Dominion [Hardcover]

Masamune Shirow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1995

Dark Horse hits the ground running with a newly expanded and redesigned edition of master storyteller Masamune Shirow`s Dominion. A wild sci-fi police comedy set in a future where the norms are vast, bio-constructed cities, air so foul that citizens must wear masks outside, and a police department that includes a squad of crack tank police! Join Leona, her pet tank Bonaparte, and her lovesick partner Al as they confront the villainous Buaku and his felinoid accessories-to-crime. Leona`s goal: to rescue Crolis, a mysterious green-skinned girl with the power to cleanse the air around her, and the potential to renew the poisoned earth. Added to this edition are Phantom of the Audience, a 1994 Dominion one-shot never before collected in the U.S., and an all-new cover!

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569711607
• ISBN-13: 978-1569711606
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,422,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tank Police: Episode 2 1/2, April 15, 2002

By 

J. Alford (Atlanta, GA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dominion (Hardcover)

From Masumune Shirow(creator of APPLESEED)comes this special "filler" story to the original DOMINION: TANK POLICE video series. This manga happens inbetween the two parts of the OVA, namely eps. 2 & 3. Here, it is the not too far off future where Earth is covered by a bacteria cloud that forces everyone to wear gas masks while outdoors. In this hostile enviroment, crimes are commonplace, and to fight this is the Tank Police. They're your average special forces task squad that patrol the streets in large tanks. Except one tank in particular is custom-made and compact, Bonaparte. This is piloted by the tomboy Leona and her would be boyfriend Al. They usually have their hands full with the criminal/activist cyborg Buaka and his catgirl playmates: Annapuma and Unapuma. Their capturing of the synthetic lifeform, Greenpeace, may be the only hope humanity has of lifting the bacteria cloud. But Buaka plans on heading for outer space to live life on a new colony. Can Leona and her squad stop them? Will the chief ever stop yelling "BRENTEN"? See Shirow's masterwork in action to find out.

P.S. This little baby is actually a prelude into the GHOST IN THE SHELL manga. No kidding!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining to read, though not one of Shirow's best, November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dominion (Hardcover)

This book is reccomended to those who are more interested to Masamune's humorous side....Technical at times, but does not par to his best "Ghost in the Shell" and "Orion."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tank Police!!!, July 3, 2001

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Daitokuji31 (Black Glass) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dominion (Hardcover)

This was the first manga i read back in the year 1997, since then my collection has grown to over 200 books. Unlike many folks who like Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed better this manga is my favorite of Shirow's work. For those who are not of the scientific mind this volume will be much easier to read than ghost in the shell or appleseed, but that does not mean that it loses any insightfulness, anyway one should read the book alone for the exploits of Lt. Brenten and Annapuma and Unipuma