{"id":34418,"date":"2026-07-08T16:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-announces-japanese-voice-cast-unveils-new-trailer-visual\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:09:58","slug":"the-ghost-in-the-shell-announces-japanese-voice-cast-unveils-new-trailer-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-announces-japanese-voice-cast-unveils-new-trailer-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost in the Shell Announces Japanese Voice Cast, Unveils New Trailer &#038; Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new key visual<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and sixth trailer for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ghost in the Shell<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> TV anime series have been unveiled, along with the main Japanese voice cast. The anime began broadcasting in Japan and streaming on Prime Video on July 7, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a92026 Shirow Masamune\/KODANSHA\/THE GHOST IN THE SHELL COMMITTEE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime\u2019s Japanese voice cast is headlined by <\/span>Maaya Sakamoto<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Motoko Kusanagi, who previously voiced the character in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghost in the Shell: Arise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. She also voiced a younger version of the character in the 1995 anime film.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Other Japanese voice cast members include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Kazuhiro Yamaji <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Daisuke Aramaki\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Hiroki Yasumoto <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Batou\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Yuichi Nakamura <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Togusa\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Kosuke Goto<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ishikawa\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Toru Nara <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Saito<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Marie Ooi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Operator\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Tomoko Kaneda<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Fuchikoma\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\">\u2022 Chafurin <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Minister of Internal Affairs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">An episode visual for the first episode titled \u201cPrologue + Super Spartan I\u201d was also released.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a92026 Shirow Masamune\/KODANSHA\/THE GHOST IN THE SHELL COMMITTEE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creditless versions of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ghost in the Shell<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> opening and ending sequences were also posted on the anime\u2019s official YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">opening theme<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is \u201cGO GHOST\u201d by Japanese band King Gnu.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ending theme is \u201cBlue\u201d by <\/span>MILLENNIUM PARADE<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> featuring<\/span> Saya Gray<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span>Daniel Caesar<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Mokochan<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DAN DA DAN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Season 1 assistant director) is directing the 2026 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ghost in the Shell <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anime series, with <\/span>EnJoe Toh<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Godzilla Singular Point<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, author of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Self-Reference ENGINE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Code Buddha<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer and scriptwriter and <\/span>Shuhei Handa <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott Pilgrim Takes Off <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">co-character designer) as character designer and chief animation director. <\/span>Science SARU<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other staff include <\/span>Emi Katanosaka<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Happy Marriage<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as background art director, <\/span>Osamu Masuyama<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My Happy Marriage<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as background art supervisor, <\/span>Satoshi Hashimoto<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yaiba: Samurai Legend<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as color designer, <\/span>Hikari Ito<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanda<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as compositing director, <\/span>Yuji Tange<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Puniru is a Kawaii Slime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as sound director, <\/span>Taisei Iwasaki <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MARRIAGETOXIN<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as music director and co-composer, and <\/span>Ryo Konishi <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span>Yuki Kanesaka <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as co-music composers. <\/span>Shota Yaso<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is credited with the sound effects<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original cyberpunk manga by <\/span>Shirow Masamune<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> debuted in the May 1989 issue of Young Magazine Kaizokuban, a special supplement of Kodansha\u2019s seinen magazine Young Magazine.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of its previous anime adaptations, they include <\/span>Mamoru Oshii<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghost in the Shell<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> movies and<\/span> Kenji Kamiyama<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> TV anime series, its second season, and anime film. These were followed by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghost in the Shell: Arise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> films, which have a younger version of Motoko; and the 3DCG <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which is set after<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Stand Alone Complex<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span>Production I.G<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> produced these titles, with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SOLA DIGITAL ARTS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> assisting for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SAC_2045<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a92026 Shirow Masamune\/KODANSHA\/THE GHOST IN THE SHELL COMMITTEE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prime Video is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exclusively streaming the anime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in select countries and territories worldwide, except in Russia and China (with an exclusive early window for Japan). Its main synopsis is described as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The year is 2029. In near-future Japan, where the world has become highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still survive. Motoko Kusanagi, a full-body cyborg, leads an elite combat unit, including Batou. While commanding her team, Kusanagi envisions the creation of a specialized task force to preemptively strike against emerging threats.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, Daisuke Aramaki of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had been planning to establish a similar unit, recruited Kusanagi and her team. Together, they begin operations as Public Security Section 9\u2014an offensive tactical unit known as \u201cShell Squad.\u201d As they confront complex cybercrimes and international conspiracies, the existence of a mysterious, unidentified hacker known as The \u201cPuppet Master\u201d emerges on the horizon of their investigation. What fate awaits Kusanagi? And what is the Puppet Master\u2019s true objective? A new era of cyberpunk action begins.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Sources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thegits_animeEN\/status\/2074871377899724975\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Ghost in the Shell Official English X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thegits_animeEN\/status\/2074871137192796440\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thegits_animeEN\/status\/2074874145716699554\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchyroll.com\/news\/latest\/2026\/7\/7\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-anime-main-cast-creditless-opening-ending-videos?srsltid=AfmBOooO26glNso9LUzR2MEe2wIJRLtFGDUiLEa0uSpZJec38GZSU0j6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll News<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new key visual and sixth trailer for The Ghost in the Shell TV anime series have been unveiled, along with the main Japanese voice cast. The anime began broadcasting in Japan and streaming on Prime Video on July 7, 2026.\u00a0 \u00a92026 Shirow Masamune\/KODANSHA\/THE GHOST IN THE SHELL COMMITTEE The anime\u2019s Japanese voice cast is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11622],"tags":[726,1027,4156,5919,3997,1029,3279,680,3313],"class_list":["post-34418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animeplug","tag-announces","tag-cast","tag-ghost","tag-japanese","tag-shell","tag-trailer","tag-unveils","tag-visual","tag-voice"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",0,0,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",0,0,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",0,0,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",150,150,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",300,300,false],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",1024,1024,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",1536,1536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",2048,2048,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",370,265,false],"kava-thumb-s":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",150,85,false],"kava-thumb-s-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",230,230,false],"kava-thumb-m":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",400,400,false],"kava-thumb-m-vertical":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",370,500,false],"kava-thumb-m-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",570,450,false],"kava-thumb-l":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",1170,650,false],"kava-thumb-xl":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",1920,1080,false],"kava-thumb-masonry":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",600,999,false],"kava-thumb-justify":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",640,640,false],"kava-thumb-justify-2":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-ghost-in-the-shell-new-visual-1-scaled-e1783536636602.jpeg?fit=1809%2C1019&ssl=1",1280,640,false]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"#RiseCelestialStudios","author_link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/author\/ralph-c\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/category\/animeplug\/\" rel=\"category tag\">ANIME PLUG<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"A new key visual and sixth trailer for The Ghost in the Shell TV anime series have been unveiled, along with the main Japanese voice cast. 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