Appleseed Alpha

A prequel to the cyberpunk franchise Appleseed by Shirow Masamune, creator of The Ghost in the Shell.Even American comics readers are familiar with the Appleseed property, which was adapted into popular anime in 1988, 2004, and 2007, with an Appleseed Alpha film last year. Nostalgic anime fans will be excited to revisit this classic.Ages 16 and up.A NEW CHAPTER IN THE APPLESEED SAGABefore the events of Appleseed, Deunan, a human woman and formerSWAT officer, along with her combat-cyborg lover, Briareos, arrive inwar-torn New York City. The city's mayor is a dapper but delusionalcyborg, preparing for the UFO invasion he's convinced is right around thecorner. Briareos's powerful abilities earn the pair refuge, but there are fewhuman comforts to be found in a city catered to cyborgs...After the couple parts ways, the mayor's nightmare takesa turn for the worse. Deunan's group of outcasthumans may be just the extra manpower the mayorneeds-but can the two factions put aside theirdifferences in time to save the world?PRAISE FOR APPLESEEDBY SHIROW MASAMUNE,THE MIND BEHINDTHE GHOST IN THE SHELL"A meditation on utopian ideals...pure SF."-Worlds Without End"Every time you read the manga and watchthe plot develop you find something youmissed before."-"Ten Reasons Appleseed Is Amazing," IGN

Iou Kuroda is the author of the cult classic crime manga Sexy Voice and Robo, as well as the short story collection Nasu, which was later adapted into the animated film Nasu- Summer in Andalusia, the first Japanese animated film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival. Winner of the Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, Kuroda's distinctive inkbrush style sets him apart from every other manga artist. Shirow Masamune is a living legend of manga and creator of the classics The Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed. His highly technical, action-packed science fiction style helped shape the cyberpunk genre, directly influencing The Matrix, among many other works. More than a dozen films and TV series have been based on his works, and his graphic novels and illustration collections are a mainstay of American comic shop shelves.

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