History Creator / MasamuneShirow

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with Creator/ProductionIG, which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another Creator/ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation LightGunGame ''VideoGame/ProjectHornedOwl'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

Shirow is [[ReclusiveArtist a very private and reclusive individual]], having often been called the J.D. Salinger of Japan; like many ''mangaka'', he is best known by his pen name. All that anyone knows about Masanori Ohta, the man behind the pseudonym, is that he lives in Hyogo, Japan (where he moved after losing his house in the 1995 Kobe earthquake), and that he was formerly a high school teacher. He also is a fan of [[CoolGuns FN guns and the FAMAS]].

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with Creator/ProductionIG, which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another Creator/ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation LightGunGame ''VideoGame/ProjectHornedOwl'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

Shirow's art style is characterized by an obsessive attention to technical detail (rivaling that of his contemporary Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo), and a similarly detailed -- if unrealistic -- [[HeroicBuild approach to]] [[AmazonianBeauty character design]] that would make Creator/RobLiefeld proud.

Born on November 23, 1961, Shirow began his career in college, with such works as ''Intron Depot'' and ''Manga/BlackMagicM66''. He eventually struck gold with ''Dominion'', one of the funniest [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian fantasies]] ever written -- which was later turned into the successful {{OAV}} series ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''. The more serious ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' manga was also successful.

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with Creator/ProductionIG, which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another Creator/ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation LightGunGame ''Project: Horned Owl'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]'' for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

One of the mangaka most responsible for the prevalence of CyberPunk themes in anime and manga since the early 1980s, Masamune Shirow specializes in stories about technology-gone-berserk and [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic madness]].

He also draws a ''loooooot'' of {{Hentai}} these days, partially under the pseudonymn Toyomaru. His H work has become so exclusive that detractors wish he would go back to mainstream material.

One of the mangaka most responsible for the prevalence of CyberPunk themes in anime and manga since the early 1980's, Masamune Shirow specializes in stories about technology-gone-berserk and [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic madness]].

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with Creator/ProductionIG, which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another Creator/ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation LightGunGame ''Project: Horned Owl'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

He also draws a ''loooooot'' of {{Hentai}} these days. Almost exclusively, in fact, to the point where detractors wish he would go back to mainstream material. His H works tend to feature lesbian sex, anal, and tentacle rape. He also maintains the pseudonymn Toyomaru, for more, uh, ''esoteric'' erotica.
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Shirow's art style is characterized by an obsessive attention to technical detail (rivaling that of his contemporary Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo), and a similarly detailed -- if unrealistic -- [[HeroicBuild approach to]] [[AmazonianBeauty character design]] that would make Creator/RobLiefild proud.

Shirow's art style is characterized by an obsessive attention to technical detail (rivaling that of his contemporary Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo), and a similarly detailed -- if unrealistic -- approach to character design.

He also draws a ''loooooot'' of {{Hentai}} these days. Almost exclusively, in fact, to the point where detractors wish he would go back to mainstream material. His H works tend to feature lesbian sex, anal, and tentacle rape.

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with Creator/ProductionIG, which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another Creator/ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation LightGunGame ''Project: Horned Owl'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

Born on November 23, 1961, Shirow began his career in college, with such works as ''Intron Depot'' and ''Anime/BlackMagicM66''. He eventually struck gold with ''Dominion'', one of the funniest [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian fantasies]] ever written -- which was later turned into the successful {{OAV}} series ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''. The more serious ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' manga was also successful.

* ''Anime/BlackMagicM66''

Beginning his career with such works as ''Intron Depot'' and ''Anime/BlackMagicM66'', Shirow struck gold with ''Dominion'', one of the funniest [[{{Dystopia}} dystopian fantasies]] ever written -- which was later turned into the successful {{OAV}} series ''Anime/DominionTankPolice''. The more serious ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' manga was also successful.

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with Creator/ProductionIG, which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another Creator/ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the PlayStation LightGunGame ''Project: Horned Owl'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

Shirow is [[ReclusiveArtist a very private and reclusive individual]], having often been called the J.D. Salinger of Japan; like many ''mangaka'', he is best known by his pen name. All that anyone knows about Masanori Ohta, the man behind the pseudonym, is that he lives in Hyogo, Japan (where he moved after losing his house in the 1995 Kobe earthquake), and that he was formerly a high school teacher.

He is a fan of [[CoolGuns FN guns and the FAMAS]].

He also draws a ''loooooot'' of {{Hentai}} these days. Almost exclusively, in fact, to the point where detractors which he would back to mainstream metrial. His H works tend to feature lesbian sex, anal, and tentacle rape.

In 2008 he worked on ''Anime/RealDrive'' with ProductionIG., which have been responsible for the [=GitS=] series ''Stand-Alone Complex''. Another ProductionIG work he participated in was ''VisualNovel/{{Sampaguita}}'', the 3rd game of the interactive anime VisualNovel series ''VisualNovel/{{Yarudora}}'', providing character design. He also did the cover art for the TurboGrafxCD ShootEmUp ''Lords of Thunder'', and was involved with character design for the PlayStation LightGunGame ''Project: Horned Owl'' and ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon]]''; the true extent of his involvement with the latter game beyond drawing official artwork ([[OffModel below his normal skill level in places]]) for the game is unknown, but the in-game character designs do suggest he did have quite the influence on the general style direction.

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