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Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition
  • Published: 22 December 2026
  • ISBN: 9781506750590
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $85.00

Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition

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Take a deeper dive into the future world of Appleseed with the Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition—a sourcebook supplemented with bonus Appleseed manga stories!

The centerpiece of Dark Horse’s striking three-book Shirow Masamune Deluxe Edition series is the Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition.

Collecting the contents of the previously published trade paperbacks Appleseed ID (Illustration and Data) and Appleseed Hypernotes, the Appleseed Companion is a rich sourcebook for the action and intrigue-filled future world revealed by Shirow Masamune in the Appleseed Deluxe Edition, plus a treasure trove of bonus material!

The Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition includes:

  • 132 fully translated additional pages of the Appleseed manga, including the 48-page short story “Called Game”…plus the 84 pages drawn by Shirow for the never-completed Appleseed Book Five.
  • 40 pages of Appleseed illustrations in beautiful full color by Shirow Masamune, in his classic painted style.
  • Extensive notes by Shirow on the Appleseed story and its characters.
  • A timeline of Appleseed’s alternate future from 1988-2147, maps of its war-ravaged Earth, and of the vast artificial island Olympus.
  • Concept sketches, page layouts, and bonus illustrations done for Appleseed.
  • An interview with Shirow Masamune.
  • Designs by Shirow for his projects Bounty Dog and The Ghost in Machinehead
  • And more!

With a new wraparound cover design personally approved by Shirow Masamune, the Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition presents the creator’s work at a quality never seen before, hardbound and printed on elegant paper stock!
  • Published: 22 December 2026
  • ISBN: 9781506750590
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $85.00
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Praise for Appleseed Companion Deluxe Edition

“My personal favorite, Appleseed.”—Matt Alt, author, Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered the World

“I was obsessed with Shirow Masamune”—Neill Blomkamp, director District 9, Elysium

“A world-renowned Japanese manga artist, made famous through his iconic works such as Dominion, Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed.”—Tokyo Weekender

“[His] works have had an immeasurable influence on subsequent creators of manga, science fiction literature, films, and beyond.”—Tokyo Art Beat

“Appleseed predates Shirow's super-popular Ghost In the Shell series, but sadly it doesn't get anywhere near as much attention.”—Ramsey Isler, IGN

“I find Shirow fascinating—he’s a genuine comics enigma…I really revere this guy and it was a pleasure to partake in his generous, passionate craftsmanship from beginning to end…As far as I can tell, he really did it all his own way—even his apparent commercial compromises are totally off the wall. He told the most dense, inaccessible stories you could imagine, and ended up outrageously popular and successful.”—Tom Herpich, The Comics Journal