Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
Japanese promotional poster
攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 (Kōkaku Kidōtai: SAC_2045)
Genre	Action, science fiction
Created by	Masamune Shirow
Original net animation
Directed by	Kenji Kamiyama Shinji Aramaki
Produced by	Haruyasu Makino Kengo Abe Natsuko Tatsuzawa (season 1) Daichi Sasa (season 2)
Written by	Kenji Kamiyama
Music by	Kazuma Jinnōchi Nobuko Toda
Studio	Production I.G Sola Digital Arts
Licensed by	Netflix UK/NA: Anime Limited
Released	April 23, 2020 – May 23, 2022
Runtime	24 minutes
Episodes	24 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
Directed by	Kenji Kamiyama (chief) Shinji Aramaki (chief) Michihito Fujii
Written by	Kenji Kamiyama
Music by	Kazuma Jinnōchi Nobuko Toda
Studio	Production I.G Sola Digital Arts
Licensed by	Netflix
Released	November 12, 2021 (2021-11-12)
Runtime	118 minutes
Anime film
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 The Last Human
Directed by	Kenji Kamiyama (chief) Shinji Aramaki (chief) Michihito Fujii
Written by	Kenji Kamiyama
Music by	Kazuma Jinnōchi Nobuko Toda
Studio	Production I.G Sola Digital Arts
Released	November 23, 2023 (2023-11-23)
Runtime	126 minutes

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (Japanese: 攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045, Hepburn: Kōkaku Kidōtai: SAC_2045) is a Japanese original net animation (ONA) series based on the 1980s Japanese manga series Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow, set in the Stand Alone Complex sub-continuity.

The first season premiered exclusively on Netflix worldwide on April 23, 2020. It received generally negative reviews, with critics considering it inferior to previous Ghost in the Shell media due to multiple factors. A second season was released on May 23, 2022, to similarly negative reviews. Two compilation movies of the series were released in 2021 and 2023.

In the year 2045 (11 years after events of Solid State Society), after an economic disaster known as the Simultaneous Global Default which destroyed the value of all forms of paper and electronic currency, the "Big 4" nations of the world are engaged in a state of never-ending "Sustainable War" to keep the economy going. In this world, Motoko, Batou, and other members of Public Security Section 9 have contracted themselves out as mercenaries under the group "GHOST," using their cybernetic enhancements and battle experience to earn a living while defusing hot-spots across the globe. However, the emergence of "Post Humans" and a conspiracy uncovered by former Chief Aramaki force Section 9 to reunite.

Kodansha and Production I.G announced on April 7, 2017, that Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki would be co-directing a new Ghost in the Shell anime production.^[3] On December 7, 2018, it was reported by Netflix that they had acquired the worldwide streaming rights to the original net animation (ONA) anime series, titled Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, and that it would premiere on April 23, 2020. The series is in 3DCG and Sola Digital Arts collaborated with Production I.G on the project.^[4] Ilya Kuvshinov handled character designs.^[5] An English dub was not available until May 3 due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing production delays for its recording.^[6] It was stated that the series will have two seasons of 12 episodes each,^[7] with the second set released on May 23, 2022.^[8][9]

In July 2021, it was announced that the first season would be adapted into a compilation film, subtitled Sustainable War, which premiered on November 12, 2021.^[10][11][12] Netflix released the film worldwide on May 9, 2022.^[13] A compilation film of the second season, The Last Human, was announced in March 2023, and premiered on November 23, 2023.^[14][15]

On May 22, 2024, official social media accounts of Hyundai Japan and Ghost in the Shell announced a collaboration to promote the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.^[16] The Shibuya Tsutaya store hosted the Ioniq 5 N from June 3 to June 22.^[16]

The first season of the anime received generally negative reviews from critics, garnering a 13% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, while the second has a 29% approval rating.^[17][18]

Max Genecov of Polygon wrote that the series had "none of the visceral aesthetics or mood that made Ghost in the Shell an indelible element of how we think about our interconnected lives."^[19] Writing for The A.V. Club, Toussaint Egan rated the series a C−, calling the action sequences "awful" and opining that "as wonderful as it is to return to this series’ interpretations of Major Kusanagi and company after more than a decade away, you'd be better off dusting off Stand Alone Complex DVDs and give this one a pass."^[20] Kayla Cobb of Decider wrote "time and time again SAC_2045 ignores the deeper path and chooses instead point and drool."^[21] Theron Martin of Anime News Network wrote that the series was "easily the weakest entry in the franchise so far, even below Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence".^[22]

• Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 official website (in Japanese)
• Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell

Media

Manga 1995 film Video game Innocence 2017 live-action film
Stand Alone Complex	Episodes Music PS2 game PSP game Solid State Society First Assault SAC_2045 Episodes
Arise	Episodes "Anata o Tamotsu Mono" The New Movie

Universe

• Characters
  • Motoko Kusanagi
  • Batou
  • Togusa
  • Tachikoma
  • Public Security Section 9

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• Mamoru Oshii
• Kenji Kamiyama
• Production I.G
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