?realism. Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW FOR MATURE READERS On sale September 10, b&w, 32pg (no ads), #3.50 Having jacked-in to the Decatonale supercomputer, cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki is hot on the virtual trail of the mystery entity behind the wave of terrorists attacks rocking Poseidon International's world. And that trail leads through Millennium, another formidable?and not hard to look at!?cybernaut who's ready, willing, and able to run Motoko through the digital shredder! The synapse-sizzling sequel to the manga/anime classic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface takes graphic fiction to a new plateau, creating breathtaking images and dizzying concepts of astonishing complexity and originality. ? Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW FOR MATURE READERS On sale October 15, FC, 32pg, (no ads), $3.50 Deep inside the electronic infinity of the enemy Decatonale supercomputer, cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki plays hide-and-seek with the system's digital defenses to get the root of the terrorist attacks plaguing Poseidon International. It's been a tough cyber-fight, but one that becomes even tougher when Motoko Aramaki encounters a new adversary, the one- and-only Motoko Kusanagi, whose personality is embedded in the core of her own multi- identity. And when the entities begin to spontaneously fuse, the existence of each?or both!?hangs in the balance! The consciousness-altering sequel to the manga/anime classic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface takes graphic fiction into unexplored territory, a hallucinatory dreamscape of unforgettable visions and unimaginable ideas. Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW MATURE READERS On sale November 19, FC, 32pg (no ads), $3.50 Even for the hallucinatory, infinite landscape of cyberspace, stuff's getting out of hand! Deep within the digital universe of the Decontale supercomputer, super cyber-agent Motoko Aramaki is in deep trouble. It's tough enough running the risk of being caught by heavily-armed security in the real world, but when Matoko is being given the business by the godlike avatars in the virtual world, Matoko runs an even greater risk: assimilation and erasure! The astonishing sequel to the manga/anime classic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow's Man-Machine Interface takes graphic fiction into unexplored realms, creating a fully-realized digital dreamscape that takes readers to the edge of tomorrow and to a coming age where the nature of existence itself will be deconstructed, reassembled, and redefined. Cover price $3.50.

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MASAMUNE SHIROW FOR MATURE READERS On sale December 24, FC, 32pg (no ads), Roaring down the final stretch, Man-Machine Interface reaches its explosive climax as master storytelling visionary Masamune Shirow continues to tear down the walls between actual and virtual, flesh and circuit, soul and science. Taking the dizzying concepts began in the manga-anime classic Ghost in the Shell and accelerating them to critical mass, Shirow has crafted a true 21st Century epic of monumental visual complexity and staggering conceptual depth, almost as though Shirow were writing for an audience already living in the future he envisions. Breathtaking, challenging, and a little dangerous, Man-Machine Interface is a graphic-fiction masterpiece that will be read, re-read, and argued about for years to come! Translation by Frederik L. Schodt (Ghost in the Shell, Astro Boy). Special deluxe format with no interior advertising! Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. Collects Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (2003) #1-11. Story and art by Shirow Masamune. 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 solve a series of bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the temporal universe, brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, and the other by the complex, evolving Motoko entity. What unfolds will be all in a day's work...a day that will change everything, forever. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 312 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. Collects Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (2003) #1-11. Story and art by Shirow Masamune. 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 solve a series of bizarre crimes. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic investigator from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to investigate strange changes in the temporal universe, brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, and the other by the complex, evolving Motoko entity. What unfolds will be all in a day's work...a day that will change everything, forever. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 312 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.

Set Includes Vol. 1, 1.5, and 2 (with premium lithograph) - Printings may vary.

Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

The original manga that became a legendary anime franchise, now in a complete collector's box set. 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. Includes three large-sized hardcover volumes, plus a collectible lithograph by creator Shirow Masamune.

Hardcover (3 Volumes with Slipcase), 864 pages (total), B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

This deluxe edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English. Supervised by the creator, this will be the definitive edition of The Ghost in the Shell.

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.

Hardcover, 368 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

This deluxe edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English. Supervised by the creator, this will be the definitive edition of The Ghost in the Shell.

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.

Hardcover, 368 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1.5 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

This deluxe edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English. Supervised by the creator, this will be the definitive edition of The Ghost in the Shell.

Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor presents for the first time in America the "lost" Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor has all the mind-twisting cybermadness you've come to expect from Ghost in the Shell but set in a more police-procedural context with action and suspense galore. Features the stories "Fat Cat," "Drive Slave," "Mines of Mind," and "Lost Past."

Hardcover, 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Story and art by Shirow Masamune.

This deluxe edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English. Supervised by the creator, this will be the definitive edition of The Ghost in the Shell. Released simultaneously with new deluxe editions of the other two books in the original series.

The long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune's groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, and one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, Man-Machine Interface is Shirow's most ambitious and complex story yet, with deep forays into philosophy and the meaning of artificial life, intelligence, and existence. Utilizing awe-inspiring digital effects on a level never before seen in the annals of graphic fiction, Shirow has raised the bar for what can be achieved, page after page!

Tokyo: Following World Wars III and IV a Japanese-led Asian block dominates the world. A key element in the maintenance of the block's position is the elite Japanese security police, the SHELL task force. To give them an edge in their ruthless battles against terrorist groups, most of the force have had extensive cybernetic transplants that have left them only questionably human. This is an exciting and skillful work that realistically probes uses of artificial intelligence and "direct interfacing" with machines, and which questions where mankind's technological and medical progress will lead.

Hardcover, 328 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Yu Kinutani. Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as "The Laughing Man." Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Yu Kinutani. Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as "The Laughing Man." Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Episode 2: Testaion!" Story and art by Yu Kinutani. Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special operations task force comprised of former military officers and police detectives. Based on the hit TV series. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.99.