Science SARU Produces New 'Ghost in the Shell' TV Anime for 2026

And just like that, a huge IP gets dropped on Science SARU.

The announcement teaser looks like they're redoing the story that was covered by the original film? Am I reading into this wrong?

@perseii from the looks of it they are probably going to adapt the manga which the original partially covered.

@Mattinator95 Yeah, I was wondering if that meant re-adapting the same storyline. I guess the answer is "probably".

I still have faith that this will at least be interesting and not be a soulless re-tread or an unimaginative "re-imagining".

And just like that, a huge IP gets dropped on Science SARU.

The announcement teaser looks like they're redoing the story that was covered by the original film? Am I reading into this wrong?

@perseii Looks like this is the case, but this is nothing new for GitS. Original movies, SAC, Arise - these are all separate, not related to each other.

I assume they are going to change story a lot, perhaps there will be some inspirations taken from other series. What's interesting is that they don't update the timeline if it's still going to be set in 2029. So sort of an alternate retro-future, but to be fair so are the other series now.

@perseii it's IG production behind this, the same ones of SAC 2 Arise and the 2045 CGI crap. It's simply milking bucks for the sake of milking bucks but there's nothing else there anymore.

@ProudElitist Yeah, I've heard not-so-good things about the more recent shows, but I really like Science SARU's work, and they could be given some freedom to do their thing.

Or, as you say, this could be another sad attempt at milking, completely controlled by the production committee. It's interesting how Science SARU announced only yesterday that they are no longer independent, which I find worrying; a lot of people seem positive about the acquisition, though.

We won't know until they announce the actual staff and more plot details, but I choose to be cautiously optimistic.

(Also, I've only seen the two original movies and haven't seen the TV shows like SAC, so I don't have franchise fatigue like a lot of people here)

And just like that, a huge IP gets dropped on Science SARU.

The announcement teaser looks like they're redoing the story that was covered by the original film? Am I reading into this wrong?

If it's going to adapt the manga more proper, leave in the VR lesbian threesome or SARU's credentials are bust.

@perseii it's IG production behind this, the same ones of SAC 2 Arise and the 2045 CGI crap. It's simply milking bucks for the sake of milking bucks but there's nothing else there anymore.

@ProudElitist Production I.G. also animated the first SAC. Honestly, it's about the people involved, not the studio name. In this case, Production I.G. is not even animating the show, they are producers for this project.

I feel this is the first real chance to a get a good GitS anime in 20 years.

Don't know if I like that or not.

The free and "sloppy" Style of Science Saru and something as convincingly serious as Ghost in the Shell seems to be contradictory

@Merve2Love The original manga isn't all that serious though, and has a lot of goofy moments. So this can actually be a good fit. Personally I'm excited to see what they'd do with it.

@Ten

Don't know about that.
But Stand Alone Complex and the original Movie are serious and pretty mature. And I think these are the ones fans love the most.


You're right tho. Let's wait and see.

@Merve2Love Yeah, I get what you mean. I read the manga after I watched the movie and expected it to be as serious, but it turned out to be completely different in tone. If this adaptation sticks to manga it could offer a new perspective, something that hasn't been done before.

@Ten

Don't know about that.
But Stand Alone Complex and the original Movie are serious and pretty mature. And I think these are the ones fans love the most.


You're right tho. Let's wait and see.

@Merve2Love what fans love the most is the 1989 manga, not the overblown and pretentious movies (I used to be a fan of them until I read the original manga, it's the only exception in my general preference for animes over mangas). SAC 1 is simply an interpretation of the mangas, and the 1995 movie it's not serious nor particularly mature. Being a clone of Blade Runner with useless christian crap inbetween does not particularly make you more serious or mature than single reflections Shirow made in the manga (for example, the whole thing about the hospital radioactive garbage being possible terrorist equipment), or single lines of dialogue spoken by the characters in the 1989 Masterpiece. The manga is serious when it has to be and funny when it has to be, it is equilibrated.