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The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm 1
By (Author) Shirow Masamune
By (author) Junichi Fujisaku
Illustrated by Yuki Yoshimoto
1
Kodansha America, Inc
Kodansha Comics
29th September 2020
1st December 2020
United States
General
Fiction
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Superheroes and super-villains
Manga and East Asian style / tradition comic books
741.5952
Paperback
256
Width 128mm, Height 190mm, Spine 20mm
266g
This brand-new chapter fills in the gaps between The Ghost in the Shell- Human-Error Processor and Man-Machine Interface manga with a tense cyberpunk thriller written by Ghost in the Shell- Stand Alone Complex script writer Junichi Fujisaku. Just in time for the release of the new Ghost in the Shell- SAC_2045 anime on Netflix! This brand-new chapter fills in the gaps between The Ghost in the Shell- Human-Error Processor and Man-Machine Interface manga with a tense cyberpunk thriller written by Ghost in the Shell- Stand Alone Complex script writer Junichi Fujisaku. Just in time for the release of the new Ghost in the Shell- SAC_2045 anime on Netflix! The long-awaited follow-up to The Ghost in the Shell 1.5 from acclaimed Stand Alone Complex writer Junichi Fujisaku The 2030s--a decade of upheaval for Japan and Section 9. Recent events have left Togusa and his comrades full of scars and regrets. But the march of time can only quicken. Hackers attempt to assassinate a populist politician, and the investigation leads Batou to a suspicious factory in the artificial islands in southern Japan. Meanwhile, Chief Aramaki hears of a disturbing discovery at the other end of the country- dozens of artificial bodies, illegally dumped near a village where an anti-cyberization sect conducts their training and rites. Among the empty shells is the unmistakable shape of the woman who embodied Section 9 until she disappeared- Major Motoko Kusanagi... Prepare for the new Netflix anime with this manga prequel!
A screenwriter, anime director, manga writer, and novelist, Junichi Fujisaku made major creative contributions to classic anime such as Ghost in the Shell- Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell- Arise, and Blood+. His latest is the manga The Ghost in the Shell- Human Algorithm, a sequel to Shirow Masamune's The Ghost in the Shell 1.5- Human-Error Processor. Yuki Yoshimoto is a manga artist whose debut is The Ghost in the Shell- Human Algorithm.