Those Ghost in the Shell fans who have been enjoying the Netflix series have even more on the way next month. Director Mamoru Oshii‘s 1995 original cyberpunk masterpiece returns to 800+ theaters next month for its 30th anniversary in the US in stunning 4K. Tickets for the limited-time event are now available at Fandango.
Based on the manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow from 1989 to 1991, Ghost in the Shell takes place in 2029. A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi (voiced by Atsuko Tanaka), and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9, Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity.
No word on if this 4K release of the film has seen the same music substitution over the end credits as the 2020 4K UHD release.
As fans know, the film has gone on to influence several filmmakers, spawn a sequel in 2004 (also directed by Oshii), a television series, the 2017 live-action adaptation by Rupert Sanders, and now the recent Netflix series that debuted this past July, which is produced by Science Saru and directed by Moko-chan.
