![]() Not to control them mind you it’s to make them grow more as individuals instead of relying on base instincts. Some bioroids even want to expand their behavior controls to regular humans. But there are never ending debates and feelings of unease. But is a perfect society really all there is? Having almost everything automated and aggressive-free politics might sound good. ![]() Life in Olympus comes pretty easy since work is purely voluntary and there are hardly any bills to pay. Politics meanwhile are lead by bioroids who lack the drive for aggression to make too drastic of decisions. ![]() Olympus is described as “a utopia for the utopian”, with everything under control by a supercomputer called Gaia. Two partners of the former LAPD, full human Deunan Knute and cyborg Briareos Hecantoncries, immigrate to Olympus as defenders. ![]() After several World Wars, Earth is practically barren. Now for a series that has a similar presence, Appleseed. It’s a meta commentary of how past mistakes can haunt people in the present. Not willing to let the manga days go though, leftover programming from the original story serves as the conflict. Rather than adapt however, he takes the opportunity to create a better knit story from the name. It seems Shirow recognized his limitations in Black Magic and tries again with an OVA. ![]() The manga is practically a trial run for his later works. James Robinson: How Publishers Cheat Out Of The Golden Age ![]()
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