Dominion [Paperback]

Shirow Masamune (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 8, 2008

Welcome to the future, where the norms are vast bio-constructed cities, air is toxic enough to force citizens to wear oxygen masks and crime is so severe that the cops drive tanks! When a mysterious winged girl with the power to cleanse the poisoned air is kidnapped by the villainous Buaku, police mini-tank commander Leona Ozaki, her tank Bonaparte and her lovesick partner Al must confront the arch-criminal and his catgirl molls - the beautiful and deadly Annapuma and Unipuma - before Buaku's master plan kicks into gear. Buaku has more than money on his mind, and the future fate of humanity hangs in the balance! Produced by international comics superstar Shirow Masamune, creator of Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell, Dominion is an ecological-dystopian-police procedural adventure/comedy as only Shirow can create! This new edition is published for the first time in America in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse; 4th edition (January 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593076975
• ISBN-13: 978-1593076979
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #554,417 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