Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

Movie Details

Series

Ghost in the Shell

Director: Kazuya Nomura, Kazuchika Kise
Runtime: 1 h 40 min
Release Date: 20 June 2015
Genres: Science Fiction, Animation
Overview: 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.

Podcast Release Date:

May 16, 2025

Ghost in the Shell Series Episode 3

The Girl Who Played With Firestarter

Twenty years after Ghost In The Shell changed the face of animation, The New Movie seeks to explain the origins of the iconic Section 9 mercenaries. Can literal cyber-babe Major Kusanagi turn hardass Batou, family man Togusa, sniper Saito, jack-of-all-trades Pazu, explosives expert Borma, and wisecracking tank Logicoma into a well-oiled killing machine? And can anyone untangle a conspiracy that connects military uprising, political assassination, and discontinued prosthetic limbs to a body-hopping hacker? Arise and become a Platinum Donor to find out now!

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