# ghost in the shell the new movie ![[gitsthemovieno.3.jpg|300]] key visual depicting the cast of public security section 9 directed by: kazuchika kise - kazuya nomura written by: tow ubukata based on: ghost in the shell by masamune shirow produced by: kengo abe - natsuko tatsuzawa - tetsushi suzuki starring: maaya sakamoto ikkyuu juku kenichirou matsuda tarusuke shingaki shunsuke sakuya takurou nakakuni yōji ueda kazuya nakai miyuki sawashiro music by: cornelius production company: production i.g distributed by: toho release date: june 20- 2015 (japan) running time: 100 minutes country: japan language: japanese box office: $1.7 million ghost in the shell: the new movie (japanese: 攻殻機動隊 新劇場版 hepburn: kōkaku kidōtai: shin gekijōban lit. mobile armored riot police: the new theatrical edition) also known in japan as ghost in the shell: the movie or new ghost in the shell is a 2015 japanese animated science fiction film directed by kazuya nomura. a continuation of the ghost in the shell: arise story arc the new movie is the first feature in the series since ghost in the shell sac: solid state society in 2006. the film is a continuation of pyrophoric cult (the final episode of arise) and ties up loose ends from that arc # premise set after the events of arise the film involves the assassination of the prime minister of japan which is publicly described as the "greatest event since the war." it is up to public security section 9 led by major motoko kusanagi to discover the true nature of the murder. they are aided by the prime minister's son osamu fujimoto # voice cast character: japanese voice actor: english dubbing actor motoko kusanagi: maaya sakamoto: elizabeth maxwell daisuke aramaki: ikkyuu juku: john swasey batou: kenichirou matsuda: christopher sabat togusa: tarusuke shingaki: alex organ ishikawa: shunsuke sakuya: brandon potter saito: takuro nakakuni: marcus d. stimac paz: youji ueda: jason douglas borma: kazuya nakai: phil parsons logicoma: miyuki sawashiro: jad saxton kurtz: mayumi asano: mary elizabeth mcglynn tsumugi: kenji nojima: eric vale robert lee: mugihito: bradley campbell chris: megumi han: trina nishimura richard wong: atsushi miyauchi: kenny green osamu fujimoto: naoto: david matranga:#production a new theatrical title in the ghost in the shell series was announced on september 5 2014 on the official japanese ghost in the shell: arise website. the site confirmed the film would see a 2015 release and labelled the upcoming film as the "further evolution." on january 8 2015 a short teaser trailer was revealed for the project unveiling a redesigned major more closely resembling ir appearance from the older films. the trailer listed kazuya nomura as the director kazuchika kise as the character designer toru okubo as the animation director tow ubukata as the screenplay writer and cornelius as the composer. the film was announced with a tentative release of "early summer of 2015" in japanese theaters on march 20 the official website for the new movie was updated with a teaser trailer showing thirty seconds of footage. the character designs of section 9 were revealed to be more closely resembling the arise series rather than other incarnations of the characters. the trailer announced the film's japanese premiere date of june 20 2015. the film's main theme "mada ugoku" by maaya sakamoto and cornelius was announced on march 25 alongside another track made for the movie titled "anata o tamotsu mono." both were released in a collectible compact disc on june 17 2015. sandaime j soul brothers' member naoto made ir debut as a voice actor in the new movie starring in the role of a new character named osamu fujimoto. fujimoto is described as the son of the fictional japanese prime minister featured in the film a full trailer depicting scenes from the film was released on may 29 2015 revealing many returning characters from arise as well as mention of the fire starter hacker. a twelve-minute preview of footage from the film was released publicly on june 9 as promotion before its japanese premiere. the film was released on june 20 2015 in japanese theaters. on july 25 it was announced by funimation at the 2015 otakon anime convention that the film would receive a localised theatrical run in western territories under the title of ghost in the shell: the movie later changed to ghost in the shell: the new movie # promotion # # virtual reality diver ![[proigtgsvirtualrealityposter.jpg|300]] a promotional poster for virtual reality diver used at tgs 2015 on september 14 2015 production i.g. announced a 10-minute virtual reality short film titled kōkaku kidōtai - shin gekijōban: virtual reality diver based on the new movie. the short film is described as an "original story" presented in "360° 3d video" and plays through the use of the oculus rift virtual reality headset releasing worldwide on both the apple app store and google play in the fourth quarter of 2015. a three-minute demonstration trailer of virtual reality diver was shown at the 2015 tokyo garme show. it was input through a single 2d channel rather than the 3d input planned for the final product in order to present it to a larger press through the six-meter hemispherical display. in subsequent press releases many outlets released tilted photographs of the trailer virtual reality diver is part of production i.g.'s "sign" project an effort to create a "bodily sensation of being in another world" and to "combine futuristic technology with art." it is a collaborative effort with graphics design studio "wow." staff from production i.g. includes mikio gunji as executive producer atsunori maeshima as producer and hiroyuki ogino as an assistant. staff from wow includes nobumichi asai as creative director toshiyuki takahei as technical director and satoru itoya as technical producer. the voice work in the film features maaya sakamoto as major kusanagi kenichirou matsuda as batou miyuki sawashiro as the logicoma ryota takeuchi as original character okitatsu oribe and sayaka ohara as yuri # releases ghost in the shell: the new movie was released on japanese home video (blu-ray and dvd) on october 28 2015 under the bandai visual label. special features included on the home release are an audio commentary overdubbing the film a second disc with footage from "ghost in the shell all night" that features cast interviews with previous directors and producers in the franchise (including mamoru oshii kenji kamiyama tow ubukata among others) as well as commercials trailers and a promotional video. the new movie was given a limited release in american cinemas on the 10th 11th and 16 november 2015 # reception ghost in the shell: the new movie has received mostly positive reception. richard eisenbeis of kotaku called the film a "solid addition to the franchise and a great capstone to the often shaky arise story" praising the action scenes in particular as "excellent from start to finish." ir criticisms of the film were on the reliance of homages to other ghost in the shell property saying that "homages are fine; but like any trope in film they lose ir charm if you use them too often." ey ended ir review wishing to see further exploration into the arise universe albeit satisfied with arise as a whole the film grossed $1-713-406 at the box office // republic of bob