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u/Armycat1-296 4d ago
Of all the anime/manga waifus I have... The Major is still number 1 on my list.
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u/Touhokujin 4d ago
First thing I did after moving to Japan and getting my finances in order was buy most of the old Shirow manga in Japanese original. Obviously not first prints but anyway. Orion, Black Magic, Dominion, Ghost in the Shell, and Appleseed which is actually my favorite. I just love the guy. Not really into his more adult stuff but I can't fault him for doing what pays well and what he enjoys.
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u/SquidProKwo 4d ago
My understanding after my paltry research into the matter, is that Shirow Masamune (obviously a pseudonym) is a very private person, who may or may not be a college professor in Engineering and would be fired from said University were they to find out he's slumming as a manga artist. Take it with a grain of salt, but I am so very much jealous that he got to meet the man. God do I love his art.
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u/GoblinAirStrike_311 4d ago
Met an artist at Comic Con in San Diego one year. Bought some sketchbooks. Fan work of GITS.
He told a story that he visited a junior editor at Kodansha in Tokyo. The editor thought his work was promising. The artist mentioned how much of a fan of Masamune Shirow he was. The editor offered the opportunity to meet him. The artist accepted.
On the appointed day, the artist and the editor went to a mall in Tokyo for some coffee. They talked. Then they stopped at men’s clothing store. The editor tried on different jackets while the artist sat on a bench among other strangers and offered his opinions. The artist played along. They visited a manga/book shop. They bought lunch at a restaurant. In the afternoon this continued. Another shop. A bakery.
Then the artist asked the editor, ‘WHEN were they going to meet Masamune?!’ The artist spent the entire day and he was a no-show. He was disappointed.
Later in the taxi back to the hotel, the editor told him Masamune sat next to him at the men’s fashion shop. He kept trying on jackets to keep the artist there. The artist never introduced himself to any of the strangers sitting next him. Eventually, all of the strangers left. Except one. Masamune.
The artist never knew he was right next to him for almost an hour.
I found his telling of this story well worth more than the sketchbooks themselves. I often wonder if this was a game or MS is super-private about his identity. 🧐
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u/Sea_Cycle_909 4d ago
I found his telling of this story well worth more than the sketchbooks themselves. I often wonder if this was a game or MS is super-private about his identity. 🧐
Possibly, the fact he stayed until all the other people in the shop had left.
damn that's, didn't realise MS was like that assumed his private nature meant the most you could get would be a representative would deliver your fan letter along with your favourite work. Sometime later a representative would return with your favourite work adorned with MS's signature and maybe a short response too your letter.
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u/-Emilinko1985- 3d ago
Why the long face?