Fans of Shirow Masamune’s groundbreaking Ghost In The Shell manga certainly have a lot to smile about recently with the recent launch of his genga exhibition taking place in Tokyo, and now with the announcement of a new anime series by animation studio Science SARU. Check out the teaser trailer below –
While the teaser doesn’t actually offer up any actual footage of completed or work-in-progress animation, the poster for the series has generated quite a big buzz online because of the titular character Motoko Kusanagi/The Major’s design, which seems very faithful to the original look of Shirow Masamune’s manga.
While I am not familiar with any of the key creative personnel that will be helming the project, the involvement of animation studio Science SARU certainly gives me great confidence, having created such amazing series and films previously like Devilman Crybaby, Eizouken and Inu-oh, all of which I enjoyed immensely.
The Ghost In The Shell is slated for a 2026 release, and I await it with high expectations ! You can follow the official Ghost In The Shell twitter account for more updates.
You might also be interested in these items :
Ghost In The Shell Genga Collection Art Book Review
Ghost In The Shell 25th Anniversary Art Exhibition
Ghost In The Shell SAC_2045 Official Visual Book Review
AKIRA / Ghost In The Shell Background Art Posters – Riekeles Gallery
The Art Of Ghost In The Shell ( 2017 ) Book Review
April 17th, 2025 at 2:52 am
I am a huge fan of the Ghost in the Shell franchise. I have all the manga published until now, including the “omages to”. But regarding the last anime series made, I am not so enthusiast.
The last series produced was IMHO disappointing. It was “too much American style” and less “Japan Style”.
I hope that the new one will return to its original roots.
April 18th, 2025 at 12:08 pm
The Major in her iconic manga style. I’m really looking forward to this one. I hope the series gets a good budget for production.
April 19th, 2025 at 11:21 pm
The last couple of Motoko anime designs have been pretty lame imo. This is the best looking once since SAC 2nd Gig. Looking forward to seeing more.
April 20th, 2025 at 2:04 am
Looks like the consensus is that the return to the original Shirow Masamune looks is definitely the way to go ! Really looking forward to seeing some actual animation footage from the series, hopefully soon !
April 21st, 2025 at 5:32 pm
And the color palette! It’s a really attractive image. If this is representative of what we can expect visually, we may be in for something amazing.
April 23rd, 2025 at 4:15 pm
Chris James – Fingers crossed !