Episode 9, "BRAIN DRAIN ii," of the new TV anime series "Ghost in the Shell," based on Masamune Shirow's popular manga "Ghost in the Shell," aired on September 1st in the Tuesday 11 PM anime slot "Ka-Ani-Bal!!" on Kansai TV and Fuji TV. The end card, drawn by Kazuya Kise, who worked on "GHOST IN THE SHELL" and served as the general director for "Ghost in the Shell: ARISE," has been released.
The new series will be directed by Moko-chan, who has worked on projects such as "Dandadan," "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off," and "The Heike Story." This will be Moko-chan's first time directing. Akutagawa Prize-winning author Toh Enjo will be in charge of series composition and scriptwriting, and Science SARU will be producing it. Motoko Kusanagi will be voicing Maaya Sakamoto, among others.
"Ghost in the Shell" is a science fiction manga that began serialization in 1989 in "Young Magazine Pirate Edition," a special issue of the manga magazine "Young Magazine" (Kodansha). It depicts a unit led by Motoko Kusanagi with superior abilities in cyber warfare and hand-to-hand combat, as they confront increasingly complex and heinous crimes.
