The Ghost in the Shell Legacy Edition Manga Box Set Vol. 5

With a new anime adaptation of the manga on the horizon from Science Saru (Dandadan, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!), there has never been a better time to experience the three volumes of the manga that changed the world of science fiction, inspiring generations of readers, artists, authors, and filmmakers around the world.

Since debuting in Japan in 1989 and in the West as a monthly comics series in 1995, Shirow Masamune’s manga The Ghost in the Shell has become the type species of cyberpunk, with its brain jacks, neural chips, military drones, and optical camo setting the visual standard that would be followed by The Matrix, while its blend of white-hot procedural action and eager intellectual curiosity about the shape of the near future bridged the noir-tinged, American cyberpunk of the 1980s and the globalized, metaphysical stimulation overload that would characterize much of the science fiction of the 21st century.

For decades, the English and Japanese editions of this masterpiece have never quite matched each other. That finally changes with the Legacy Edition, which restores the pages that had been edited in the original The Ghost in the Shell manga. The set also includes the acclaimed Deluxe Edition localization of The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor and The Ghost in the Shell 2.0: Man-Machine Interface. All three are reproduced in a high-quality hardcover, right-to-left manga format, with all the pages included in the latest version currently in print in Japan.

Also included:

• A premium slipcase featuring two brand-new illustrations by original author Shirow Masamune, created specifically for this box
• One new piece and ten posters from the rare, limited-edition 1997 Cyberdelics box set, never before released in English, reproduced in new versions featuring a staggering range of special print effects, including etched metallic paper, vinyl stock, and holographic spot gloss.
• The new, 10-inch-wide posters come rolled (not folded) and packed in a rigid box inside the slipcase for added protection.
• A set of multicolored Fuchikoma robot stickers, also from Cyberdelics
• A double-sided poster with Shirow-sensei’s explanation of his artistic process and the poster art, never before translated into English

The Ghost in the Shell (1991)
Deep into thetwenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been blurredas humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots areupgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborgsuperagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiestand most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including «ghosthackers» who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface andreprogramming 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 completingwork on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to histour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface. Focusing onSection 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-ErrorProcessor. Features the stories «Fat Cat,» «Drive Slave,» «Mines ofMind,» and «Lost Past.»

The Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (2001)
March6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terroristNet security expert, heading the investigative department of the giantmulti-national Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physicalworld and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion ofmultiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlledprosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to investigate a seriesof bizarre incidents. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic detective fromthe Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to explore strange changesin the temporal universe brought about by two forces, one represented bythe 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 daythat will change everything, forever.