Masamune Shirow: Difference between revisions

Beginning his career with such works as ''Intron Depot'' and ''[[Black Magic M-66]]'', Shirow struck gold with ''Dominion'', one of the funniest [[Dystopia|dystopian fantasies]] ever written -- which was later turned into the successful [[OAV]] series ''[[Dominion Tank Police|Dominion: Tank Police]]''. The more serious ''[[Appleseed]]'' manga was also successful.

However, he is currently best known for his hard-SF saga ''Koukaku Kidoutai'', known overseas as ''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell]]''; not only did ''GITS'' have an extremely successful [[Ghost in Thethe Shell (Mangamanga)|print run]], but it was turned into a [[Ghost in The Shell (Animefilm)|film]] by [[Mamoru Oshii]] and adapted -- with help from Shirow himself -- into a TV series (''[[Ghost in Thethe Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Anime)|GITS: Stand-Alone Complex]]'') that has run for two seasons.

In 2008 he worked on ''[[Real Drive (Anime)|Real Drive]]'' with [[Production IGI.G]]., which have been responsible for the GitS series ''[[Stand Alone Complex]]''. An other [[Production IGI.G]] work he participated in was ''[[Sampaguita (Visual Novel)|Sampaguita]]'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime [[Visual Novel]] series ''[[Yarudora (Visual Novel)|Yarudora]]'', providing character design. He was also involved with character design for ''[[Fire Emblem]]: [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Shadow Dragon]]''; the true extent of his involvement beyond drawing official artwork ([[Off-Model|below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.