Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor
Encyclopedia
is a set of four chapters that were left out of the Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface
tankōbon
by Masamune Shirow
himself. The four chapters are: "Fat Cat", "Drive Slave", "Mines of Mind" and "Lost Past". As with each of the earlier Ghost in the Shell serializations, this was also serialized in Kodansha
's Young Magazine
.
A young woman calls Section 9 to investigate her father's recent strange actions, and he turns out to be operated (through his electronic brain) by remote control.
Chroma (a.k.a. the Major
) returns when her bounty hunt collides with Section 9's witness protection case.
A cyber-date gets interrupted by an arms dealer's murder, which leads to a cyborg shoot-out at the marina and the reappearance of an agent's old friend.
The investigation into a kidnapping gone wrong leads to a covert operation by another government department into Okinawa terrorism.
, the series was released as 8 individual comic-sized issues before being collected in trade paperback format. This was the first of the Ghost in the Shell manga released in the U.S. to read right-to-left. The first issue was published on November 1, 2006.http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-247 The four original titles were each split into two each, to make up the 8 in this series.
The trade paperback was released on October 10, 2007.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface
is a six chapter manga that was originally released in 11 separate issues, written and drawn by Masamune Shirow. It was first released in Japan in a serialized format in Young Magazine by Kodansha. The same publisher later collected these works with significant changes into the limited SOLID BOX...
tankōbon
Tankobon
, with a literal meaning close to "independently appearing book", is the Japanese term for a book that is complete in itself and is not part of a series , though the manga industry uses it for volumes which may be in a series...
by Masamune Shirow
Masamune Shirow
is an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. 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...
himself. The four chapters are: "Fat Cat", "Drive Slave", "Mines of Mind" and "Lost Past". As with each of the earlier Ghost in the Shell serializations, this was also serialized in Kodansha
Kodansha
, the largest Japanese publisher, produces the manga magazines Nakayoshi, Afternoon, Evening, and Weekly Shonen Magazine, as well as more literary magazines such as Gunzō, Shūkan Gendai, and the Japanese dictionary Nihongo Daijiten. The company has its headquarters in Bunkyō, Tokyo...
's Young Magazine
Young Magazine
is a Japanese manga magazine published weekly by Kodansha. The magazine was started on June 23, 1980 and is targeted at adult males . It is also known as Young or YM. It goes on sale Monday every week...
.
Plot
The story continues following Section 9 and their covert ops investigations.Fat Cat
1991:A young woman calls Section 9 to investigate her father's recent strange actions, and he turns out to be operated (through his electronic brain) by remote control.
Drive Slave
1992:Chroma (a.k.a. the Major
Motoko Kusanagi
is a fictional Japanese character in the Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. She is a cyborg employed as the squad leader of Public Security Section 9, a fictional division of the real Japanese National Public Safety Commission. She is voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in the movies and the Ghost in...
) returns when her bounty hunt collides with Section 9's witness protection case.
Mines of Mind
1995:A cyber-date gets interrupted by an arms dealer's murder, which leads to a cyborg shoot-out at the marina and the reappearance of an agent's old friend.
Lost Past
1996:The investigation into a kidnapping gone wrong leads to a covert operation by another government department into Okinawa terrorism.
Chapters
Japanese editions
The first collected Japanese edition was published in 2003 and is 184 page long. It contains a Booklet, a CD-ROM that features the full stories, and adds music to the manga scenes. It also has a screen saver.English editions
Announced at the 2005 San Diego ComiconComic-Con
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, the series was released as 8 individual comic-sized issues before being collected in trade paperback format. This was the first of the Ghost in the Shell manga released in the U.S. to read right-to-left. The first issue was published on November 1, 2006.http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-247 The four original titles were each split into two each, to make up the 8 in this series.
The trade paperback was released on October 10, 2007.