Author: Masamune Shirou (Japan 1961) Title: Ghost in the Shell (1997) Size: 98x 68 cm Copyright: 1997, MASAMUNE SHIROU, Produced under license from Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. Edited by 1000 editions. Printed in Spain. Fine art offset prints made on thick 300g, high-quality on laid highly texturized paper. Displays a vivid and sharp image quality. Exceptional prints. Discontinued editions. New to frame. Shipping in a rigid tube via certified express mail. It is possible to collect more than one object, from the same auction, in the same shipment. Masamune Shirow (the pen name of Masanori Ota) is a manga artist known for creating technologically complex and philosophically rich universes. His works combine cyberpunk, politics, artificial intelligence, and a highly detailed vision of the future. In addition to Ghost in the Shell, he is also the author of Appleseed and Dominion. Originally published in 1989, Ghost in the Shell is one of the most influential cyberpunk manga of all time. It inspired the iconic 1995 animated film and an entire universe of anime, OVAs, series, and later adaptations. The poster you have dates from 1997, a time when the franchise was enjoying major international momentum thanks to the success of the 1995 film. An interesting fact is that Shirow rarely appears in public: he is famous for being extremely private, and there are very few photographs of him. Despite this discretion, he has created some of the most influential universes in modern cyberpunk.