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Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Deluxe Edition is available in hardback for $19.99 from retailers such as Amazon.ĭisclosure: Kodansha Comics sent me a copy of this manga for the purposes of this review.įollow me on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. In any case, the fact we have this collection re-released and in wide circulation is something I am greatly relieved to see. It in part helps to explain what happens to the Major before the events in this book but also because it gives context to one of Masamune Shirow’s most complex world settings.

That said, if you do want to get the most out of this collection I would recommend that you check out the first manga of Ghost in the Shell. While you don’t have to read them to appreciate the broader narrative arcs in the first and second manga collections, they work very well on their own merits as short stories within that same setting. While this collection lacks the Major in her traditional form, there are definitely still stories here that would have likely worked better for a movie adaptation rather than the mess we got.Īnyway, this is a great collection of standalone cyberpunk stories set within the world of Ghost in the Shell. Admittedly, it retains the right to left reading format and hasn’t been flipped, which is welcomed, but the absence of this extra artwork is unfortunate.īar that omission though, this is a good collection and one worth catching up on after the painfully shallow live-action movie.Īs I said in my breakdown of the live-action movie, it would have made much more sense to pick one of the standalone stories from the manga and run with that for a single movie. Specifically, this release lacks much of the concept art for things like the Major and Fuchikomas. The interstitial and episodic 'Ghost in the Shell' manga, 'Human Error Processor'.

Ghost in the shell 1.5 manga