Shirow Masamune Anthology Deluxe Edition

Four different manga from Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed's Shirow Masamune--collected for the first time in a beautiful Deluxe hardback anthology! Dark Horse's striking 3-book Shirow Masamune Deluxe Edition series concludes with its final volume, the Shirow Masamune Anthology Deluxe Edition. The Shirow Masamune Anthology Deluxe Edition collects 4 complete graphic novels by Shirow Masamune originally published in trade paperback format: Black Magic, Orion, Dominion, and its follow-up Dominion: Conflict 1 (No More Noise). Black Magic, originally drawn for a fanzine, became Shirow Masamune's professional debut when it was published in 1985. Set in the advanced civilization that once existed on Venus before a runaway greenhouse effect turned Earth's sister planet into a hellscape, Black Magic prefigures many of the concepts of Shirow's later Appleseed, including the emblems of Greek mythology among a technological society, a supercomputer's designs for utopia, and the lethal difference between a tool and its user. Orion, first released in 1991, is a wild romp through cosmic disaster as the ancient Yamata Empire hatches a scheme to capture all negative karma and destroy it in a mystical reactor. What could go wrong? Literally everything, and the fate of existence comes down to a duel between Susano, the God of Destruction, and the bratty sorceress Seska, who intends to use this crisis to become the all-powerful ruler of the galaxy...which, she hopes, will impress a guy she likes! Dominion made its debut in 1986. In a future Japan where urban pollution is so bad that people wear gas masks, criminals like Buaku and his gang have to be badder...and cops have to be the baddest. Police Sergeant Leona Ozaki is ready to meet that standard, tearing up Newport City with the…