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The Way of the Warrior
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When I first became aware of SHI there were two series in the saga, The Way of the Warrior and The Series. The original
story - The Way of the Warrior is composed of 12 books. The story is about a woman that is torn between her
American mothers way of life and her Japanese fathers. It contains confrontations between two rival martial / religious
orders the "Sohei" and the "Nara". Centering around the woman's quest for vengeance against
the Yakuza (Japanese organized crime). Great attention was given to mixing accurate facts about Japanese history
into this story. Its obvious that allot of research was done before these books were written. You can read the
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What initially attracted me was
the extraordinary artwork in the books, just like the image at
the top of this page. Intriguing
pictures of a female warrior, beautiful and deadly. You can see the covers from The Way of the Warrior by clicking
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SHI Senryaku
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The Thirty-Six Stratagems
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SHI Senryaku a collection of three books. Similar to the "Art of War" and "Book of Five Rings".
Each rule is demonstrated by a episode from SHI's life. Thirty Six short stories, with 36 corresponding artworks.
The art is amazing, and done in different styles, "some of the industry's top illustrators" contributed
as stated by William Tucci in a letter in the back of the Senryaku Collected Edition. You can view covers and artwork
by clicking on the 3D "SENRYAKU" in the image section. |
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The Series
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These books have Ana Ishikawa ( SHI ) no longer on a quest for vengeance. Ana works in a New York art
gallery. She now seeks to right injustice where ever she finds it. This series jumps around quite a bit, jumping
from the past and then the future. Many of the illustrations are in Anime or Manga style. I guess that's true of
most SHI, you see a wide variation in styles in Senryaku. You can find images from The Series books by clicking
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Others
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There are many crossovers, special edition SHI books and appearances in other books, a variety of different stories.
You can find lists at the unofficial site - comics (Maida's SHI
Page) and the Crusade
Fan listed in the links
section below. Click on the 3D text "OTHERS" to see covers of some
of the many varied books containing
SHI. |
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The SHI
Movie
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As of December 2005 there is a SHI movie in the
works. I believe that Mr. Tucci not compromising on the quality of the
story, good things come to those that wait.
Go to the links page for more information
on the movie
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THE IMAGES
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For
casual browsing of images (book covers, posters) use the words below they
are links to galleries. The images really are breath taking and should not be missed. I tried to provide a basic
general
library of SHI covers and associated images. At last count a total of 115 in the galleries below.
There are many more to be found on the web. |
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SHI Fan
Art
Images
by fans based on SHI. Some really nice images from fans using SHI found
here.
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This is a link to the Gallery of SHI Covers
at Avatar
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SHI TRADING CARDS
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This will take you to the SHI Trading Cards page. Contains images and checklists
from the trading cards sets and phone / calling cards. This
is a great reference for those who collect SHI cards. Tons
of images and information. |
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THE DATABASE
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The
database has become outdated and no longer maintained, so it
has been removed. |
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*Don't miss the SHI forum, at the Official SHI site
SHI
FORUM
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LINKS
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As the popularity of SHI continues to grow so do the links. The links section has become so huge
I had to make a separate page for them, Click the LINKS title above for links
with descriptions of other SHI fan sites, web pages that contain mostly graphics, news articles, information about
the movie, interviews and BIO's of the creator. A wealth of information. |
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SHI Menu Page | SHI
Images Page | SHI
Links Page
SHI Trading
cards | SHI Fan
Art
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