Science SARU’s television anime The Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) released its fifth promotional video on Sunday, offering a preview of the opening theme song “Go Ghost” by King Gnu. The announcement was first made at Anime Expo on Saturday.
The series is set to premiere on July 7 as part of “Ka-Anival!!”, the new Tuesday-night anime programming block on Kansai TV and Fuji TV, airing at 11:00 p.m. The anime had already made its global debut at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June, screening its first two episodes. Those same episodes were also shown at Anime Expo on July 4, followed by a panel featuring director Mokochan, character designer and chief animation director Shūhei Handa, and other producers.
Staff
Mokochan — known for storyboard and key animation work on DAN DA DAN, The Heike Story, and Tatami Time Machine Blues — makes his directorial debut with this series at Science SARU. Toh Enjoe, novelist of The Empire of Corpses and scriptwriter for Space Dandy and Godzilla Singular Point, is both writing and overseeing the series scripts. Shūhei Handa (Little Witch Academia, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Spriggan ONA) handles character design and serves as chief animation director.
Music direction falls to Taisei Iwasaki (BELLE), who is composing alongside Ryō Konishi and Yuki Kanesaka (Dr. Stone), with Flying Dog handling music production.
Additional Staff
- Art Director: Emi Katanosaka
- Art Supervision: Osamu Masuyama
- Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto
- Director of Photography: Hikari Itō
- Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Sound Director: Yuji Tange
- Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
- Recording: Yasuaki Ōta
Theme Songs
The opening theme is “Go Ghost” by King Gnu. The ending theme, “Blue,” is performed by MILLENNIUM PARADE feat. Saya Gray, Daniel Caesar.
Production & Background
The production committee comprises Bandai Namco Filmworks, Kodansha, Science SARU, and Production I.G. Bandai Namco Filmworks first announced the series in May 2024. Anime Limited‘s All the Anime label revealed the English dub cast last month.
The anime community continues to mourn the loss of Atsuko Tanaka, the longtime voice of Motoko Kusanagi in the franchise, who passed away in August 2024 at the age of 61.
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