[Photos/Images] New The Ghost in the Shell Anime Enters Production, With Science SARU Returning After the TV Series 1st

A new anime based on Shirow Masamune's The Ghost in the Shell has been announced as entering production. A visual announcing the start of production has also been released.

Animation production on the new work will be handled by Science SARU, an animation studio highly acclaimed in Japan and abroad, which also worked on the TV anime The Ghost in the Shell that aired and streamed in July.

The news was unveiled as a surprise announcement in a flyer handed out to attendees at a press preview held on Friday, October 23, ahead of the public event "OPEN HOUSE" that took place on Saturday, October 24, at DOVER STREET MARKET GINZA in Tokyo. At the preview, a signing session was also held with Mokochan, the director of the TV anime The Ghost in the Shell, to mark the release of collaboration products between the apparel project "GEEKS RULE" and the series.

Further updates on the new anime are scheduled to be announced in due course through the official social media accounts of Bandai Namco Filmworks and other channels.

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