The Ghost in the Shell Anime Unveils Trailer, July 2026 Premiere
Science SARU's upcoming The Ghost in the Shell anime revealed a new trailer and key visual. The anime premieres in July 2026.
Staff for new The Ghost in the Shell includes:
- Director: Moko-chan (Dan Da Dan assistant director)
- Series Composition / Script: EnJoe Toh (Godzilla S.P)
- Character Designer / Chief Animation Director: Shuhei Handa (Little Witch Academia, Spriggan)
The Ghost in the Shell is based on a manga by Shirow Masamune, originally published in Kodansha’s Young Magazine Kaizokuban seinen manga magazine from 1989 to 1991. The sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface was serialized from 1997 to 2001. The manga spawned multiple movies and TV anime adaptations, as well as a live-action Hollywood movie starring Scarlett Johansson as Makoto Kusanagi.
The most well-known adaptation is the 1995 movie, directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Production I.G. Kodansha, which published the original manga in English, describes the plot:
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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