Shirow Masamune

Writing

Born: November 23, 1961

Birthplace: Higashinada, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Masamune Shirow is an internationally renowned manga artist, born as Masanori Ota on November 23, 1961. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and several video games.