Ghost in the Shell Legacy Edition is the first Kodansha release to include the pages that were removed when Dark Horse first published the manga in 1995. The material was restored in a 2004 edition (see “Dark Horse to Publish Uncut ‘Ghost in the Shell’”), but the previous editions published by Kodansha starting in 2009 have conformed to the earlier Dark Horse Comics version. The new edition includes the unedited version of the first volume as well as the Deluxe Edition localization of The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor and The Ghost in the Shell 2.0: Man-Machine Interface. The three hardcover volumes will include all the pages in the current Japanese edition and will be contained in a premium slipcase with two new illustrations created by Shirow specifically for this set. The boxed set also includes one new piece and 10 posters from the limited-edition Cyberdelics box set, a 1997 release that has never been released in English, with special effects that include etched metallic paper, vinyl stock, and spot gloss, and will be shipped rolled (not folded) in a rigid box inside the slipcase. Other extras include a sheet of Fuchikoma robot stickers, also from the Cyberdelics edition, and a double-sided poster, appearing in English for the first time, in which Shirow outlines his artistic process. The boxed set, with a total of 864 pages, is rated 18+ and will go on sale on February 17, 2026, with an MSRP of $139.99.
