Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)

Newport-City 2029: Major, an advanced female cyborg, is in charge of the anti-terrorism etc. unit reporting directly to the government. Taking out terrorists and freeing hostages at an embassy doesn't go smoothly. Major investigates why.

Directors:

Kazuchika Kise, Kazuya Nomura

Writers:

Shirow Masamune (manga) (as Masamune Shirow), John Burgmeier

Stars:

Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Ikkyu Juku

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Maaya Sakamoto	...	Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Ken'ichirô Matsuda	...	Batou (voice)
Ikkyu Juku	...	Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Kazuya Nakai	...	Borma (voice)
Kenji Nojima	...	Tsumugi (voice)
Mayumi Asano	...	Kurutsu (voice)
Megumi Han	...	Chris (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro	...	Logicoma (voice)
Mugihito	...	Robert Lee (voice)
Naoto	...	Osamu Fujimoto (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya	...	Ishikawa (voice)
Takurou Nakakuni	...	Saito (voice)
Tarusuke Shingaki	...	Togusa (voice)
Yôji Ueda	...	Paz (voice)
Atsushi Miyauchi	...	(voice)

Storyline

In the year 2027, a year following the end of the non-nuclear World War IV, a bomb has gone off in Newport City, killing a major arms dealer who may have ties with the mysterious 501 Organization. Public Security official Daisuke Aramaki hires full-body cyber prosthesis user and hacker extraordinaire, Motoko Kusanagi, to investigate.

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Plot Keywords:

cyberpunk | future | dystopia | cyborg | based on comic | 

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Taglines:

The definitive cyber-punk series returns to the big screen.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 1 - Ghost Pain (2013)

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Soundtracks

Anata wo Tamotsu Mono
Performed by Maaya Sakamoto
Composed by Keigo Oyamada (as Cornelius)

User Reviews

cool ideas badly implemented into a sleeper

So yeah the story does fit perfectly & neatly as a prequel etc, but the storytelling is mostly very dull, the pacing of it feels like sleepwalking, it lacks strong emotions, no character development. If you watched the other films then you get the point - timewise it's an early phase for the characters so you could say it makes sense to have them intentionally underdeveloped. But still, I expected more depth from this series and this was very flat. The 2nd movie was way better.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

10 November 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

Box Office

Gross USA:

$101,203

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,713,406

Company Credits

Production Co:

FUNimation Entertainment, Production I.G.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color