New Ghost in the Shell Anime Screens Global Premiere at Annecy in June
The 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival will be held in Annecy, France from June 21-27.The anime will debut in July on "Ka-Anival!!," Kansai TV and Fuji TV's new anime programming block that airs on Tuesday nights at 11:00 p.m.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).Original manga creator Shirow provided a comment on the new anime: A producer on the project stated at Anime Expo last July that the anime will stay true to the original manga.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.The latest anime based on Shirow's manga franchise is Kōkaku Kidōtai SAC_2045 Saigo no Ningen (Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 The Last Human), the compilation film for the Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 anime's second season. The film opened in November 2023.Source: Email correspondence
