Help Me!

I need help! As many Western fans of Mr. Masamune Shirow, I have a lot of problems trying to get stuff and information. In particular I'd like to know more about:

Manga: Gun Dancing; Hide Hard; Pile Up; ManMachine Interface serialized episodes (not Dual Device); Neurohard.
Book: Analysis of GitS; GitS Continuity Scripts; Appleseed Creations; Black Magic M-66 Sketch Book.
CD: GitS Photo CD; Dominion music CDs; GitS Megatech Body.
Animation: Gundress; Blue Uru.
Magazine: Machine Head; Comic Gums; Comickers (September 1995).
Game: Gundress; Sampaguita; Horned Owl; Suraimu Siyou!.
Card: Shirow Masamune Illustration.

Why don't you update Puto's as fast as before?

Sigh! I'm so sorry about it but since some months I'm really busy. I have studied hard but finally on December 18 I have done the last exam (31st!) of Engineering. I'm so happy about it... but I wasn't for long. In fact less than 24 hours later I have received the advice for the compulsory Italian military service. SIGH!
Well, I wanted to graduate on February 19 (every Puto's guest is invited obviously!) but I'll have to leave on January 24 for Florence, so I don't know if there is enough time. But I have finished the university so I really haven't anything to groan about.
On the left you can see both the military advice (on the left) and my university report book (I have waited so much to see it so full!).

Actually I'm working on the final thesis. What's rolling on the right? Well, it's a brain (scanned by magnetic resonance) and I'm working on artificial intelligence algorithms so a computer can try to recognize and align volumes. It's very interesting but time consuming too.

Why isn't there any image gallery inside Puto's?

Time ago (when Geocities accounts weren't so spacious) I had one, but I wasn't satisfied and I removed it.
Then attempting to advertise my pages among official companies, I had to try to respect copyright laws. The attempt wasn't successful, but the "copyright style" is remained. Today I'm still trying to maintain my pages as much correct as I can, so an image gallery is out of the question. Sorry.

Date	Page	What's new
12/29/2000	Calendars	An updated section analyzing the Angel Star 2001 calendar.
	Characters	The funny cover of Seedless Apple, an humorous version of Appleseed.
	Dominion	Some info about the Dominion novel.
	Help	What's happening to Franco?! Look above to know more.
	ManMachine Interface	The original poster released during the serialization and how Shirow retouched it.
	Minor Works 4	A new page for some of the oldest stuff ever created by Shirow: ATLAS fanzines, Magic Caravan manga and The World of SF Fantasy Game.
By the way: the Ghost Solid Box is finally out in Japan!
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11/11/2000	Appleseed	Appleseed OAV official album, LD and film book.
	Black Magic	New images, more some info about the OAV film book and official album.
	Characters	An uncommon "book" about Appleseed.
	Dominion	"Censored" Dominion editions.
	Masamune Shirow	Confirmations about the existence of Gun Dancing and Pile Up manga more some info about the Ghost Solid Box.
	Minor Works 3	A new section about the Shin Taimasenki table talk RPG.
	Video Game	A new (short) section about the Aimpoint game for PC.
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10/25/2000	Gundress	Something about the Gundress DVD (the only way to watch the original incomplete version).
	Masamune Shirow	DECEMBER 22! It is the new release date of the Ghost Solid Box. Will it be the right time?
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10/5/2000	Dominion	Some information about two old books: the Dominion Special Graphix and a portfolio called Dominion Club.
	Help	I had to add my apologies for the delay of Puto's updates. Read at the beginning of the FAQ section to know more.
	Masamune Shirow	Coming out the new Angel Star 2001 calendar, more new stories about MMI release date and Comic GUM Shirow's covers.
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6/26/2000	Characters	Added the super deformed Intron Depot 1 cover.
	Dominion	As wrote inside ID1, here is the modified Dominion first page.
	Masamune Shirow	Bad news about the Ghost Solid Box, more something about Comic GUM issues and Dominion Club box.
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5/12/2000	Appleseed	Added the signed plate from US Book 1.
	Characters	Live Deunan and Briareos.
	Novels	New Jashin Hunter pictures appeared on the web.
	Video Games	The new Gundress PS video game.
	Masamune Shirow	Another cover and poster for Comic GUM issue 6 (news only).
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4/19/2000	Intron Depot	Added information about the Intron Depot D CD-Rom.
	Intron Depot 2 "Blades"	Improved the section about the Intron Depot D2 CD-Rom.
	Orion	More notes about Japanese myths.
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4/5/2000	Masamune Shirow	The Comic GUM magazine shows again to be a great source of Shirow's pictures.
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3/22/2000	ManMachine Interface	Added some information about the episode 4. LOST PAST (there are old GitS 1 characters!).
	Minor Works 2	Added a short synopsis and description about Neurohard.
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3/7/2000	Crossovers	Found Briareos and Deunan inside Orion and Demonstrators inside Manmachine Interface preview.
	Masamune Shirow	Added more news about the Ghost Solid Box (bad news!), MMI preview booklet, Comic GUM magazine and the Cybergirls portfolio.
	Minor Works 3	A new page about the Ultra Jump magazine, Aoki Uru and the Machine Head magazine.
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1/31/2000	Characters	Added some screen shots about the Eternal City game characters.
	GitS More	Improved the Making of GitS CD-Rom section.
	Gundress	A new page about the Gundress animation and some gadgets connected.
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1/7/2000	Mecha	Added a 3D Fuchikoma.
	Masamune Shirow	Added a new comment about the development of Shirow's art.
	Video Games	More screen shots.
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12/30/1999	Crossovers	Added the new Dominion Policeman and Seska and Fuzen sections.
	Intron Depot 2	More information about the Blades CD-Rom.
	Video Games	Created a new page about the video games who can boast Masamune Shirow's contribution.

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Sorry, but this chapter is Italian only. It regards some information about Italian editions of Shirow's manga.