Fan of the iconic anime Ghost in the Shell? Arise is the prequel series and a chance to see how that incredible team came together. The first half of the Arise series is already out but for parts 3 and 4 you’ll have to wait for the end of the month. There are two ways […]
Ghost in the Shell watches
Big Ghost in the Shell fan? As part of the promotional activities for the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: Shin Gekijoban film a limited set of 2,5000 watches have been made. You can buy these from iei.jp as they’re made by Independent. The back of the watch is engraved with a portrait of Major Kusanagi […]
Competition: Win Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Ghost in the Shell is one of the most popular and respected anime series to have made it out of Japan. 2.0 is a re-mastered version of the first. Set in an alternative Hong Kong when the cyberspace is pushing strongly into every day human life Ghost in the Shell follows cyber-cop Major Motoko Kusanagi. […]
Worldwide exlusive Ghost in the Shell steelbook comes to Zavvi
Manga UK has been on a roll with impressive steelbook releases of some of the classic anime. They’ve put together AKIRA and Ninja Scroll steelbook releases and the next one on the hit list is Ghost in the Shell. The Steelbook release comes with a 24-paged booklet that features an interview with Mamoru Oshii and […]
Ghost in the Shell: Arise – web episode
I’ve been lucky enough to see some Ghost in the Shell: Arise and review GitS: Arise – Pain. This, though, is new. Ghost Whispers is a web episode to promote Kokaku-JPRS.jp. Logicoma fan? Good news. There’s three of them in this web episode and that’s a threefold increase from the one in Pain.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise “Ghost Pain” review
“Ghost Pain” is the first episode of the re-imagined Ghost in the Shell OVA. It may be one of only four in the series as each episode is intended to receive a limited cinema release in Japan a month before the Blu-ray release. Ghost in the Shell features a new voice cast. We also have […]
Official Ghost in the Shell: Arise trailer
The Arise story is set in 2027, a year after the fourth non-nuclear world war. First a self-propelled mine explodes in the city and then a military member suspected of taking bribes in an arms-dealing scandal is shot dead. Daisuke Aramaki investigates, encountering the hacking guru and cyborg Motoko Kusanagi. Batou suspects Kusanagi is behind […]
Ghost in the Shell Arise trailer reveals “Rojikoma” mech design
Ghost in the Shell Arise will air in four 50 minute episodes, starting in cinemas in Japan this June before moving on blu-ray for late July. The series features Mokoto Kusanagi as well as Batou however rather than Tachikoma it looks like we’ve a mech class of “Rojikoma” instead.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfHdMgR7_HI The first trailer for the new Ghost in the Shell is out – although it falls under the YouTube category of “watch it before it’s yanked”. It’s hard to watch the trailer, consider the name and not conclude that Arise is a prequel. There’s no more debate as to whether Major Kusanagi looks the […]
New Ghost in the Shell announced: Ghost in the Shell Arise
There’s going to be a new anime of Ghost in the Shell. They’ve redesigned the super popular Motoko somewhat too as this image shows. What else do we know? Not much! Details are up at Cinema Today.jp which Google translate takes a good stab at. Production IG are involved, work starts this year and the […]
