The Ghost In The Shell Gets Full Trailer

Ghost In The Shell is one of the biggest franchises in anime and manga. Originally starting life as a manga by Masamune Shirow in 1989, it's best known for Mamoru Oshii's 1995 animated movie. Since then, it's been adapted as the TV series Stand Alone Complex, Arise and SAC_2045. Then there was a Hollywood live-action adaptation, but we don't like to talk about that. Now, a new TV series is joining the fray.

Titled simply The Ghost In The Shell, this series differs from most previous adaptations in a number of ways. Firstly, the usual producer, Production IG isn't animating it (although they are still on the production committee). Taking over instead is Science Saru of Devilman Crybaby and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off fame. Secondly, the series is going back to the source material to make a much more faithful adaptation than we have ever seen before. We expect this to go deeper than the artstyle, which much more closely resembles Shirow's original manga artwork. The tone of the manga is also quite different than the previous screen adaptations, which tend to be very serious and sombre.

We've only really seen Shirow's artstyle brought to life once before, in the video sequences in 1997's Sony PlayStation game based on the franchise. It'll be an exciting time for fans of the original manga.

The producers have released a new trailer for the show, giving us our best look yet. The trailer shows off the art-style, which faithfully recreates Shirow's manga art. We see all our favourite characters, from The Major, to Batou and Togusa. Expect spider-tanks, brain-hacking and all the usual Ghost In The Shell antics, plus there are hints that this could be the first version to include some of the manga's racier scenes.

Science Saru are on the production committee, along with Production IG, Kodansha and Bandai Namco Filmworks. The anime is directed by Mokochan, with series composition and episode scripts by EnJoe Toh, and character designs and chief animation direction by Shuhei Handa. Music is by  Taisei Iwasaki, Ryo Konishi and Yuki Kanesaka.

The anime is set to have its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June. The series will then premiere in Japan on the Ka-Anival block on Fuji TV and Kansai TV on July 7, 2026. It will then be streamed internationally on Amazon Prime Video, also on July 7.

Check out the trailer below.