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New Ghost in the Shell Anime Announces 2 New Cast Members
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Bandai Namco Filmworks announced two new cast members and characters for The Ghost in the Shell (Kōkaku Kidōtai THE GHOST IN THE SHELL) television anime from Science SARU on Thursday. The characters appeared in the anime's fourth episode on Tuesday.
The staff also shared the end card for the fourth episode, illustrated by animator Tetsuya Nishio (Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual Eleven character designer):
The anime began streaming on Amazon Prime Video Japan starting on July 7 at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT), right after its broadcast. The anime is also exclusively streaming simultaneously on Prime Video in over 240 countries and regions worldwide, excluding mainland China, Russia, and Vietnam.
The anime's first two episodes also screened at Anime Expo on July 4. A panel featuring director Mokochan, character designer and animation director Shūhei Handa, and other producers was held after the screening.
The cast includes:
- Maaya Sakamoto as Motoko Kusanagi
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Daisuke Aramaki
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Batou
- Yūichi Nakamura as Togusa
- Kōsuke Gotō as Ishikawa
- Tōru Nara as Saito
- Marie Ōi as Operator
- Tomoko Kaneda as Fuchikoma
- Chafūrin as Minister of Home Affairs
- Naomi Kusumi as Volgarena Representative
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Vice Minister Ito
- Tomoko Miyadera as Union Leader
- Atsushi Miyauchi as Borma
Anime Limited's All the Anime revealed the English dub cast for the show last month.
Mokochan (storyboarder, key animator for DAN DA DAN, The Heike Story, Tatami Time Machine Blues) is making his directorial debut with the anime at Science SARU. Toh Enjoe (The Empire of Corpses novelist; Space Dandy, Godzilla Singular Point scripts) is both writing and overseeing the series scripts. Shūhei Handa (Little Witch Academia TV series, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Spriggan (ONA)) is designing the characters and also serving as chief animation director. Taisei Iwasaki (BELLE) is serving as music director, and is composing the music along with Ryō Konishi (Journal with Witch theme song) and Yuki Kanesaka (Dr. Stone).
Additional staff members include:
- Art Director: Emi Katanosaka
- Art Supervision: Osamu Masuyama
- Color Key Artist: Satoshi Hashimoto
- Compositing Director of Photography: Hikari Itō
- Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Sound Director: Yuji Tange
- Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
- Recording: Yasuaki Ōta
- Music Production: Flying Dog
King Gnu performs the opening theme song "Go Ghost." MILLENNIUM PARADE feat. Saya Gray, Daniel Caesar perform the ending theme song "Blue."
Bandai Namco Filmworks, Kodansha, Science SARU, and Production I.G are on the production committee for the series.
Bandai Namco Filmworks announced the new series in May 2024. Voice actress Atsuko Tanaka, the voice of Motoko Kusanagi in the franchise, died in August 2024 at 61 years old.
Source: Press release
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