For fans of Ghost In The Shell SAC 2045, the Japanese original net animation that launched exclusively on Netflix in 2020, there is some fantastic news. Netflix has released a trailer for Season 2 of the highly anticipated series, which ended in a mind-bending conclusion that revealed the Sustainable War and its post-human danger two years after its original run. Netflix disclosed news about season 2 in the works during AnimeJapan 2022, following the mixed reaction to the long-running science fiction.
Season 1 is a sequel to Ghost In The Shell: SAC Solid State Society the movie. However, SAC_2045 can be watched without having watched the movie as well. It takes place in the year 2045 when Earth has turned into a dystopian hell. Much like what we expect our real future to be, artificial intelligence has taken over the world and governments use them as weapons to support their economies. They had essentially started a ‘sustainable war’ to support their economies but failed miserably and even Japan, where our story takes place, is affected.
Our protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi – who was previously the leader of Section 9 – a group of trained security professionals. Due to the dip in the economy, the organization disbands and everyone is headed to the US in order to become mercenaries. Along with her are her former members Batou, Ishikawa, and Saitou, and together they form GHOST – freelance war soldiers.
One day, things get complicated when GHOST is on a mission to locate arms when they are attacked by some AI drones and they find out about the discovery of ‘posthumans’ – highly intelligent and strong AI warriors. Meanwhile, a former member of Section 9, Togusa, is sent by the Japanese Prime Minister on a mission to unite the members of the security group again,
The thing that left everyone thinking and a little frustrated was the ending – in a turn of events, Togusa is invited to join the posthumans and there is no clarity of whether he joined them or from Batou’s perspective.
Ghost In The Shell SAC_2045 Release Date
Ghost In The Shell SAC_2045 season 2 is set to release in the summer of this year and will start streaming worldwide on Netflix on 23 May 2022. Netflix also dropped a teaser poster on their official Twitter page, featuring the main cast and the release date for the next season.
and some fresh key art! pic.twitter.com/VUArVMN9rt
— Netflix Anime (@NetflixAnime) March 27, 2022
Cast
According to the trailer, the main directors, Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki will return along with character designer Ilya Kuvshinov. Production I.G. and Sola Digital Arts will also continue to handle the production of the show. Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi will be handling the music and the names of the opening and ending themes have been revealed to be “Secret Ceremony” and “No Time To Cast Anchor,”.
The returning voice cast will be the same as was in season 1, the following are the voice actors and the characters they would be playing as:
Atsuko Tanaka as Motoko Kusanagi, Akio Otsuka as Batou, Kaiji Soze as John Smith, Kenjiro Tsuda as Standard, Kōichi Yamadera as Togusa, Megumi Han as Purin Ezaki, Megumi Hayashibara as Takashi Shimamura, Sakiko Tamagawa as Tachikoma, Shigeo Kiyama as Kurisu Ōtomo Teito, Takashi Onozuka as Pazu, Tarô Yamaguchi as Borma, Toru Ohkawa as Saito, and Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa.
What To Expect in the Upcoming Season?
As per the trailer that the official Netflix account dropped on YouTube, the main plot of the season revolves around ‘posthumans’ – the creatures humankind turns into when their cyberbrains are affected by the AI made by the US goes out of control.
Tension seems to be rising in the dystopian world as the trailer hints at the rise of N – a mysterious entity that seems to be trying to lead posthumans into declaring independence. What’s more – the newest recruit Esaki Purin is suspected of being one too. There is a chance of a nuclear missile launch, and a world war breaking out – you get the idea – it will be a thrilling watch with lots to anticipate for.
Even though time may pass, Ghost In The Shell is a series that remains prevalent and far ahead of its time, no matter what the year. After all, there is a reason behind the consistent remakes and movies – it is an amazing show. Make sure to mark your calendars for May 2022 when the new season drops.
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