Production I.G. looking to take GitS to Hollywood

In New Port city everything, it seems, is connected. Information, like consumer technology, is everywhere. Almost everybody enjoys a certain level of cybernetic enhancement. Citizens sport prosthetic limbs and bodies and converse via electronic brain-to-brain communication. Machines and computers have become an integral part of the fabric of society, and everyone from the highest paid … Continued

A trailer for the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie has been released on the GiTS channel and shows some of the action that audiences will see when the film is released in June. Synopsis The story takes place in 2029 and involves Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa and the rest of Section 9 … Continued

While a lot of attention may currently be placed on DreamWorks’ plans for a Scarlett Johansson-led live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s iconic Ghost in the Shell cyberpunk manga, the work’s native country are working on their own project. To celebrate twenty five years of the franchise, Production I.G. will be releasing a brand new Ghost in the Shell animated … Continued

Production I.Gs reboot of Ghost in the Shell (GitS) continues with the second episode “Ghost Whispers” getting a theatrical run in Japan next month. Here’s the trailer: The series director is Kazuchika Kise (Patlabor) and the writer is Tow Ubukata ( Mardock Scramble and Le Chevalier D’eon). The DJ/music producer Cornelius is scoring the soundtrack. … Continued

Production I.G is the legendary anime studio that has given us animes such as the Ghost in the Shell franchise, Blood, the Last Vampire franchise and CLAMP’s Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and xxxHolic. The I.G in its name comes from the names of the founders Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto. Anime UK News had the privilege to talk to … Continued