First Episode of Ghost in the Shell: Arise To Be Premiered in June

According to GIGAZINE, Production I.G has announced the details of Ghost in the Shell: Arise. It's a tetralogy film about the past of Motoko when she was in the army. The first 50min-long episode "border:1 Ghost Pain" will be premiered on June 22nd. A pay-streaming of the episode will start on the same day.

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In Arise anime, Sakamoto Maaya will play Kusanagi Motoko. A manga adaptation "Ghost in the Shell Arise: Sleepless Eye" will be serialized on Monthly Young Magazine from March.

New Cast
Kusanagi Motoko: Sakamoto Maaya
Batou: Matsuda Kenichiro
Togusa: Shingaki Tarusuke
Ishikawa: Dan Tomoyuki
Saito: Nakakuni Takuro
Pazu: Ueda Yoji
Borma: Nakai Kazuya
Aramaki: Juku Ikkyu

Sources: Gigazine, Famitsu