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Masamune Shirow

Japanese manga artist · Japan · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 64

Masanori Ota , better known by his pen name Masamune Shirow , is a Japanese manga artist.

Masamune Shirow is read about 617 times a day, in 25 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 115 days, one point a day.

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Seiun Award for Best Comic1986

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Shirow is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into three theatrical anime films, two anime television series, an anime television film, an anime ONA series, a theatrical live action film, and several video games, as well as being a key figure in the development of cyberpunk aesthetics and themes in Japan during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
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Living
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Born 1961 · age 64

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