THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (Anime) Blu-ray Box [Limited Release] (English Subtitles & Audio)

"Ghost in the Shell," Masamune Shirow's landmark work of cyberpunk science fiction, gets a Blu-ray Box (Limited Edition) containing all 10 episodes of the TV series, with animation production by Science SARU. A lineup of star staff comes together, including EnJoe Toh on series composition and screenplay and Shuhei Handa on character design and chief animation direction, among others. The music is produced by Ryo Konishi and YUKI KANESAKA under music director Taisei Iwasaki. Maaya Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yuichi Nakamura, and other star cast members appear. King Gnu performs the opening theme and MILLENNIUM PARADE the ending theme, marking the first time the two have ever appeared together. The year is 2029, a near-future Japan not yet so thoroughly networked that, even as corporate networks blanket the planet and electrons and light race everywhere, nations and ethnicities have vanished entirely. The full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, while commanding an elite unit that includes Batou, hopes to establish a special task force aimed at preventing crime before it happens. Daisuke Aramaki of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had been envisioning the creation of a similar unit, scouts Kusanagi and her team. Kusanagi and the others begin operating as Public Security Section 9, an offensive organization known as "Shell Squad." As they confront cybercrime swirling with international conspiracies, the presence of an unidentified hacker known as the "Puppet Master" surfaces in the course of investigating one incident. What fate awaits Kusanagi, and what is the Puppet Master's true objective? A new era of cyberpunk action begins. The main program contains the original Japanese audio as well as an English dub track (switchable). Subtitles are included in Japanese and English (switchable). [Bonuses] Special booklet. Storyboard book (Opening / Episode 01, "PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i"). Bonus disc (approx. 43 min.) (Non-credit opening footage / non-credit ending footage / teaser 2 / teaser 2 ver. Hajime Sorayama / promotional video 1 / promotional video 2 / promotional video 3 / promotional video 4 / promotional video 5 / promotional video 6 / special promotional video directed by MOKOCHAN / trailer / behind-the-scenes footage for overseas screenings, "Making of the New GHOST"). [Included bonuses] Special booklet. Storyboard book. [Details] Jacket featuring newly drawn artwork.

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士郎正宗によるサイバーパンクSFの金字塔「攻殻機動隊」 アニメーション制作: サイエンスSARUによるシリーズ全10話を収録したBlu-ray BOX (特装限定版) がリリース!! シリーズ構成・脚本に円城塔、キャラクターデザイン・総作画監督に半田修平はじめとする豪華スタッフが集結!! 音楽は音楽監督・岩崎太整のもと、小西遼、YUKI KANESAKAが制作!! 坂本真綾、山路和弘、安元洋貴、中村悠一ほか豪華キャスト出演!! オープニングテーマにKing Gnu、エンディングテーマにMILLENNNIUM PARADE、史上初の共演!! ――西暦2029年。企業のネットが星を被い、電子や光が駆け巡っても国家や民族が消えてなくなる程情報化されていない近未来の日本。全身義体のサイボーグ・草薙素子は、バトーをはじめとする精鋭部隊を指揮するなかで、犯罪を未然に防ぐことを目的とした特殊部隊の設立を望んでいた。同様の部隊設立を構想していた内務省の荒巻大輔は草薙たちをスカウト。草薙たちは攻性の組織となる公安9課、"攻殻機動隊"としての活動を始める。国家間の謀略が渦巻く電脳犯罪に対峙していくなか、ある事件の捜査線上に正体不明のハッカー"人形使い"の存在が浮かび上がる。草薙を待ち受ける運命とは――そして、人形使いの目的とは。新時代のサイバーパンクアクション、始動――!! ◎本編音声は日本語オリジナル音声に加え、英語吹替音声を収録!! (切り替え可能) ◎字幕は日本語・英語字幕を収録!! (切り替え可能) [特典] ■特製ブックレット ■絵コンテブック [オープニング/第01話 PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i] ■特典ディスク (約43分) [ノンクレジットオープニング映像/ノンクレジットエンディング映像/特報第2弾/特報第2弾ver.Hajime Sorayama/プロモーションビデオ第1弾/プロモーションビデオ第2弾/プロモーションビデオ第3弾/プロモーションビデオ第4弾/プロモーションビデオ第5弾/プロモーションビデオ第6弾/スペシャルプロモーションビデオ directed by MOKOCHAN/予告編/海外上映用メイキング映像『Making of the New "GHOST"』] [封入特典] ■特製ブックレット ■絵コンテブック [仕様] 描き下ろしジャケット