Mamoru Oshii's "GHOST IN THE SHELL/Ghost in the Shell 2.0" will air on BS12's "Sunday Anime Theater" on February 21 (Sun.) at 19:00!

GHOST IN THE SHELL/GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0" will be broadcast on February 21, 2021 (Sunday) on BS12 Twelvi, a nationwide free-to-air broadcasting station.

GHOST IN THE SHELL/GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0" is a science fiction animation film by the genius Mamoru Oshii based on the comic of the same title by Masamune Shirow, which was a record-breaking hit not only in Japan but also in the United States. In addition to the wonderful drawings and beautiful digital images, the surrealistic and multi-layered world of director Oshii's work is outstanding. The director's own attention to detail in the realistic gun action is also a highlight.

The new film, "Ghost in the Shell 2.0," will be broadcast this time, using the latest digital technology, new 3DCG cuts, and the latest digital effects, and the director himself has completely renewed all cuts of the 1995 film.

Film Information
GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0

＜Story
In order to combat crimes that are becoming more complex and heinous in this super-advanced networked society, the government forms an unauthorized, super-legal special unit of elite cyborgs led by Major Motoko Kusanagi, the leader of the unit. Public Security Section 9, a.k.a. "Ghost in the Shell," was born.
One day, sources in a certain country warn the GHOST IN THE SHELL that a so-called "puppet master," who appears mainly in the European Union and is wanted internationally for stock manipulation, information manipulation, political manipulation, and terrorism, will appear in Japan. Soko pursues the shadow of the "Puppeteer" hidden in the midst of the crimes.

＜Cast
Motoko Kusanagi: Atsuko Tanaka
Batou: Akio Otsuka
Togusa: Koichi Yamadera
Ishikawa: Yutaka Nakano
Aramaki: Tamio Ohki
Director Nakamura: Tetsuaki Genda
Puppeteer: Yoshiko Sakakibara
and others

＜Staff
Original Story: Shirow Masamune (published in Kodansha's "Young Magazine KCDX")
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay : Kazunori Ito
Direction : Toshihiko Nishikubo
Character Design : Hiroyuki Okiura
Mechanical Design: Shoji Kawamori, Atsushi Takeuchi
Art: Hiromasa Ogura
Music: Kenji Kawai
Sound: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Color Setting: Kumiko Yusa
CG Production: Omnibus Japan
CGI production for version 2.0: POLYGON PICTURES, Motor/lieZ
CGI supervisor for version 2.0: Hiroyuki Hayashi (Umikame Office), Atsunori Sato
Sound Designer for version 2.0: Randy Tom
Supervising Sound Editor for version 2.0: Tom Myers
Recording for version 2.0: Skywalker Sound
Animation Production: Production I.G

(C)1995/2008 Shirow Masamune / Kodansha, Bandai Visual, MANGA ENTERTAINMENT