World War III is over, but for nomad soldier Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover, Briareos, the greatest challenge lies ahead. Not in the abandoned cities and DMZs of a post-war battlefield, but on the streets of a new "utopia." Shirow Masamune's visionary "Appleseed" is widely regarded not only as on[...]
A collection of sketches, studies and schematics, "Appleseed ID" is a must-have companion book for fans of the cyberpunk saga, "Appleseed", and its legendary creator, Shirow Masamune, the manga mastermind behind such classics as "Appleseed", "Dominion" and" Ghost in the Shell". Sit back and relax as[...]
Welcome to the future, where the norms are vast bio-constructed cities, air toxic enough to force citizens to wear oxygen masks, and crime so severe that the cops drive tanks! When a mysterious winged girl with the power to cleanse the poisoned air is kidnapped by the villainous Buaku, police mini-t[...]
The planet is in a constant state of tumult. As rival countries vie for power and resources, while racing to create the latest technological breakthroughs, robots and cyborgs have become commonplace. What hope is left for a jaded humanity in an age of advances in cybernetics and artificial intellige[...]
When nomad solider Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos are brought to Olympus, an urban utopia and centerpiece for the reconstruction of civilization following World War III, they join the Olympus police and discover that under the peaceful facade hides a dark secret.[...]
You can't have a perfect society without perfect people, and the only perfect people are the ones you can manufacture. The governing body of Olympus, an urban utopia created from the ashes of World War III, is about to bring paradise crashing down around their ears as they seek to regulate the minds[...]
A malfunctioning bioroid (enhanced artificial human) has been on a bloody rampage through the ruined streets of Manhattan. Now it's up to Deunan and Briareos to stop the man-eating machine before it reaches Olympus. However, within the utopian walls of Olympus plots begin to unfurl and more challeng[...]
Paradise ain't easy! In the future Utopian metropolis of Olympus, a blazing beacon of humanity amidst a post-global-war wasteland, ESWAT agents Deunan and Briareos have fought tooth and nail to keep the peace and prevent Olympus from sliding back into chaos. When Olympus intelligence learns of a gia[...]
Today, the planet Venus is a literal hell of furnace-like temperatures and dense, poisonous atmosphere. But millions of years in its past, Venus teems with life and with a civilization far advanced to our own. The Nemisis supercomputer controls government functions, with bioroid "executors" created [...]
Welcome to the future of vast bio-constructed cities with crime so severe that the cops drive tanks! For top tank-cop Leona Ozaki (and her trusty tank, Bonaparte), the day-to-day is a tall order already, but when the villainous and sexy (and super-powered androids!) Puma sisters become duly deputize[...]
March 6, 2035. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist Net security expert, heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national Poseidon Industrial. Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple [...]