Science Saru Teases Out Its New Ghost in the Shell Anime

Last year, we learned Science Saru was processing a marque caller for Ghost successful the Shell. It’s inactive a ways away, but Saru’s decided to springiness a cryptic archetypal look astatine however it plans to accommodate the beloved cyberpunk tale.

Set implicit haunting vocals that whitethorn extremity up being the anime’s main taxable oregon opening opus (or both, the teaser plays done storyboards and cardinal animation of cardinal scenes and characters, similar the Major and Batou. As this goes on, it reveals the originative squad astatine the helm of this new Ghost successful the Shell: Toma Kimura—aka Mokochan—a storyboarder and occurrence manager on The Heike Story and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, will nonstop the full series. EnJoe Toh (co-writer of Mojika and The Empire of Corpses) is connected publication duties, and Pilgrim and Little Witch Academia artist Shuhei Handa is pulling treble work arsenic quality decorator and enforcement animation director.

There’ve been several Ghost successful the Shell adaptations implicit the decades from Japan—according to creator Shirow Masamune successful the press release, that fig ranges from 4 to ten, depending connected if you see the films and divided immoderate adaptations into their ain circumstantial series. Either way, helium thinks this caller mentation by Saru has the imaginable to beryllium thing different, and considered it “the archetypal installment of a 2nd generation.  The archetypal manga is rather old…and I sincerely anticipation this volition erstwhile again beryllium an enjoyable ocular acquisition successful immoderate form.”

Look for The Ghost successful the Shell to deed sometime successful 2026. Until Saru unveils much footage astatine a aboriginal date, here’s an authoritative look astatine Motoko and the AI vessel Fuchikoma.

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