Ghost in the Shell Arise OVA + Alternative Architecture + The New Movie
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain攻殻機動隊ARISE border: 1 Ghost Pain
Overview
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Trailer
Cast
Maaya Sakamoto
Ikkyū Juku
Kenichirō Matsuda
Kazuya Nakai
Shunsuke Sakuya
Tomoyuki Dan
Takurou Nakakuni
Tarusuke Shingaki
Miyuki Sawashiro
Kenji Nojima
Yōji Ueda
Crew
Kazuchika Kise
Masamune Shirow
Masahiko Murata
Masahiko Murata
Tow Ubukata
Tow Ubukata
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie攻殻機動隊 新劇場版
Overview
Set in a futuristic Japan after the end of a brutal world war, science has advanced by leaps and bounds giving humanity the choice to prolong life and reduce suffering with the use of sophisticated cybernetics. With all of humanity linked into one system of minds and personalities known as ghosts, the biggest threat to civilization is the cyber terrorists capable of hijacking people's bodies and memories. When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source. As they delve deeper and deeper into their investigation, they uncover traces of government corruption and a shadowy broker that bears an all-too-familiar face. The film is a continuation to the plot of the Pyrophoric Cult episode of Arise, and ties up loose ends from that arc.
Trailer
Cast
Maaya Sakamoto
Kenichirō Matsuda
Kazuya Nakai
Ikkyū Juku
Kenji Nojima
Mayumi Asano
Megumi Han
Miyuki Sawashiro
Mugihito
Shunsuke Sakuya
Crew
Kazuchika Kise
Masamune Shirow
John Burgmeier
Tow Ubukata
Kazuya Nomura
Kazuya Nomura
Clint Bickham
Naoki Arakawa
Tooru Ookubo
Cornelius
Bahi JD
Keiji Ōta
Ken Ookawara
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture攻殻機動隊 ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE
Overview
The story follows Motoko Kusanagi, a highly skilled member of the military, whom upon meeting Daisuke Aramaki, a current chief of the Public Security Section 9, in less than desirable conditions struggles to clear her name whilst forming her own independent team with the highest priority under the sponsorship and guidance of the chief Aramaki himself. Ghost in the Shell: Arise is a re-imagining of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell.