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Masamune Shirow士郎正宗

Original Creator and Original Story on Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and THE GHOST IN THE SHELL.

anime credits: 22; anime credits
most credited as: Original Creator; most credited as
award: 1; award
busiest year (3): 2004; busiest year (3)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Masamune Shirow worked on, by premiere year

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3 in 2004

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Item	Credits
97	0 in 1997
98	0 in 1998
99	0 in 1999
00	0 in 2000
01	0 in 2001
02	1 in 2002
03	0 in 2003
04	3 in 2004
05	0 in 2005
06	1 in 2006
07	1 in 2007
08	2 in 2008
09	0 in 2009
10	0 in 2010
11	0 in 2011
12	0 in 2012
13	2 in 2013
14	2 in 2014
15	2 in 2015
16	1 in 2016
17	0 in 2017
18	0 in 2018
19	0 in 2019
20	1 in 2020
21	0 in 2021
22	1 in 2022
23	0 in 2023
24	0 in 2024
25	0 in 2025
26	1 in 2026

All credits

2026THE GHOST IN THE SHELLOriginal Creator
2022Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2Original Creator
2020Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045Original Creator
2016Pandora in the Crimson Shell Ghost UrnOriginal Story
2015Ghost in the Shell: The New MovieOriginal Creator
2015Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative ArchitectureOriginal Creator
2014Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:3 Ghost TearsOriginal Creator
2014Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:4 Ghost Stands AloneOriginal Creator
2013Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:1 Ghost PainOriginal Creator
2013Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:2 Ghost WhispersOriginal Creator
2008Ghost in the Shell 2.0Original Creator
2008RD Sennou ChousashitsuCreator
2007Ghost HoundOriginal Creator
2006Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State SocietyOriginal Creator
2004Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGOriginal Creator
2004Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceOriginal Creator
2004Appleseed (Movie)Original Creator
2002Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexOriginal Creator
1995Ghost in the ShellOriginal Creator
1988AppleseedOriginal Creator
1988Dominion Tank PoliceOriginal Creator
1987Black Magic M-66Original Creator, Storyboard, Script, Director

Profile

Birthday: November 23, 1961
Age: 64
Hometown: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male

Awards & links

🏆 Seiun Award for Best Comic

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About

Shirow studied oil painting at Osaka University of Arts. While in college, he developed an interest in manga, which led him to create his own complete work, Black Magic, which was published in the manga dōjinshi Atlas. His work caught the eye of Seishinsha President Harumichi Aoki, who offered to publish him. The result was best-selling manga Appleseed, a full volume of densely plotted drama taking place in an ambiguous future. The story was a sensation, and won the 1986 Seiun Award for Best Manga. After a professional reprint of Black Magic and a second volume of Appleseed, he released Dominion in 1986. Two more volumes of Appleseed followed before he began work on Ghost in the Shell. In 2007, he collaborated again with Production I.G to co-create the original concept for the anime television series Shinreigari/Ghost Hound, Production I.G's 20th anniversary project. A further original collaboration with Production I.G began airing in April 2008, titled Real Drive.

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Frequently asked questions

What anime has Masamune Shirow worked on?

Masamune Shirow's best-known work includes Ghost in the Shell (Original Creator), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Original Creator), THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (Original Creator), Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (Original Creator), Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Original Creator), Ghost Hound (Original Creator).

What does Masamune Shirow do?

Masamune Shirow is credited most often as original creator, original story, script on anime.

When was Masamune Shirow born?

Masamune Shirow was born on November 23, 1961 in Kobe.

What awards has Masamune Shirow won?

Seiun Award for Best Comic.