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The following article introduces us to the Ghost in the Shell: Arise – 4 part series.

GITS – Ghost Pain (Released 22 June September 2013) – see VIDEO clip later in this post

GITS – Ghost Whispers (Released 25 November 2013)

GITS – Ghost Tears (Released 28 June 2014)

GITS – Ghost Stands Alone (Released 6 September 2014) – see VIDEO clip later in this post

Note also that a new Ghost in the Shell movie to be made by Production IG, (the makers of Ghost in the Shell: Arise), is planned for a 2015 release. GITS fans will be eager to see if it will be a continuation of the Arise series or something new.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise is an OVA consisting of four 50-minute episodes. Kazichiki Kase — the Key Animator for the good majority of Production I.G‘s works, including the original Ghost in The Shell movies and Ghost in theShell: Stand Alone Complex — serves as director, while Tow Ubukata — of Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor and Mardock Scramble fame — serves as scriptwriter; Stand-Alone Complex mastermind Kenji Kamiyama confirmed that he has no involvement in this project. Shirow Masamune himself approved and helped flesh out the initial concept.

The first instalment: Ghost Pain (released on 22 June 2013), starts in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. 501st Secret Unit agent Motoko Kusanagi looks into the death of her mentor, Lt.Col. Mamuro, after accusations arise of his involvement in arms dealing. During her investigation, Motoko meets Public Security Section 9 chief Daisuke Aramaki and JGSDF Ranger Batou, the latter of which suspects Kusanagi of having a bigger role in the case than she lets on. Unbeknownst to Kusanagi, the Secret Unit’s head, Kurutsu, and the unit’s elite cyborg agents have placed her under surveillance … read more of this article at:tvtropes