Shirow Masamune: Artworks in the Shell

切勿錯過這位漫畫賽博朋克先知終極的回顧畫集。本書以大開本精裝呈現，收錄並完美還原超過 260 幅來自《警察戰車隊》、《蘋果核戰記》、《仙術超攻殼》，以及經典不朽之作《攻殼機動隊》的全彩插畫榮光。

在資訊時代的黎明期，當全球網路的觸角僅限於少數分散在機構設施與熱情愛好者家中的電腦時，有一位藝術家為未來指引了方向。

從他的出道作——描繪世界被名為「復仇女神」（Nemesis）的大型操縱型電腦所掌控的《黑魔術》；到將人類特警與全身義體人搭配的搭檔警匪驚悚作《蘋果核戰記》；再到對抗邪惡組織「武aku」的「戰車警察」小隊熱血冒險故事《警察戰車隊》；以及為後世所有賽博朋克樹立全球標準的不朽名作《攻殼機動隊》——甚至更遙遠的作品——這位莫測高深的鬼才士郎正宗，以極少數現存人物所能企及的方式，塑造了現代科幻的視覺、質感與關懷議題。深受電影導演、未來學家、作家與藝術家推崇的士郎正宗曾出版多本畫集，但他絕大多數的彩色作品過去僅作為昂貴收藏中的稀有珍寶而存在——直到現在。

《Artworks in the Shell》收錄了超過 260 幅全彩插畫——包括四張令人驚嘆的展開式超大拉頁——橫跨士郎正宗四十載創作生涯，並為 2025 年於東京舉辦的回顧展進行了精心修復。充滿動感、酷炫、神秘、性感與幽默，追蹤了士郎正宗每一項創新的手繪與數位技法，這是一位好奇心與無畏精神成就其傳奇地位的創作者之終極展示。

Don't miss the ultimate retrospective art book from manga's cyberpunk prophet. More than 260 illustrations from Dominion, Appleseed, Intron Depot, and, of course, The Ghost in the Shell are presented, restored to their full-color glory, in a large-sized hardcover.

In the dawn of the information age, when the reach of the global net was limited to a few computers scattered in institutional facilities and the homes of committed enthusiasts, one artist pointed the way to the future.

From his debut work, depicting a world in the grip of a titanic, manipulative computer dubbed "Nemesis" (Black Magic), and his buddy cop thriller, pairing a human SWAT officer with a full-body cyborg (Appleseed), to the rollicking adventures of a "tank police" unit fighting the villainous organization Buaku (Dominion), and his immortal masterpiece that set the global standard for all cyberpunk to come (The Ghost in the Shell)—and beyond—the inscrutable genius Shirow Masamune has shaped the look, feel, and concerns of modern science fiction in ways few living people can equal. Admired by filmmakers, futurists, authors, and artists, Shirow has published many art books, but most of his color pieces only existed as rare treasures in expensive collections—until now.

Artworks in the Shell features over 260 full-color illustrations—including four stunning fold-out mega-spreads—from all four decades of Shirow's career, painstakingly restored for a 2025 retrospective exhibition in Tokyo. Dynamic, cool, enigmatic, erotic, and comedic, tracking every one of Shirow's innovative analog and digital techniques, this is the ultimate showcase of a creator whose curiosity and fearlessness have made him a legend.