GHOST IN THE SHELL ARISE" will be broadcast on terrestrial TV from April!　The order of the episodes will be reconstructed with two completely new episodes that will be connected to "Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie".

It was announced that the anime "Ghost in the Shell ARISE" will be broadcast on terrestrial TV from April.

Ghost in the Shell ARISE" is the latest installment of the world popular masterpiece science fiction "Ghost in the Shell" series, with a total of four chapters screened in theaters from June 2013. The story depicts the night before the formation of the Ghost in the Shell, and how the young Motoko Kusanagi came to establish the Ghost in the Shell, an offensive special forces unit. General director and character design is by Kazuya Kise, series composition by Tow Ubukata, and animation production by Production I.G.

In commemoration of the release of "Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie" in early summer 2015, the series will be broadcast on TV under the title "Ghost in the Shell: ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE". The TV series will consist of four episodes that have been re-edited into a new chapter, and two completely new episodes that will be connected to the movie will be added to the broadcast. The order in which the episodes will be broadcast will be based on the initial plan by Ubukata Tow, the series director. The staff and cast of the completely new episodes will be announced at a later date.

Broadcasting will begin on Sundays at 22:30 on TOKYO MX from April 5, Sundays at 26:00 on Sun TV from April 5, Sundays at 23:00 on KBS Kyoto from April 5, Sundays at 26:35 on TV Aichi from April 5, Thursdays at 27:30 on TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting from April 9, and on Hokkaido TV TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting will broadcast from 27:30 every Thursday starting April 9, Hokkaido TV from 26:50 every Tuesday starting April 7, Sendai Broadcasting from 26:42 every Wednesday starting April 8, Shizuoka Broadcasting from 25:48 every Thursday starting April 9, and BS11 from 24:30 every Tuesday starting April 14.

Comment from Ubukata Tow (series composition)
The more you dig in Mr. Shirow's original work "Ghost in the Shell", the more you discover. The superb setting of the story, which takes place just before the nation is about to disappear. The skillful placement of the characters. The appeal of the cyborg and cyber-detective genre. I approached this script with the feeling that I had to visualize this brilliant original work, drawn a quarter of a century ago, not as a "classic" lying in a museum, but as a work for the modern age. In order to achieve this, it was necessary to depict the younger days of Motoko and the other members. The script for "Ghost in the Shell: ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE" is a new TV series that reconstructs "border:1" to "border:4," which were shown in theaters by the end of last year, and adds new episodes. The series will begin with the "border:4" episode, in which the familiar members are all present, and will eventually reveal the reasons why the members who joined the Public Security Section 9 gathered together. In the final new episode, Pyromania, a follower of the "Fire Starter" virus, confronts Motoko Kusanagi. He has a completely different view of "individuality" than Motoko. When I decided to participate in this film, I wondered why the members of Section 9, who have strong personalities, would follow Motoko. I think they intuitively know that Motoko represents "the ideal in an age of chaos. In an age where nations and individuals are becoming increasingly parallel through the Internet, Motoko in this work is focused on the "individual. The light that this presence emits attracts people. The "New Movie" to be released in early summer will further explore the past and inner life of Motoko, who is at the center of the film. ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE," which depicts the process of gathering the members of Public Security Section 9, has created a good flow for newcomers to the "Ghost in the Shell" series. We also hope that existing fans will enjoy it as the fourth "Ghost in the Shell" following the original story, the movie, and "S.A.C.".

<Story.
In a near future where the corporate net covers the stars, and even though electrons and light rush about, nations and peoples are not so informational as to disappear- the year 2027 A.D. In the face of increasingly sophisticated cybercrime, Daisuke Aramaki of the Ministry of Home Affairs' Public Security Section 9, who wishes to establish an "offensive" special forces unit, is confrontedby Motoko Kusanagi, a member of the Army's 501st Engine. Motoko Kusanagi,a cyborg whose entire body was prostheticized before birth,possesses bothsuperwizard-level hacker skills and superior cyborg manipulation techniques, and isclosing in on the mystery of the"FireStarter," a cyber virus lurking in the shadows of the incident.