Saturday, August 06, 2005

Power Armor (3)



Mangaka Masamune Shirow is most well known in the US as the guy who made the comic that was turned in to the movie Ghost in the Shell . However, in his manga Appleseed , he featured some interesting power suits. he referes to them as Landmates . One of the notable things about them is the master/slave arm setup. The wearer has "normal-sized" arms that protrude through the belly area of most of the suits. These are the "master" arms, and the larger, fully robotic "slave" arms mimic the movement sof the master arms.