{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3ff791d950b191a1ce68c595","clusterId":"c_169afc9211a086f1a1005bce","slug":"science-saru-details-its-hand-drawn-approach-to-new-ghost-in-the-shell","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Science Saru Details Its Hand-Drawn Approach to New Ghost in the Shell","summary":"At the Annecy Festival, Science Saru's director Toma \"Mokochan\" Kimura and producer Kohei Sakita, alongside Bandai Namco's Kengo Abe, presented the first two episodes of their upcoming Ghost in the Shell adaptation. The series, which premieres on Prime Video on July 7, follows an episodic case-of-the-week format more closely aligned with Masamune Shirow's original manga than the 1995 film. The team emphasized a hand-drawn production pipeline, with CG used only for elements impossible in 2D, such as first-person-shooter-style camera movements.","whyItMatters":"Science Saru's adaptation signals a deliberate return to the manga's episodic structure and a hand-crafted aesthetic, positioning the studio's take as distinct from the iconic 1995 film.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eScience Saru director Toma \u0026#34;Mokochan\u0026#34; Kimura and producer Kohei Sakita, joined by Bandai Namco\u0026#39;s Kengo Abe, took the stage at the Annecy Festival on Monday to explain their approach to the new Ghost in the Shell adaptation. The team screened the first two episodes ahead of the July 7 Prime Video release. The series adopts a case-of-the-week format drawn from Masamune Shirow\u0026#39;s original manga, rather than following Mamoru Oshii\u0026#39;s 1995 film. Mokochan said the goal was to capture the manga\u0026#39;s energy through hand-drawn animation. A chart showed the show\u0026#39;s hand-drawn elements were three times larger than typical for a project of this scale. CG was reserved for sequences requiring first-person-shooter camera movements that are impossible in 2D.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell will be a hand-drawn, manga-inspired case-of-the-week series. First two episodes screened at Annecy. Prime Video July 7.","twitterPost":"Science Saru's Ghost in the Shell adaptation leans on the manga's episodic format and hand-drawn animation. First two episodes screened at Annecy. Prime Video July 7.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Science Saru presented the first two episodes of its Ghost in the Shell adaptation at Annecy. The series follows the manga's case-of-the-week structure and emphasizes hand-drawn animation, with CG only for first-person-shooter camera moves. It premieres on Prime Video on July 7.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cartoon Brew\",\"url\":\"https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/ghost-in-the-shell-science-saru-annecy-263400.html\",\"title\":\"'The Feeling Of Something Drawn By A Person': Science Saru's Strategy For A New 'The Ghost In The Shell' Adaptation\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4271,"outputTokens":634,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782127709,"createdAt":"2026-06-22T11:21:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-22T11:25:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-22T11:25:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_169afc9211a086f1a1005bce","canonicalTitle":"‘The Feeling Of Something Drawn By A Person’: Science Saru’s Strategy For A New ‘The Ghost In The Shell’ Adaptation","representativeArticleId":"a_0852ba1a906f52245e31bdf3","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Ghost in the Shell\"],\"manga_titles\":[\"Ghost in the Shell\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Science Saru\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-22T10:47:11.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-22T10:47:11.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-22T11:25:24.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cartoon Brew","url":"https://www.cartoonbrew.com/anime/ghost-in-the-shell-science-saru-annecy-263400.html","title":"‘The Feeling Of Something Drawn By A Person’: Science Saru’s Strategy For A New ‘The Ghost In The Shell’ Adaptation"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Ghost in the Shell"],"manga_titles":["Ghost in the Shell"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Science Saru"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Science Saru director Toma 'Mokochan' Kimura and producer Kohei Sakita presented the first two episodes of the new Ghost in the Shell adaptation at the Annecy Festival on Monday.","The series premieres on Prime Video on July 7 and follows an episodic case-of-the-week format based on Masamune Shirow's original manga, not Mamoru Oshii's 1995 film.","The production uses a hand-drawn pipeline, with hand-drawn elements three times larger than typical for a project of this scale.","CG is used only for sequences requiring first-person-shooter camera movements that are impossible in 2D."]}