In this alternate future, the Cold War has continued on for 140 years. The Earth is divided into two diametrically opposed factions — the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc. The two sides maintain a façade of peace, but continue their war with the threat of total nuclear annihilation.
One of the Western Bloc's top agents, Mylene Hoffman — an enhanced female cyborg, codename…
ISHINOMORI Shoutarou
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The electronics maker Panasonic sponsored a stereoscopic 3D animation project of Ishinomori Shoutarou's classic science-fiction manga Cyborg 009 with director Oshii Mamoru and the studio Production I.G. The high-definition anime short, which is four minutes and 45 seconds long, was unveiled at the Panasonic booth at the CEATEC Japan 2010 trade show. The show run at the…
Ishinomori is riding on a train to Sendai when he sees a boy near him with a blue kaleidoscope. Reminded of how he used to like them, he asks the boy for it. With his glimpses into it, he begins to have a proper understanding of what made him the mangaka he is...
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