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The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm 5
By (Author) Shirow Masamune
By (author) Junichi Fujisaku
Illustrated by Yuki Yoshimoto
5
Kodansha America, Inc
Kodansha America, Inc
23rd September 2025
17th June 2025
United States
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Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Science fiction
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240
Width 128mm, Height 190mm, Spine 19mm
210g
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! Togusa and Tsunagi set out for Africa to investigate a poisoning death at the Japanese consulate in the Sahel Special Economic Zone. Using their "honeymoon" as a cover, the two trace the black mamba snake venom used in the assassination to an oasis outside the zone that's part of Gili tribal lands. While they're gone, a coup rocks the Madisi Republic that governs Sahel, and General Mosey seizes control, sparking conflict with the "liberation forces" of the Gili. What does snake venom have to do with a civil war rising from the baked desert sands That question is the key to Togusa breaking the case...
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.