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Masamune Shirow
Known For: Writing · Birthday: 1961-11-23 · Place of Birth: Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
24 Movies · 8 TV shows
Also Known As: Masanori Ota · Ota Masanori · 士郎 正宗 · まさのり おだ
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Biography
Masamune Shirow is an internationally renowned manga artist, born as Masanori Ota on November 23, 1961.
He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and several video games.
Movies & TV shows
2017.
1 Movie
Ghost in the Shell
6.43
2017
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind, a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
2016.
1 TV show
TV
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn
2016
In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and maj...
2015.
3 Movies · 1 TV show
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
4.59
2015
Set in a futuristic Japan after the end of a brutal world war, science has advanced by leaps and bounds giving humanity the choice to prolong life and reduce suffering with the use of sophisticated cy...
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult
2015
Motoko and her squad are finally getting closer to Fire-Starter's broker, but things get tense when they're instructed to take a backseat role on a sting op. Part five of the OVA series, containing th...
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn
2015
In an age when large-scale natural disasters frequently happen all over the world, when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations, and maj...
TV
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture
2015
The story follows Motoko Kusanagi, a highly skilled member of the military, whom upon meeting Daisuke Aramaki, a current chief of the Public Security Section 9, in less than desirable conditions str...
2014.
3 Movies
Appleseed Alpha
5.84
2014
Based on the comic book by the creator of Ghost in the Shell, a young female soldier Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos survive through the post World War 3 apocalyptic New York in search of human...
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
4.96
2014
The upcoming installment's story takes place amidst signs of postwar reconstruction in the winter of 2028. Tensions are rising in New Port City as demonstrations are held concerning the interests of f...
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears
5.15
2014
Motoko and Batou are pretending to be lovers on vacation and trying to stop a terrorist organization. Togusa is investigating the murder of a man who had a leg manufactured by the corporation.
2013.
2 Movies
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers
5.04
2013
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intellig...
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
4.72
2013
One year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war, the story is set in the year 2027. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it is bombed by a self-propelled mine. A military ...
2008.
1 Movie · 1 TV show
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
5.65
2008
In the year 2029, a group of cops are called in to investigate and stop a hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. The original 1995 version of Ghost in the Shell has been reproduced in Ghost in the Shell ...
TV
Real Drive
2008
Real Drive was created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow under the direction of Kazuhiro Furuhashi, and was produced in collaboration with Nippon Television. The series centers on Masamichi Haru, ...
2007.
2 Movies · 1 TV show
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
5.61
2007
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terro...
Appleseed: Ex Machina
5.5
2007
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealo...
TV
Ghost Hound
2007
There is a parallel world known as the "Unseen World" where three boys transfer their souls.
2006.
2 Movies
TANK S.W.A.T. 01
2006
Masamune Shirow presents a story about the Dominion Tank Police dealing with terrorists taking over the NT Building with AI driven tanks.
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven
5.63
2006
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the ...
2005.
1 Movie
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
4.94
2005
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionag...
2004.
2 Movies
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
5.68
2004
Groundbreaking director Mamoru Oshii continues to push the boundaries of art and animation with this universally acclaimed cyber thriller that follows a cyborg detective as he tries to uncover the rea...
Appleseed
5.54
2004
In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. What is the community's plans for the r...
2002.
2 TV shows
TV
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
4.5
2002
Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 will take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police in the future, when technological enhancements and robotic devices are a way of life. Section 9 use...
TV
Tachikomatic Days
2002
Tachikomatic Days is a series of comedic shorts attached to the end of every episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. The shorts feature the antics of the Tachikoma think tanks of Section 9...
1999.
1 Movie
Gundress
1999
In 2100, the newly built Bayside City serves as Japan's premier international port. The Angel Arms Company is established by a former policewoman named Takako, to help wage war on terrorism with armed...
1995.
2 Movies
Ghost in the Shell
5.55
1995
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and the internet, but this also brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. Section 9 is called in to ...
Landlock
1995
The land of Zer’lue is in turmoil, ravaged by the technological might of Chairman Sana'ku and his evil, militaristic Zul’earth forces. In a rapidly unfolding story of treachery, deceit and betrayal, o...
1994.
1 Movie
Bounty Dog
1994
In the future, mankind has colonized the bleak expanses of the moon. Cities now stand proudly where there was once only desolation and emptiness. But there are alien forces that do not want mankind to...
1988.
2 Movies · 1 TV show
Dominion Tank Police
1988
New-Port City has a problem with crime and, in order to combat this, the mayor orders the creation of a new police unit, the Tank Police!
Appleseed
5.5
1988
In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
TV
Dominion Tank Police
1988
Leona Ozaki joins Newport City's infamous Tank Police division. With aid of Al and her newly built mini-tank, Bonaparte, she wages war on Buaku and his cohorts, the Puma Sisters.
1987.
1 Movie
Black Magic M-66
1987
A reporter stumbles while reporting on a military operation. The army helicopter has crashed and its cargo has been activated. There are two killers who are running loose in the wilderness and want to...
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