Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)

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 ... See full summary »

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

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

FUNimation Entertainment,Production I.G.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

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

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Soundtracks

Mada Ugoku
Performed by Maaya Sakamoto
Composed by Keigo Oyamada (as Cornelius)

User Reviews

The magic is not quite there

I love Ghost in the Shell. The original movie was great, the series were a bit different, but still making the viewer think about the nature of self and the direction technology takes us in. All of that was enabled by great stories and wonderful music.

While "The New Movie" is a good piece of animation and with an interesting story, it doesn't quite catch the magic of the original. Also, as a continuation of the GitS:Arise four episode series, it makes it difficult for newcomers to understand what it is all about. But probably what bothered me most was the soundscape. While not bad, it is a far cry from Kenji Kawai's work.

Perhaps the problem is that, in attempting to reboot the franchise, they went too soft. Less blood, less killing, less subtlety and instead just a modernized corporate Yakuza fight that is easy to understand from the perspective of the Japanese viewer. Ghost in the Shell was never about the present, though, it was about the future, its role to make the viewer think things forward and see the predictions of the anime come true in the years to come. "The New Movie" doesn't quite do that and so I feel a slight disappointment with it.

Still, a flawed GitS movie is a lot better than no GitS movie and I was glad to watch it. The excitement of the original, though, I didn't find it here.