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Appleseed, Book 1: The Promethean Challenge

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in my opinion, the books get better and better as they go. amazing art, very well-thought-out futuristic setting, and especial attention paid to general engineering principles. of course, it's science fiction, so you have to suspend a little disbelief, but the attention to detail is splendid.

I wonder if Shirow saw the classic movie "Things to Come"... And I mean the 1937 version. This movie has similar themes.

After a nuclear war a scientific elite (of cyborgs/androids in this one) begin the process of recreating the world and society. Unlike most fictions this does not include the enslavement or genocide of humanity. They welcome mankind with open arms and find a place for him in their society at great social cost and inviting the risk of danger in their gates.

The two main characters are a pair of hardened mercenaries/soldiers who are amazed at the generosity offered to them by this new utopian society and eagerly become cops to help them keep their peace. They fight terrorists who are mostly humans born inside this new civilization but have turned disillusioned with it either from boredom through luxury or paranoia at not having a direct say in the benevolent government of the androids. In short, paradise is threatened from within and these two become the enforcers because they've lived through mankind mostly killing himself and can't understand why people who live in such luxury and security they thought they'd never see again can try to destroy it and hurt innocents in the process.

It's a longer work, and less well reviewed than his other stuff. I think it was his most thoughtful work.

Masamune Shirow created many exellent mangas which became very widely popular animes, and for me the Appleseed universe and Ghost in the shell universe shows

the Talent of this man.

his artistry influenced me and brought me into the world of Manga and Anime.

So if this series is new to you are your like me a Man reliving his youth this book is an exellent start into the more mature world of manga and anime..

My product was in good shape considering ti was marked 'used' and it arrived on time. I'm not going to comment on the content because if you're buying the item you already have a good idea of what it is.