Bandai Namco Filmworks announced a new cast member for The Ghost in the Shell (Kōkaku KidōtaiTHE GHOST IN THE SHELL) television anime from Science SARU on Thursday. Chikahiro Kobayashi played Lee (pictured below on left) in the anime’s eighth episode on Tuesday.
The staff also shared the end card for the eighth episode, illustrated by animator anddirector Shingo Natsume (One Punch Man):
The anime began streaming on AmazonPrime Video Japan starting on July 7 at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT), right after its broadcast. The anime is also exclusively streaming simultaneously on Prime Video in over 240 countries and regions worldwide, excluding mainland China, Russia, and Vietnam.
The anime’s first two episodes also screened at Anime Expo on July 4. A panel featuring director Mokochan, character designer and animation director Shūhei Handa, and other producers was held after the screening.
The cast includes:
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 TakesOff, 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).
Additional staff members include:
King Gnu performs the opening theme song “Go Ghost.” MILLENNIUM PARADE feat. Saya Gray, Daniel Caesar perform the ending theme song “Blue.”
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 61years old.