{"title":"Shirow Masamune’s Appleseed","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"appleseed-deluxe-edition-hc","title":"Appleseed Deluxe Edition HC","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePre-order Now!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 2127. In the aftermath of a devastating global war, Deunan and Briareos are just the kind of couple you’d find managing to survive—she’s a former SWAT team member, he’s a cyborg former mercenary. Both of them are found in the ruins by Hitomi, a young woman who recruits them to work for Olympus, an ultra-advanced, experimental city-state that survived the apocalypse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s an oasis of peace that now seeks to step outside its protected zone to try to reconstruct the world…but to do so, its philosophers, planners, and scientists will need the support of people who know how to fight. Olympus can offer them a new, safe home—and the chance to use the most advanced weapons tech on earth, including the powered combat armor known as the Landmate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so Deunan and Briareos are drawn into the paradoxes and power struggles of Olympus: their new job, to serve and protect the people of a city whose secrets they know little about. Protect them both from outsiders, and from themselves—for while Deunan and Briareos may believe enough in Olympus to put their lives on the line for it, they’re far too smart to be satisfied being anyone’s mere pawns, even in the most noble cause…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- ************ BEGIN FIRST TABLE ***************** --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAppleseed Deluxe Edition Hardcover, 848 pages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCollects \u003cem\u003eAppleseed\u003c\/em\u003e volumes one through four: \u003cem\u003eThe Promethean Challenge\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrometheus Unbound\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Scales of Prometheus\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Promethean Balance\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c!-- ************ END FIRST TABLE \/ BEGIN SECOND TABLE ***************** --\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; vertical-align: center; width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth colspan=\"2\"\u003eDetails and Dimensions\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCustomer Ship Window\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSeptember 2026*\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eProduct Size:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\" x 10\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c!-- Table Row Start\/End  --\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003eWriter:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMasamune Shirow\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003eArtist:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMasamune Shirow\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDana Lewis, Toren Smith, Duane Johnson\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c!-- Table Row Start\/End  --\u003e\u003c!-- Table Row Start\/End  --\u003e\u003c!-- Table Row Start\/End  --\u003e\u003c!-- Table Row Start\/End  --\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003eProduct Packaging Size:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLength: 12” (304.8mm)\u003cbr\u003eWidth: 9” (228.6mm)\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 3” (76.2mm)**\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c!-- Table Row Start\/End  --\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%;\"\u003eProduct and Packaging Dimensional Weight:\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e5 lbs. 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