![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Before they came to town someone doused the place in sarin. Survivors Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires have settled in a very quiet, very peaceful neighbourhood. As the prelude puts it, “even without (nuclear weapons), the Earth became a quieter planet.” No country involved in World War Three resorted to nuclear weapons but there are other weapons of mass destruction. Well, I just happen to have Appleseed: Volume One: The Promethean Challenge to hand.… It was pretty addictive stuff back in the Reagan Era - no American comics I knew of explored SF themes like Shirow’s or had the same striking art - but how well does it stand up today? Does it still have the same punch in a world where many great manga are no further away than the nearest library? Between 19, the series was published volume by volume by Eclipse Comics, which is the edition I first read 1. First published in 1985, it won the 1986 Seiun Award for Best Manga. For many people in North America - well, me, at least - Masamune Shirow’s Appleseed series was one of the first translated manga they ever saw. ![]()
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