{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-23T20:24:20.592Z","story":{"id":"r_57bb944ec6934187ab31934a","slug":"week-in-anime-ghosts-in-the-shell","url":"https://yomimono.id/week-in-anime-ghosts-in-the-shell","headline":"This Week in Anime: Ghosts in the Shell","summary":"The latest installment of Anime News Network's 'This Week in Anime' column is a roundtable discussion covering the entire Ghost in the Shell franchise, timed around the upcoming Science SARU adaptation. The column's participants survey every major iteration of the series, from Masamune Shirow's original manga to Mamoru Oshii's 1995 film and its sequel Innocence, the Stand Alone Complex television series and its CG sequel SAC_2045, the Arise prequel series, the 2017 live-action Hollywood film, and even the PS1 video game. The conversation highlights the franchise's thematic flexibility, noting how its core cast of characters can work across vastly different tones and formats. The column gives particular attention to the Science SARU series, which the writers describe as the first direct cel-animated adaptation of Shirow's manga stories rather than a reinterpretation. The writers also discuss the Major's role as a transfeminine icon and the franchise's handling of feminine sexuality and power. The column closes by mentioning Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn as a connected prequel work.","why_it_matters":"The column frames the upcoming Science SARU series as the first direct adaptation of Shirow's manga stories into cel animation, marking a shift from the franchise's long history of reinterpretations.","published_at":"2026-05-20T04:16:21.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Anime News Network"],"citations":[{"source":"Anime News Network","title":"This Week in Anime - Ghosts in the Shell","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/this-week-in-anime/2026-05-19/.237485"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["Ghost in the Shell"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"other","domain":"anime","is_roundup":true}}}