Author(s): Shirow Masamune

NEW HARDCOVER DELUXE EDITION! Now a major motion picture!

• Definitive new edition supervised by creator Shirow Masamune
• In the original, right-to-left format with Japanese sound effects for the first time!
• Brand new bonus content
• Released simultaneously with deluxe editions of The Ghost in the Shell 1.5 and 2

Deep 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. 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.

Series Overview:
Following World Wars III and IV a Japanese-led Asian block dominates the world. A key element in the maintenance of the block’s position is the elite Japanese security police, the SHELL task force. To give them an edge in their ruthless battles against terrorist groups, most of the force have had extensive cybernetic transplants that have left them only questionably human. This is an exciting and skillful work that realistically probes uses of artificial intelligence and “direct interfacing” with machines, and which questions where mankind’s technological and medical progress will lead.

NEW HARDCOVER DELUXE EDITION! Now a major motion picture!

• Definitive new edition supervised by creator Shirow Masamune
• In the original, right-to-left format with Japanese sound effects for the first time!
• Brand new bonus content
• 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. Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor. Features the stories Fat Cat, Drive Slave, Mines of Mind, and Lost Past.

Series Overview:
Following World Wars III and IV a Japanese-led Asian block dominates the world. A key element in the maintenance of the block’s position is the elite Japanese security police, the SHELL task force. To give them an edge in their ruthless battles against terrorist groups, most of the force have had extensive cybernetic transplants that have left them only questionably human. This is an exciting and skillful work that realistically probes uses of artificial intelligence and “direct interfacing” with machines, and which questions where mankind’s technological and medical progress will lead.

NEW HARDCOVER DELUXE EDITION! Now a major motion picture!

• Definitive new edition supervised by creator Shirow Masamune
• In the original, right-to-left format with Japanese sound effects for the first time!
• Brand new bonus content
• Released simultaneously with deluxe editions of The Ghost in the Shell 1 and 1.5

The long-awaited sequel to Shirow Masamune’s groundbreaking The Ghost in the Shell, and one of the most highly anticipated graphic novel events in many years, Man-Machine Interface is Shirow’s most ambitious and complex story yet, with deep forays into philosophy and the meaning of artificial life, intelligence, and existence.

Series Overview:
Following World Wars III and IV a Japanese-led Asian block dominates the world. A key element in the maintenance of the block’s position is the elite Japanese security police, the SHELL task force. To give them an edge in their ruthless battles against terrorist groups, most of the force have had extensive cybernetic transplants that have left them only questionably human. This is an exciting and skillful work that realistically probes uses of artificial intelligence and “direct interfacing” with machines, and which questions where mankind’s technological and medical progress will lead.