
Released simultaneously with new deluxe editions of the other two books in the original series. This will be the definitive edition of The Ghost in the Shell. Released simultaneously with deluxe editions of The Ghost in the Shell 1 and 2 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 edition will mark the first time the book has been published in its original Japanese right-to-left format in English and was supervised by the creator. 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. This hardcover edition of The Ghost In the Shell volume 1 features story and art by Shirow Masamune.ĭeep 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.


About The Ghost In The Shell Deluxe Edition Manga Volume 1 (Hardcover)
