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Details:

- 4 part movie-OVA. 50mins each. First volume opens on June 22, DVD/BD released on July 26.
- Prequel set before Motoko joins Section 9. Younger version of all characters.

Official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb1c-T-ox-E
Opening Sequence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzJ5yj8roiM

New cast:
Maaya Sakamoto as Motoko Kusanagi
Kenichirou Matsuda as Batou
Tarusuke Shingaki as Togusa
Tomoyuki Dan as Ishikawa
Nakakuni Takuro as Saito
Yoji Ueda as Paz
Kazuya Nakai as Borma
Ikkyu Jyuku as Daisuke Aramaki

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Edit: The GitS:SAC Online game presentation starts at 11:30 AM GMT, and the GitS Arise conference starts at 12 Noon GMT - Feb 12.

Stream links:
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv124547915
http://www.youtube.com/user/GITSchannel/

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http://moca-news.net/article/20130116/201301160500a/01/

Production IG has officially announced a new Ghost in the Shell anime project. The full details will be unveiled next month at a press conference on Feb 12. For now, what is known is that it is a new take on Ghost in the Shell, just like how the Oshii movies and the Stand Alone Complex series were different projects. This will be a new Ghost in the Shell with new designs and new staff. The format of the anime has not been disclosed.

Official site: http://kokaku-a.com/

The 60 minute press conference on Feb 12 will be streamed worldwide live at 9pm JST on Niconico Douga, Bandai Channel, and Youtube. More details on the official site.


Staff

Chief Director: Kazuchika Kise (directorial debut [okay I'm wrong about this, sue me!], veteran animation director at Production IG, worked on the Ghost in the Shell and Blood the Last Vampire projects)

Story Composition/Script: Tow Ubukata (Chevalier, Fafner, Heroic Age, Mardock Scramble)

Music: Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada)

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Looks like Production IG put up an official English report on their site: http://www.productionig.com/contents/news/2013/01/ghost_in_the_sh_5.html

Production I.G announces the production of Ghost in the Shell: Arise, the new chapter of the world million-selling franchise of Ghost in the Shell, originally created in 1989 by comic artist Shirow Masamune.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise, to be launched in 2013, will be directed by Kazuchika Kise (chief animator in both Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence movies) while the screenplay will be penned by award-winning novelist Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble, Le Chevalier d'Eon) and the music composed by Cornelius (Appleseed: Ex Machina). Shirow Masamune will also directly contribute to the project.
An official presentation with special guests will take place at the nicofarre event hall in Tokyo on February 12, 2013 and will be webcast live worldwide with simultaneous translation from 9:00 pm (Japan time) on Niconico, Bandai Channel and YouTube.


About the director: Kazuchika Kise
Born in Osaka in 1965. After graduating from high school, Kise enrolled an animation school, but quit after just four days to join Osaka-based studio Anime R. He then moved to Production I.G in the studio's early days. A natural talent, he became one of Mamoru Oshii's favourite artists, serving as animation supervisor in the two Patlabor movies (1989 and 1993), the groundbreaking Ghost in the Shell (1995) and its Palme d'Or-nominated follow up Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004). Other notably works include, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997), Blood: The Last Vampire (2000) xxxHOLiC - A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005), Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (2009) and Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012). He made his directorial debut in 2011 with the short film, Drawer Hobs, that was selected at Sitges and SICAF film festivals. Currently head animator at Production I.G's Studio 2, Kise is commonly regarded as one of Japan's finest animation artists.

 

[Wynnebeck]

Time to become another one of those deaf mutes.

 

[injurai]

so much good cyberpunk news these days ^-^

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

HOLY SHIT CORNELIUS?! SWEET FATHER OF FANTASMA!

I might just give it a listen, even though Cornelius has since dropped the Shibuya-kei style.

 

[Funky Papa]

No hardass, fit Motoko, no sale.

Spoiler

who am I kidding

 

[Black-Wind]

New main character?

 

[Sapiens]

Coooooool.

I like her new look.

 

[Jarmel]

That art is awful. Truly.

 

[mil6es]

oh god I want to believe!!!! but new matoko is not doing it for me already, i'm being blinkered I know

 

[Branduil]

Okay after seeing the full-size picture I like this character design better than SAC's.

 

[injurai]

That art is awful. Truly.

It's better than the direction that 95% of shows decide to take.

 

[mil6es]

Okay after seeing the full-size picture I like this character design better than SAC's.

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

This character design works quite well. It's got distinction and a spareness I normally don't see in most contemporary anime art.

 

[jorgeton]

Hype. She looks good. Much better than she initially looked in SAC. No pants Motoko was a big WTF.

 

[mightynine]

Need to see size of Togusa's mullet before making any decisions.

 

[Jarmel]

It's better than the direction that 95% of shows decide to take.

It's a total step down from 2nd Gig. What other shows should I compare the design to?

 

[jmdajr]

Are they trying to make her look younger?

Well..I don't like it.

Hopefully they still take this shit seriously and not dumb it down.

 

[Dennis]

Cyberpunku

 

[Sapiens]

I bet the hair will animate very nicely.

 

[Parallax]

that motoko isnt doing it for me. i hope batou looks badass at least

 

[duckroll]

Here's the super large full size Makoto design from the official site (please don't quote this post, it doesn't resize much!):

 

[Branduil]

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat???

She's not dressed like a cheap cyberpunk hooker for starters.

 

[wonzo]

from the studio that brought you guilty crown, shining hearts: bread of happiness and psycho-pass comes a new series from the original creator of mardock scramble

 

[fallengorn]

I'll check it out, but it's going to hard to follow SAC.

 

[Dennis]

Not liking that art.

Seems generic and low effort.

 

[Funky Papa]

Half-naked Motoko was silly, but the new design couldn't be more cookie cutter. She is not recognizable at all.

 

[Jarmel]

She's not dressed like a cheap cyberpunk hooker for starters.

That only applies to 1st Gig. Her outfit in 2nd is much better, certainly better than the bland design in this.

 

[jmdajr]

from the studio that brought you guilty crown, shining hearts: bread of happiness and psycho-pass comes a new series from the original creator of mardock scramble

I don't even know what all that shit is. If it's Moe crap kill me now.

Someone enlighten me.

 

[DominoKid]

new Motoko looks so tame. :/

 

[injurai]

This character design works quite well. It's got distinction and a spareness I normally don't see in most contemporary anime art.

right? Interested to see more of their designs.

 

[Hellsing321]

from the studio that brought you guilty crown, shining hearts: bread of happiness and psycho-pass comes a new series from the original creator of mardock scramble

Why do you always have to be a debbie downer

 

[dimb]

Her hair is very starchy. I dunno, it doesn't feel like it has much bite.

 

[NintendoGal]

I hope it's a series. Just was thinking the other day that we needed more GitS.

 

[The Elite]

I would love more in the SAC world but I'll take this.

 

[Branduil]

I don't even know what all that shit is. If it's Moe crap kill me now.

Someone enlighten me.

Motohiro sheds a single tear

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

She could look better, I agree, but I think it stands out. After seeing so many great character designs fail when the animators can't work with them well, something as straightforward as this might make for an improvement in the animation department.

 

[Black-Wind]

Hype. She looks good. .

She has boy hips :/

Not cyber-punky enough uniform wise. Looks like a 2nd-3rd tier Matrix character.

With wider hips and maybe a long duster I think it could work.

 

[raebodep]

Nice. I hope this gets us a new game too. I always liked ghost in the shell games, especially the psx game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl3jbZ7JJ8I

 

[Soma]

Eh, hopefully it'll be better than SAC at least.

Was never a fan of that.

 

[Frolow]

She looks a bit young. Liked her look in SAC a lot more.

 

[dimb]

She could look better, I agree, but I think it stands out. After seeing so many great character designs fail when the animators can't work with them well, something as straightforward as this might make for an improvement in the animation department.

That worked out just great for Psycho-Pass...

 

[Jarmel]

She could look better, I agree, but I think it stands out. After seeing so many great character designs fail when the animators can't work with them well, something as straightforward as this might make for an improvement in the animation department.

It's Production IG, chances are the animation is going to be garbage.

 

[distantmantra]

Hard to believe that SAC started 10 years ago.

 

[TheKaeptain]

I like the new look.

 

[Noirulus]

Her design is alright, but my first impression is that she doesn't look very memorable.

I'll give the show a try despite the questionable script writer.

 

[Ravidrath]

This character design works quite well. It's got distinction and a spareness I normally don't see in most contemporary anime art.

It has less detail to make it cheaper to animate, is what I think you mean.

 

[Kapoios]

As a GiTS fan this excites me.

The new design of the major is ok. Better than the one from SAC, at least as far as clothes go. And she even has nostrils, a rare commodity in anime nowadays.

 

[Funky Papa]

Nice. I hope this gets us a new game too. I always liked ghost in the shell games, especially the psx game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl3jbZ7JJ8I

I have the original soundtrack sitting over here. Absolutely incredible collection of hard techno. It's like aural cyberpunk taken to the bromax.

 

[Dresden]

It'll be bad.

 

[Train of Midnight]

So is this going to be a stand-alone series, or do I need to go through all of SAC?

Yes, I realize the irony of that question, you know what I mean.