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Ghost in the Shell: Arise Anime's Details Outlined (Update 2)
posted on by Egan Loo
The staff of the project on Tuesday. The project will consist of four 50-minute parts.
The first part, "Ghost Pain," will run in Japanese theaters for two weeks starting on Saturday, June 22. There will be advance Blu-ray Disc copies with a bundled scenario book available at participating theaters for 8,000 yen ($85). There will also be paid streaming of the project, at least in Japan. The general retail release of the first part's Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be on July 26.
Series composition and scriptwriter Tow Ubukata confirmed during the broadcast that the show will be a prequel series featuring Motoko when she was younger.
The staff also announced the show's cast:
Ikkyū Juku as Daisuke Aramaki
At the beginning of her voice-acting career, Sakamoto provided the voice of the pivotal little girl who speaks the very last line in the first Ghost in the Shell film.
The presentation also streamed a trailer for the series.
The text in the trailer is as follows:
A.D. 2027
Her name is Motoko Kusanagi
Attached to the Army's 501st Secret Unit
Heavily CyborgEgo
Memories
Hope for the futureWhat proves who I am?
It all begins here
A manga adaptation, Ghost in the Shell Arise Sleepless Eye (Nemuranai Me no Otoko), will debut in the April issue of Real Drive.
During the hour-long presentation, franchise, and discussed how today's technology is not too far off from the technology featured in the series.
Update: Added additional information from presentation and embedded official video.
Update 2: The official website also updated with more staff announcements.
Takayuki Yanase
3DCGI: Orange
3DCG Director: Eiji Inomoto
Art: Bamboo
Art Director: Takaaki Mashiki
Art Setting: Totonyan)
Prop Art Setting: Naoki Arakawa
Photography Director: Kouji Tanaka
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
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