Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045" will be released in 2021! Director Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki's comments also arrived!

Netflix original anime series "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" will be released in theaters in 2021. Comments from directors Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki have also arrived.

Since the original manga by Masamune Shirow was published and serialized in "Young Magazine Kaizokuban" (Kodansha) in 1989, "GHOST IN THE SHELL" (1995) directed by Mamoru Oshii and various other works including animation and Hollywood live-action films have continued to surprise and stimulate the world. The "GHOST IN THE SHELL" series has continued to surprise and inspire the world.

The latest work "GHOST IN THE SHELL SAC_2045" is the first full 3DCG animation in the history of "GHOST IN THE SHELL" and is double directed by Kenji Kamiyama who worked on the "GHOST IN THE SHELL S.A.C." series and Shinji Aramaki who worked on the "APPLESEED" series and produced by Production I.G x SOLA DIGITAL ARTS.
Season 1, all 12 episodes, has been distributed exclusively worldwide on Netflix since April 2020, and continues to attract new fans with its intense sci-fi action and cutting-edge drama that anticipates the times.

⇒The series is now available for worldwide distribution on Netflix! Interview with "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045" Director Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki

⇒Click here for the screening schedule of the anime film.

It has been announced that a theatrical version of the film, which is a reconstructed version of Season 1 of the series currently being distributed, with new scenes, will be released in theaters in 2021.

In conjunction with this announcement, a teaser visual for the theatrical version, newly drawn by Ilya Kubushinobu, the character designer of the film, was released. It depicts the main character Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg with a prosthetic body, smiling in the cyber space. Comments from Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki, who will be directing Season 1, have also arrived.

In addition, a Blu-ray box containing Season 1 will be released on November 26, 2021 (Friday).

Season 1 of "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045" is currently being distributed exclusively worldwide on Netflix, and a sequel, Season 2, is in the works. Stay tuned for more news.

Teaser visual for the film version by Ilya Kubushinobu

Director: Kenji Kamiyama × Shinji Aramaki Comments

Kenji Kamiyama (co-director) comments

I have always edited the compilation of my own works by myself, but this is the first time I entrusted the compilation to another creator. I wanted to know how SAC_2045 looked from someone else's point of view. Even those who have already watched Season 1 may be able to see a different interpretation. I can't wait for its release.

■Nobuyuki Aramaki (co-director) comment
I am Aramaki, who started distributing Season 1 last year and is currently working diligently with Director Kamiyama on Season 2. I am delighted to announce that Season 1 will be released as a theatrical compilation. What kind of a compilation of that story will be? I actually don't know yet. (laughs) Please look forward to it. I am looking forward to it!

I am looking forward to it!

Film information
GHOST IN THE SHELL SAC_2045 THE MOVIE (tentative title)
Theatrical release in 2021
Original story: "Ghost in the Shell" by Masamune Shirow (Kodansha KC Deluxe)
Director: Kenji Kamiyama × Shinji Aramaki
Production: Production I.G × SOLA DIGITAL ARTS
Production: Ghost in the Shell 2045 Production Committee
Distributor: Namco Bandai Arts Inc.

Blu-ray BOX of Season 1 will be released on November 26!

The gold standard of near-future science fiction, "Ghost in the Shell," a futuristic vision of 2045 by Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki, will be released in a Blu-ray BOX (special limited edition) containing all 12 episodes of Season 1!

The full-length audio is recorded in Dolby Atmos and Linear PCM (stereo)! (Switchable).
The video extras include a new making-of featurette and a talk show with the cast!
Included in the package is a Log Book with staff interviews and commentary on each episode, as well as an Art Book with various setting artwork.
The jacket is illustrated by Ilya Kubushinobu and the package is designed by creative label PERIMETRON.

Product information
Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 Blu-ray BOX (Special Limited Edition)
Includes all 12 episodes of Season 1
BD50G x 4 discs
38,500 yen (including tax) / BCXA-1643
Released and distributed by: Namco Bandai Arts Inc.

Special bonus
Official Log Book
Official Art Book

Video bonus
Making of Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 [Featuring Kenji Kamiyama (Director), Shinji Aramaki (Director) and others]
Netfull Anime Special Program "Anime that makes you smile" Part 1: "Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045" Special
　［Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi), Akio Otsuka (Batou), Koichi Yamadera (Togusa), Kenjiro Tsuda (Standard), Megumi Ban (Ezaki Pudding)
　　　　　Kenjiro Tsuda (Standard), Megumi Ban (Ezaki Pudding), Kenji Kamiyama (Director), Shinji Aramaki (Director)
Non-credit opening
Non-credit ending
Teaser PV
Trailer
Final Trailer
TVCM
Interviews and making-of footage [featuring Kenji Kamiyama (director), Shinji Aramaki (director), and others]

Specifications
Jacket & BOX newly drawn by ILYA KUBUSHINOBU (character design)
PERIMETRON direction package design

Special bonus contents and specifications are subject to change without notice.
Special limited editions may be discontinued without prior notice.

GHOST IN THE SHELL SAC_2045" Film Information

＜Story

Sustainable War" brings about a new dominant species, "Post-Humans".
Public Security Section 9 led by Motoko Kusanagi, a.k.a. "Ghost in the Shell," is reorganized.

The year is 2045. The world is plunged into "Sustainable War," a planned and sustainable war due to the occurrence of "simultaneous global default," an economic disaster that shocks all nations, and the explosive evolution of AI. In the near future, however, people have not yet reached the point of realizing the danger of extinction by AI on an everyday level.
Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg with a full-body prosthesis, and Batou and other former members of Public Security Section 9 are serving as mercenaries on the west coast of the Americas, where civil wars and conflicts have ravaged the region and the ruins lie in ruins. For these women, who belonged to an offensive organization against cyber crimes and terrorism and boasted of their outstanding cyber and combat skills, this era is truly the springtime of their lives. The unit led by Kusanagi is suddenly confronted by "post-humans," beings with astonishing intelligence and physical abilities. How were they born and what is their purpose? Amidst a whirlwind of intrigue amongst the major powers, the "Ghost in the Shell" is once again organized.

-Cast
Motoko Kusanagi: Atsuko Tanaka / Daisuke Aramaki: Osamu Saka / Batou: Akio Otsuka / Togusa: Koichi Yamadera / Ishikawa: Yutaka Nakano / Saito: Toru Okawa / Paz: Takashi Onozuka
Boma: Taro Yamaguchi / Tachikoma: Sakiko Tamagawa / Ezaki Pudding: Megumi Ban / Standard: Kenjiro Tsuda / John Smith: Kaiji Sose / Kurusu, Otomo, Teito: Shigeo Kiyama /
Takashi Shimamura: Megumi Hayashibara

-Staff-.
Original story: "Ghost in the Shell" by Masamune Shirow (Kodansha KC Deluxe) / Director: Kenji Kamiyama × Shinji Aramaki / Series composition: Kenji Kamiyama / Script: Kenji Kamiyama, Ryo Higaki, Kurasumi Sunayama,
Atsumi Tsuchishiro, Dai Sato, Daisuke Daito / Character Design: Ilya Kubushinobu / 3D Character Supervisor: Hiromi Matsushige / Production Designers:
Shinji Usui, Kenji Teraoka, Daisuke Matsuda / Modeling Supervisor: Makoto Tazaki / Rigging Supervisors: Yosuke Nishikori, Nobuzo Inoue / Effects Supervisor
Effects Supervisor: Takuya Kiyotsuka / Lighting Compositing Supervisor: Takaya Takahashi / Editing: Tsuyoshi Sadamatsu / Music: Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnai / Sound Designer: Hajime Takagi
Opening Theme: "Fly with me" millennium parade × ghost in the shell: SAC_2045 / Ending Theme: "sustain++;" Mili /
Production: Production I.G × SOLA DIGITAL ARTS / Production: Ghost in the Shell 2045 Production Committee

All 12 episodes of Season 1 will be distributed exclusively worldwide on Netflix from April 23, 2020 (Thursday).

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