Ghost in the Shell to get new anime series in 2026
A new Ghost In The Shell anime series has been announced today.
The show, which is slated for a 2026 release, will be produced by Science Saru, who is best known for Space Dandy, Devilman Crybaby, and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. The production committee for this series includes Science Saru, Bandai Namco Filmworks, Kodansha and Production I.G. A teaser trailer can be seen below.
The last Ghost In The Shell series was 2020’s Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, which gained negative reviews from critics and fans. The Ghost In The Shell manga is available via Kodansha USA here. A description of the manga reads:
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.
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