Appleseed, Book 2: Prometheus Unbound [Paperback]

Shirow Masamune (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: Appleseed | Publication Date: May 28, 2008

You can't have a perfect society without perfect people, and the only perfect people are the ones you can manufacture. The governing body of Olympus, an urban utopia created from the ashes of World War III, is about to bring paradise crashing down around their ears as they seek to regulate the minds and bodies of the human race... or fully replace them with cyborg substitutes. Deunan and Briareos, still new to the city, find themselves in the unlikely position of having to hold together this house of cards. Their strategy? Destroy the old foundation and pray everything stands while new underpinnings are forged!

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse; 3rd Ed edition (May 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593076924
• ISBN-13: 978-1593076924
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Shirow fans, December 27, 2008

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Eric L. Mcneal - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appleseed, Book 2: Prometheus Unbound (Paperback)

All the volumes in this series of releases are excellent. Just a straightforward repackaging of the manga in unflipped format, with all the great art intact. One small caveat for oldschool fans, the forrmat is much closer to the size of Japanese tankobon....so much, much smaller than the original DH graphic novel releases. The work does not suffer at all, the panels are minimally retouched. The sound effects are left intact, so as not to disturb Shirow's linework, and equivalents are run in the gutters in what has become standard for US manga translation. Fantastic revisiting of a scifi classic. Great replacement for my worn out originals... Highly recommended!

5.0 out of 5 stars Great series for the collection., July 14, 2010

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This review is from: Appleseed, Book 2: Prometheus Unbound (Paperback)

Masamune Shirow has inspired some of the most groundbreaking anime ever, but his original works offer quite a contrast in their healthy dose of humor. The events in this volume were brought to life in the 2005 CG film, a stunning and dark character driven feature. Shirow's art style is detailed and chaotically unhinged at the same time, I can't help but enjoy it and think you would too.