Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

About Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

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.

Kazuchika Kise and Kazuya Nomura directed Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, a 2015 animation science fiction film. It runs 100 minutes and was released in June 2015.

Its themes are artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyberpunk, transhumanism, and special forces.

Maaya Sakamoto appears as Motoko Kusanagi (voice), Ikkyu Juku as Daisuke Aramaki (voice), Kenichirou Matsuda as Batou (voice), and Tarusuke Shingaki as Togusa (voice). The screenplay is by Tow Ubukata. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Crunchyroll in the United States.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone and Ghost in the Shell make useful companions to Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie, all filed under computer virus and memory manipulation. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 236 votes.