Overview
- Following Monday's trailer reveal, Bandai Namco Filmworks confirmed a July 7, 2026 premiere for the new anime.
- The series will stream exclusively on Prime Video worldwide except in China and Russia, with a weekly TV run in Japan on Kanai TV and Fuji TV’s Ka-Aniva! anime block.
- Episodes are slated for Tuesdays at 11 p.m. JST in Japan, while exact drop times on Prime Video in other regions remain unclear.
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival will host an early screening of the first two episodes during a “Dive into The Ghost in the Shell” event featuring the director and core team.
- Produced by Science SARU and directed by Touma Kimura, the retelling returns to 2029 with Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 investigating cybercrimes and the Puppet Master, as trailers showcase a manga-inspired look and fan-favorite Tachikoma robots.