Intron Depot 1

Intron Depot 1 (イントロンデポ) is a collection of Masamune Shirow's full color works. The volume itself is 148 210 mm x 285 mm pages. It encompasses 226 illustrations from 1981 to 1991, 193 of which are in full color. It is a wide ranging collection, as one might expect from a work surveying 10 years of a professional artist’s life. The foreword written by Masamune Shirow indicates that only a small sample of works is not represented, some works done for fanzines, or sent off to other individuals, and 34 color pages were left out from Ghost in the Shell because he felt that might devalue that work. Everything from Appleseed to Orion are well represented in Intron Depot 1, some pictures are reproductions of paintings, others book covers, manga pages, or drafts. One feature of Intron Depot 1 is that all of the works are presented with a small aside from Shirow as to his thoughts on them. Another is that he includes a number of what he considers to be his mistakes, and is generally very critical of his work over all.

The commentary itself is somewhat whimsical in tone. It might present some seed of inspiration for an image, critique, or ponder the functionality of a pictured object, or provide some perspective on technique, story, or history associated with the work.

Intron Depot 1 in two spots in particular is quite graphic. One panel involves a graphic drawing of a lesbian ménage à trois, and another significant gore. On balance it is a collection of guns, swords, girls, gadgets, cyborgs, and mecha.

Chapters

1. Poster (3)
2. Contents (2)
3. Appleseed (43)
4. Black Magic (10)
5. Black Magic M-66 (10)
6. Game & Etc. (15)
7. Ghost in the Shell (39)
8. Dominion (19)
9. Cover & Etc. (34)
10. Orion (17)
11. Monochrome (14)

External links

• Dark Horse Comics

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Works of Masamune Shirow

Manga

• Black Magic (1983)
• Appleseed (1985–1989)
• Dominion (1985–1986)
• Ghost in the Shell (1989–1990)
• Orion (1990–1991)
• Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor (1991–1996)
• Dominion Conflict One: No More Noise (1992-1993)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (1997)
• Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (2012–present, concept)

Anime

Films	Ghost in the Shell (1995) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Appleseed (2004) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006) Appleseed Ex Machina (2007) Appleseed XIII: Tartaros (2011) Appleseed XIII: Ouranos (2011) Appleseed Alpha (2014) Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015) Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (2015)
TV series	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2003) Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–2005) Ghost Hound (2007–2008) Real Drive (2008) Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture (2015) Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn (2016)
OVAs and ONAs	Black Magic M-66 (1987) Appleseed (1988) Dominion (1988–1989) New Dominion Tank Police (1993–1994) Tank Police Team: Tank S.W.A.T. 01 (2006) Appleseed XIII (2011–2012) Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013–2015) Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020–2022)

Other

• Intron Depot 1 (art book)
• Ghost in the Shell (2017 live-action film)

Games	Project Horned Owl (PlayStation, 1995) Ghost in the Shell (PlayStation, 1997) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (PlayStation 2, 2004) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (PlayStation Portable, 2005) Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (Nintendo DS, 2008) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (2015)

Masamune Shirow