A brand-new TV anime based on Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell has officially been announced under the title “THE GHOST IN THE SHELL.” Alongside the title reveal, the production team shared a teaser visual, a special preview video, and key staff information. The highly anticipated series is set to premiere in 2026.
Teaser Trailer:
Teaser Visual:
A special message from The Ghost in the Shell creator Shirow Masamune was released:
STAFF:
Director: Mokochan
Series Composition / Script: EnJoe Toh
Character Design / Chief Animation Supervisor: Shuhei Handa
Animation Production: Science SARU
Director Mokochan, known for serving as assistant director on the TV anime DAN DA DAN and contributing to Netflix’s Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as well as the acclaimed anime The Heike Story, takes the helm for the first time in their directorial debut.
Since Masamune Shirow published the original “Ghost in the Shell” comic in 1989 in “YOUNG MAGAZINE” (Kodansha), the series has continued to captivate and inspire audiences worldwide through various adaptations, including Mamoru Oshii‘s 1995 film “GHOST IN THE SHELL,” multiple anime series, and a Hollywood live-action film.
Kodansha USA describes the original manga as follows:
From Shirow Masamune, the award-winning creator of Appleseed and Dominion, comes The Ghost in the Shell, the definitive cyberpunk manga that inspired the internationally acclaimed animated film. An epic dystopian tale of politics, technology, and metaphysics, The Ghost in the Shell has been hailed worldwide as an unparalleled visionary work of graphic fiction.
Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including “ghost hackers” who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interfance and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers’ criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside down.
Source: Official Website
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