Both of Daiki Tsuneta's Projects Land on One Series
The announcement came out of the series' panel at Anime Expo 2026, North America's largest anime convention, according to Japanese anime news site Anime Anime. King Gnu, the four-piece band of Daiki Tsuneta, Yū Seki, Kazuki Arai, and Satoru Iguchi, arrives with a serious anime résumé: the band performed "SPECIALZ," the opening theme for Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2's Shibuya Incident arc, plus "Ichizu" and "Sakayume" for the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film.
The pairing on the other end of each episode is the fun part. The ending theme, announced earlier, is "Blue" by Millennium Parade, the creative collective led by King Gnu's own Daiki Tsuneta. This is the first work to carry theme songs from both of his acts. The official site bills "Blue" as a collaboration with Saya Gray and Daniel Caesar. Tsuneta's collective also has franchise history here: Millennium Parade performed "Fly with me," the theme song for Netflix's Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
PV #5 Runs "GO GHOST" Over Section 9
The newly released fifth promotional video sets the track against footage of Major Motoko Kusanagi and the rest of Public Security Section 9. The cut moves at a sprint to match the song and plays up the scale of the show's near-future world. It's on the series' official YouTube channel now.
The new series returns to the manga Masamune Shirow began serializing in 1989 in Kodansha's Young Magazine Kaizokuban. In the year 2029, full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi leads Section 9, an offensive unit built to stop cybercrime before it happens, until an investigation surfaces a mystery hacker known as the Puppet Master.
A Novelist on Scripts, and Still No Voice Cast
Animation production is handled by Science SARU (Dandadan, Inu-Oh), whose recent run also includes the award-winning film The Colors Within. Mokochan (モコちゃん) directs, with series composition and scripts by SF novelist Toh EnJoe, who previously wrote Godzilla Singular Point. Shūhei Handa handles character design and chief animation direction, and the score comes from music director Taisei Iwasaki alongside Ryō Konishi and YUKI KANESAKA.
Then there's the strange part. With the premiere two days away, Anime Anime notes that the voice cast has still not been announced. We now know the opening act, the ending act, the full staff list, and the broadcast slot, but not who plays the Major.
Looking Ahead
The Ghost in the Shell premieres Tuesday, July 7, 2026 at 11:00 p.m. JST on the Kansai TV and Fuji TV nationwide network's Tuesday anime block. In Japan, Prime Video carries the fastest streaming window from 11:30 p.m. that same night, with other domestic services following on July 8.
International fans are covered from day one: Prime Video begins exclusive worldwide streaming at the same time as the Japanese release, so no waiting on a separate license announcement. That leaves the voice cast reveal as the only headline item left before Tuesday night.