The Ghost In The Shell - New Anime coming 2026

[no3Ljm]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-05-25/ghost-in-the-shell-gets-new-tv-anime-series-in-2026-by-science-saru/.211152

Bandai Namco Filmworks announced on Saturday that The Ghost in the Shell franchise is getting a new television anime series in 2026. Science SARU will produce the anime, which is tentatively titled Kōkaku Kidōtai (The Ghost in the Shell). Bandai Namco Filmworks, Kodansha, Science SARU, and Production I.G are on the production committee for the series.

 

Edited May 26, 2024 by no3Ljm

[JB0]

I find it interesting that the promotional art is all original manga art. Their "cover art" is even actual cover are... with a real friggin' fuchikoma finally!

[no3Ljm]

8 hours ago, JB0 said:

I find it interesting that the promotional art is all original manga art. Their "cover art" is even actual cover are... with a real friggin' fuchikoma finally!

It's what got me excited actually. Hopefully it's REALLY based on the manga art style this time. And yes, Fuchikoma!  

[Big s]

15 hours ago, JB0 said:

I find it interesting that the promotional art is all original manga art. Their "cover art" is even actual cover are... with a real friggin' fuchikoma finally!

I’d be very curious if it was more like the manga. Not only that, but I’d love a plastic model of the og Fuchikima

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

I would love for this new show to use the manga designs.

Is it too early to hope Applessed gets the same treatment? 

[Big s]

6 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

I would love for this new show to use the manga designs.

Is it too early to hope Applessed gets the same treatment? 

Same here, and not too be an ugly cgi mess

[electric indigo]

Manga Appleseed would still be an ugly mess story-wise IMO.

[sh9000]

 

 

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

Nice, she looks like the original manga sketches.

[Sanity is Optional]

Between this and Dandadan Science Saru is doing god's work.

[Bolt]

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the animation and character designs. I love the OG look. 

[PsYcHoDyNaMiX]

Nice... looking forward to this! I just wonder who will replace the original/late VA of major (Atsuko Tanaka)... 😭

[renegadeleader1]

On 5/26/2024 at 10:18 AM, no3Ljm said:

It's what got me excited actually. Hopefully it's REALLY based on the manga art style this time. And yes, Fuchikoma!  

To quote them from the original Playstation game cut scenes...

 

"We're covered in battle scars, but racking up experience! Promotion! Promotion! PROMOTION!"

[Big s]

13 hours ago, renegadeleader1 said:

To quote them from the original Playstation game cut scenes...

 

"We're covered in battle scars, but racking up experience! Promotion! Promotion! PROMOTION!"

That game made me dizzy. I remember getting stuck on the side of a pillar and if you run full speed, it made the room spin extremely violently.

[Duke Togo]

I've been waiting for a manga-accurate GitS anime for a very long time 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Duke Togo said:

I've been waiting for a manga-accurate GitS anime for a very long time 

I don’t know how accurate it’s gonna be, but definitely looks really cool design wise compared to most of the other shows.

[Duke Togo]

7 minutes ago, Big s said:

I don’t know how accurate it’s gonna be, but definitely looks really cool design wise compared to most of the other shows.

Well, the art certainly looks to be 

[sh9000]

AX panel.

[sh9000]

https://theghostintheshell.jp/en/news/the-ghost-in-the-shell-tv

[Hikuro]

cool, I can wait a few months. 

[electric indigo]

Trailer... kinda...

 

[Hikuro]

man.....July. That's a bummer. 

[davidwhangchoi]

shame to me, i own Ghost in the shell since the launch of dvd's in late 90's- 2000's and still haven't watched it.  i own and watched 2nd gig series and still haven't bothered to watch the movie. someday i'll get to it. It was at the time marketed as the next big quality anime release after Akira.  One day....

 

Edited January 30 by davidwhangchoi

[Bolt]

1 hour ago, davidwhangchoi said:

shame to me, i own Ghost in the shell since the launch of dvd's in late 90's- 2000's and still haven't watched it.  i own and watched 2nd gig series and still haven't bothered to watch the movie. someday i'll get to it. It was at the time marketed as the next big quality anime release after Akira.  One day....

 

Wow , you got to watch it all!

BTW the marketing on the2nd gig movie is not on the same level as Akira .. 

[davidwhangchoi]

7 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Wow , you got to watch it all!

BTW the marketing on the2nd gig movie is not on the same level as Akira .. 

 

[M'Kyuun]

I'm looking forward to this new retro-take. Although I'm a reader, for some odd reason I never got into comics or Manga by extension. I'm sure, just as comparing reading a book to a TV or movie adaptation, the Manga offers more in the way of, well, everything. From what I've read about the Manga, prompted by commentary here, the TV and movie adaptations of GitS certainly have been cleansed of their more sexual material. I'm sure this new film will follow suit (to make it more general viewer friendly and avoid an X rating) which is fine, if not preferable. After the excellent SAC series, I look forward to the stories, characters, philosophical musings, gory death scenes, cool robots/mecha, and general tone that the franchise has become known and loved for. I don't need or want it to devolve into hentai regardless of the original manga.

[Old_Nash_II]

First teaser

[Big s]

20 minutes ago, Old_Nash_II said:

First teaser

That thumbnail is hilarious. Looks almost like basic sci fi fantasy till you realize that everyone is in their undies. Even the bearded dude at the top doing a spreadie on top of a spider robot trying to look like he’s challenging Jeff Goldblum from the first Jurassic park to see who can pull off the most seductive pose.

Edited January 30 by Big s

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

My goodness, a manga based GitS anime AND a new Patlabor show.  What year is it again?

[Bolt]

Definitely looking forward to this!

[Big s]

17 hours ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

My goodness, a manga based GitS anime AND a new Patlabor show.  What year is it again?

Hoping for some cool model kits from the new show since they already got that new Patlabor one as a real grade coming up. I want a really fun Fuchikoma with all the crazy joints 

[Chronocidal]

I'm honestly just really looking forward to them pulling from the older manga style characters.  The art is looking pretty similar to the cutscenes in the old PS1 GITS game, and it makes me smile.

More modern styling of highlights and such, but the characters themselves are making me think of older shows... heck, the greenish hair is halfway giving me Jenius vibes.  

Actually, looking back at those game cutscenes, a lot of the character art really reminds me of SDFM artwork.  The art was kind of rough, partly from the low resolution, but the characters had the same sort of "lumpy" look that many of the side characters in SDFM had.

[Big s]

2 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

I'm honestly just really looking forward to them pulling from the older manga style characters.  The art is looking pretty similar to the cutscenes in the old PS1 GITS game, and it makes me smile.

More modern styling of highlights and such, but the characters themselves are making me think of older shows... heck, the greenish hair is halfway giving me Jenius vibes.  

Actually, looking back at those game cutscenes, a lot of the character art really reminds me of SDFM artwork.  The art was kind of rough, partly from the low resolution, but the characters had the same sort of "lumpy" look that many of the side characters in SDFM had.

She’s definitely looking a little lumpy around the chin.

that game was fun but flawed. I remember being able to beat it by just staying out of the enemy range. Also remember getting motion sickness when I got my Fuchikoma stuck on a column and pushed forward. The screen went in circles and I forgot which way I was facing 

[Chronocidal]

The lumps there I think are from an upscale of the scenes, but I'm thinking more about how the Zentaedi miclones looked.  Some of the characters definitely remind me of them.

The chief especially is looking back to this older style, which is a pretty big jump from how detailed the characters tended to get in SAC.

I think the real kicker will be if the Fuchikoma make cartoony faces.

Edited February 1 by Chronocidal

[davidwhangchoi]

Prime Video to Stream New Ghost in the Shell, Fist of the North Star, From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Season 2 Anime

 - Anime News Network

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"Entertainment news website Deadline reported on Friday that Amazon's Prime Video revealed at the "Prime Video Presents: International Originals" presentation in London that it will stream the The Ghost in the Shell (Kōkaku Kidōtai THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star- anime, and the second season of the From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman anime.

Prime Video will stream The Ghost in the Shell, Science SARU's new The Ghost in the Shell television anime series, worldwide, except Russia and China. Prime Video will stream the anime in Japan as an early exclusive for a period of time."