6/5/03

The Shirow fan community site Project Shirow has recently run into a conflict with Franken.com and Seishinsha in regards to the use of copyrighted materials.
Project Shirow has respectfully removed their image gallery. It is hoped that an agreement can be reached soon with all who are involved.

Intron Depot Trading Figures

Scheduled to be available around June 25th 2003 in Japan, this set of 7 figures will feature characters from Intron Depot.  The figures include the Puma sisters (Dominion Tank Police), M-66 (Black Magic), S.S.A.T. Police Officer named "Shawn" (weapons in hand), a character that was to be used on a cover for the American magazine PSM named Garnet (silver hair), a Star Thief named Glen (hand on hip), and a stylized Octopus version of Shirow himself. Highly detailed, the figures are approximately 7.5 cm (3 inches) tall. 

The figures are offered in the June issue of Diamond Comic's Previews monthly.  The names of the figures are provided and they are scheduled to ship in November 2003 in the United States at SRP $5.99 each.

Copyright Shirow Masamune-Production I.G./KODANSHA
Copyright Sony Computer Entertainment Inc./BANDAI/Production I.G./NTV