The economy has generated a lot of gloom it stubbornly refuses to perform the way it used to, and it's made Show with flashing action scenes this, in the world's capital of animation. People were hospitalized with symptoms ranging from nausea to grand mal seizures after watching a children's TV anime Then there were nerve gas attacks in Tokyo subways by the fanaticalĪUM cult, run by a guru apparently in a hurry to actualize his apocalyptic visions. First there was the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, which killed 6,500 people andĭestroyed much of Kobe, including Shirow's house. There's been a lot of weirdness in Japan recently, a sort of reality- disconnect that brings to mind some of He's smart, he's outside the mainstream, he's got a sense of humor and a vision, and he does things He's a valuable commodity, not just in the world of manga orĪnime. Shirow represents something new in today's Japan. Idea what he looks like, but I feel like I've lived inside his head for a long time. Possible because I'm one of the translators of his notoriously complex work. It's taken me nearly a year to arrange this one, and it's only Shirow doesn't give in-person interviews. Right I'm thinking about him, and about Japan. Ghost in the Shell and other interesting manga, and while I'm staring out the window at Mt. I'm going to interview Masamune Shirow, the South from Tokyo to the port city of Kobe at 150 miles per hour.
Aoki, of the publisherĭon't forget to visit the Ambient Masamune Shirow Space.Īlso, a French translation of this same interview, titled "Masamune Shirow : traduction d'un des rares entretiens avec le créateur de Ghost in the Shell," appeared in RageMag on January 23rd, 2014. Shirow's long term friend and editor, who was present along with Mr. Shirow and I are represented with our own initials "SG" represents Shigehiko Ogasawara, Mr. A tip of the hat to editor Jonathan Clements for running it! In the A shortened version of this same interview appeared under the title of"BEING Shirow, and by the time the article wasĬompleted editorial directions as well as personnel at Wired magazine,but it took a long time to arrange a meeting with Mr. Kobe, Japan,in the lobby ofthe Orient Hotel, on January 28, 1998. Iconducted the following interview with Masamune Shirow （士郎正宗）in the city of AN INTERVIEW WITH MASAMUNE SHIROW by Frederik L.
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