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Kodansha announces ghost in the shell anthology cbr. Ghost in the shell first came to life as a manga series the ghost in the shell kookaku kidootai goosuto in za sheru by masamune shirow, the creator of appleseed and new dominion tank police, who wrote the first story in april 1989 and ended it in november 1990 for the publishing company kodansha. Over two thousand manga titles, new and old, like attack on titan, the ghost in the shell, pretty guardian sailor moon eternal edition, and more are available now to purchase and read digitally in. The world is pretty similar, just more hightech, more reliant on machines, and, seemingly, more corrupt than ever. As a part of the 10 years of kodansha comics project, weve teamed up with our friends at.
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