It has been announced that "Ghost in the Shell: THE GHOST IN THE SHELL," a new TV anime series based on Masamune Shirow's popular manga "Ghost in the Shell," will be available for unlimited streaming on Prime Video every Tuesday at 11:30 PM starting July 7th, making it the fastest streaming service in Japan. It will also be exclusively streamed in over 240 countries and regions overseas. On television, it will air on Kansai TV and Fuji TV's Tuesday 11 PM anime block, "Ka-Ani-Bal!!," starting July 7th.
A trailer for the Prime Video version has also been released. It depicts the exploits of the Ghost in the Shell team, led by Motoko Kusanagi, and also includes scenes that hint at the existence of the mysterious hacker "Puppet Master," who is key to the story.
The new anime will be directed by Moko-chan, who has worked on projects such as "Dandadan," "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off," and "The Heike Story." This will be Moko-chan's first time directing. Akutagawa Prize-winning author Toh Enjo will be in charge of series composition and scriptwriting, and Science SARU will be producing it.
"Ghost in the Shell" is a science fiction manga that began serialization in 1989 in "Young Magazine Pirate Edition," a special issue of the manga magazine "Young Magazine" (Kodansha). It depicts the Ghost in the Shell team, led by Motoko Kusanagi with superior abilities in cyber warfare and hand-to-hand combat, as they confront increasingly sophisticated and heinous crimes.
