{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T20:51:53.572Z","story":{"id":"r_62089ab954374141a28125db","slug":"ghost-in-the-shell-anime-sets-july-7-premiere-with-third-promo-video","url":"https://yomimono.id/ghost-in-the-shell-anime-sets-july-7-premiere-with-third-promo-video","headline":"The Ghost in the Shell Anime Sets July 7 Premiere With Third Promo Video","summary":"The new anime adaptation of Masamune's The Ghost in the Shell will begin its television run on July 7, 2026. Science SARU is producing the series, with Bandai Namco Filmworks and Kodansha also attached. The date arrived in a third promotional video that opens on Major Motoko Kusanagi and introduces other members of the Shell Squad. Many of the on-screen text slides in the trailer appear in both Japanese and English, though no official subtitles are present. Before the broadcast, the first two episodes will screen at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2026. The festival event, titled \"Dive into The Ghost in the Shell,\" will include director Mokochan and producers Daichi Sasa, Kengo Abe, and Kohei Sakita as special guests. A specific time for the Annecy screening has not been posted on the festival's official page or programming site. The new key art was also released alongside the trailer. Earlier character-focused trailers had already spotlighted Makoto, the Tachikoma robots, Batou, and Togusa across separate months leading into this announcement.","why_it_matters":"The Annecy premiere gives the series an international festival debut before its domestic broadcast, a scheduling choice that signals a coordinated global rollout even though no streaming home has been named.","published_at":"2026-05-16T05:02:45.000Z","source_count":3,"sources":["Anime News Network","Siliconera","Niche Gamer"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"The Ghost in the Shell Anime Reveals July 7 Debut in 3rd Promo Video (Updated)","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-10/the-ghost-in-the-shell-anime-reveals-july-7-debut-in-3rd-promo-video/.237199"},{"source":"Siliconera","title":"New The Ghost in the Shell Anime Trailer Teases July Debut","url":"https://www.siliconera.com/new-the-ghost-in-the-shell-anime-trailer-teases-july-debut/"},{"source":"Niche Gamer","title":"New Ghost in the Shell anime reveals premiere date in new trailer","url":"https://nichegamer.com/new-ghost-in-the-shell-anime-reveals-premiere-date/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["The Ghost in the Shell"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":["Science SARU"],"people":["Masamune"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}