Appleseed Databook
This book is for fans of Masamune Shirow's science fiction comic book  epicAppleseed. One of the elements that sets Shirow's manga (including his   popularGhost  in the Shellbook) apart from other comics is his incredible attention to the details of  his fictional world, including its history, its science, its technology, and its politics. For  readers who can't get enough of this detail,Appleseed Databookis the book for   you. It contains  detailed global maps and a chapter titled "Guns: The More You Know the More  Interesting They Are." Although this book contains a 48-page comics short story,   which is  Chapter 26 of the completeAppleseedsaga, it's not very conducive to new   readers.  However, if you only have a later volume of the series and want the back story filled in,   this book is great.