The visionary sci-fi anime masterpiece, Ghost in the Shell, returns to 800+ theatres in North America for its 30th anniversary in the US, shown in stunning 4K in select theatres for the first time.
2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity. Director Mamoru Oshii’s award-winning cyber-tech thriller, based on the comic book by Masamune Shirow, has established itself as one of the leading Japanese animation films of all time.
THEATRICAL RE-RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2026
GENRE: Anime, sci-fi
DISTRIBUTOR: Lionsgate
DIRECTOR: Mamoru Oshii
WRITERS: Kazunori Itô, Shirow Masamune
CAST: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Tamio Ōki
PRODUCERS: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Ken Iyadomi, Ken Matsumoto, Yoshimasa Mizuo, Shigeru Watanabe
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