Anime like Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

What is Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie about?

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished

Set in a futuristic Japan after the end of a brutal world war, science has advanced by leaps and bounds giving humanity the choice to prolong life and reduce suffering with the use of sophisticated cybernetics. With all of humanity linked into one system of minds and personalities known as ghosts, the biggest threat to civilization is the cyber terrorists capable of hijacking people's bodies and memories. When a ghost-infecting virus known as Fire-Starter begins spreading through the system resulting in the assassination of the Japanese Prime Minister, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her elite team of special operatives are called in to track down its source. As they delve deeper and deeper into their investigation, they uncover traces of government corruption and a shadowy broker that bears an all-too-familiar face.

Tags: Police , Cyberpunk , Orphan , Guns , Artificial Intelligence , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Real Robot , Kuudere

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Crunchyroll

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Wasure Hoshi no Volicia

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

The anime takes place in 2006, and centers on Akio Hoshigami, who due to a leg injury is forced to give up on her dream of being a track-and-field star. Akio and her friend Ayano Umisoe move on to high school together. Amidst new activities and meeting new friends, Akio gradually starts acting like herself again. Then one day Ayano suddenly disappears.

Tags: Yuri , Aliens , Super Robot , Gods , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Athletics

Where to watch?

YouTube

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Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A cyber battle sci-fi. In 2022, the technology of quantum computing has greatly advanced and many people have transfered their mind into the cyber space.

Remu's sister-in-law, Shiki, skipped grades and entered a high school in the academic city "Okinotori-island Mega Float City (OMFC)" when she was 14. One day, Shiki confessed to her brother via Skype that she was talking to him directly from the cyber space and her real body had been kept in a water tank filled with a culture medium. It's called "Body pool" and Shiki connected to the network by nanomachines implanted in her brain.

Remu was surprised but he accepted her decision until an accident called "Early Rupture" happened. The network server got overloaded and users' minds were lost in cyber space leaving soulless living bodies in the Body Pools. In order to bring Shiki's mind back, Remu visits her apartment in OMFC and there meets Shiki escaped from the hospital. But the girl tells him that she is not Shiki and she happens to haven taken over Shiki's body.

When Remu tries to figure out the situation, a violent attack strikes the apartment.

Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi was one of the four films of Anime Mirai 2013 (Young Animator Training Project), a project funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators.

It was pre-aired on February 25, 2013 on nicolive.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Police , Fugitive , Nudity

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