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Based on the original work by Masamune Shirow and produced by Production IG, which began broadcasting in April 2002.TV series “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX”。
Twenty years after the broadcast, the real world will finally arrive in February 2024, which is the time when the “Laughing Man Incident”, which is the central event of the story, occurs according to the setting of the work.
This is said to be the day when the “Laughing Man Incident” occurred.Today, February 1, 2024 (Thursday), “The Laughing Man Incident 0th Anniversary: February 2024”, a collaboration project linked to WEB, SNS, and merchandising, will begin where “Laughing Man Incidents” occur simultaneously in real life.It will be done! Hacking by Laughing Man on the web, implementation of various SNS projects, and various merchandising developments that imitate the spread of the Laughing Man incident occurred all at the same time.thoseA special portal site to track events will also be opened for a limited time. A new logo for this collaboration project has also been created.
WEB & SNS & Merchandising collaboration project “The Laughing Man Incident 0th Anniversary: February 2024” has started!
▲Collaboration project logo
Collaboration project implementation overview
■Project name:The Laughing Man Incident 0th Anniversary : February 2024
■Project development period: Scheduled for February 1, 2024 (Thursday) to February 29, 2024 (Thursday) *Deployment period varies depending on each project
■Plan details:
① “Laughing Man” logo limited version. Free distribution
② “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” YouTube main story limited distribution
③ “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” screening & talk show held
④ “Ghost in the Shell” official website, Kodansha, Young Magazine, Production IG website hacking development
⑤Follow and repost campaign on “Ghost in the Shell” Official X (@gitssac2045)
⑥ “Laughing Man” logo creation contest held
⑦NFT project: 100 question puzzle solving game started
⑧Manga “Ghost in the Shell” series, free story release
⑨“Laughing Man” Jacks Akihabara! POP UP STORE held
⑩Official gift (T-shirt with original logo) campaign project
⑪“Laughing Man” collaboration collection released by apparel brand “RAGEBLUE”
⑫”Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” print exhibition and sale event
⑬ “Ghost in the Shell: SAC” x apparel brand “Subciety” special collaboration items released
⑭ Limited quantity! Collaboration champagne released from “ANGEL CHAMPAGNE”
*Other projects will be added sequentially *Please see the special portal site below for details such as implementation period.
A special portal site will also be opened for a limited time!
We have also created a new logo for this collaboration project!
“Laughing Man” limited logo version.Free distribution.Imitation fans are asking for it. Hack SNS. “Laughing Man & Laughing Man Incident Logo” limited version released.
A limited version of the Laughing Man logo and the Laughing Man Incident logo, which are engraved with the arrival of February 2024, when the “Laughing Man Incident” occurred in the main story, will be distributed free of charge from the incident site. You are free to download it and use it as your own SNS icon, etc.
Main story limited time distribution Overview “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” “Laughing Man Incident” Occurrence date Limited to 3 days from February 1, 2024 (Thursday) Main story limited time distribution on YouTube
■Distributed work: “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” (159 minutes)
■Distribution channel:
BANDAI NAMCO Film Works official YouTube channel “EMOTION Label Channel”
YouTube channel operated by Kodansha “Full☆Anime TV”
■Release period: February 1, 2024 (Thursday) 00:00 to February 3, 2024 (Saturday) 23:59
Screening & Talk Show Event Overview “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” Screening & Talk Show
■Date and time: Screening starts from 16:00 on Saturday, February 3, 2024 (talk show will be held after the screening)
*Event scheduled to end at 19:15
■Performing theater: Human Trust Cinema Shibuya
■Released work: “Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” (159 points)
■Speakers: Kenji Kamiyama (director), Naoya Fujita (SF/literary critic)
*Speakers are subject to change without notice. Please note.
■Ticket price: 3,000 yen (tax included)
*All seats are reserved. *Various invitation tickets cannot be used.
■Ticket sales:Tickets sold out
“Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE CONPLEX The Laughing Man” work information
introduction
“Ghost in the Shell” is set in Japan, where “cyborgization” technology that directly connects the brain to the outside world and “cyborgization” technology that transforms the body into a cyborg known as “prosthetic body” have become popular. A story depicting the activities of the “Public Security Section 9” (commonly known as “Ghost in the Shell”), an aggressive public security police organization under the direct control of the Ministry of the Interior. “Ghost in the Shell: STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” is a compilation OVA work that includes all 26 episodes of the TV anime “Ghost in the Shell: STAND ALONE COMPLEX”, centered around the “Laughing Man Incident”, with new cuts and new dubbing added. (produced in 2005)
story
The corporate terrorist attack that kidnapped the president of a micromachine manufacturer and demanded a ransom began in 2024 with the kidnapping of Ernest Serano, the president of Serano Genomics Inc., commonly known as the “Laughing Man Incident.” One day, six years have passed with the case remaining unsolved, and Togusa of Public Security Division 9 receives a call from Detective Yamaguchi, who is pursuing the “Laughing Man Incident,” saying, “I want to meet him right away.” However, soon after that contact, Yamaguchi, the important person, dies in an accident. A few days later, while a police interview regarding the Interceptor fraud scandal is being broadcast, a threat of crime is received from the “Laughing Man”… The invisible hacker “The Laughing Man” is back on the move.
What is the “Laughing Man Incident”?
A corporate terrorist incident that began in 2024 with the kidnapping of Ernest Serano, the president of Serano Genomics, in which micromachine manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, and others were threatened. The number of companies threatened is said to be the largest since the war. The culprit and purpose of this incident are theories such as extremist groups opposed to computerization and artificial bodies, corporate conspiracy theories, and simply extortion theories for money, not to mention nationality, gender, age, and even whether there was a single perpetrator or multiple perpetrators. could not. All they knew was that the “Laughing Man” was a special A-class hacker…
staff
Original work and cooperation: Masamune Shirow / Planning: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Shigeru Watanabe / Director: Kenji Kamiyama / Direction: Toshiyuki Kono / Animation director: Takayuki Goto / Character design: Hajime Shimomura / Mechanical design: Kenji Teraoka, Yoshinobu Tsuneki / Art director :Yusuke Takeda/Art setting: Hiroshi Kato/Color setting: Yumiko Katayama/Special effects: Masahiro Murakami/Editor: Junichi Uematsu/Director of photography: Hiromura Tanaka/3D director: Makoto Endo/Sound director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi/Music: Yo Kanno Child/Production: Production IG/Production: Ghost in the Shell Production Committee (Production IG, Bandai Visual, BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT, INC., Dentsu, Victor Entertainment, Nippon Television, Tokuma Shoten, MANGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.), etc.
cast
Motoko Kusanagi: Atsuko Tanaka / Daisuke Aramaki: Osamu Saka / Batou: Akio Otsuka / Togusa: Koichi Yamadera / Ishikawa: Yutaka Nakano / Saito: Tooru Okawa / Puzzle: Takashi Onozuka / Boma: Taro Yamaguchi / Tachikoma: Sakiko Tamagawa (currently Tamagawa) Sunakiko) and others
“Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE CONPLEX” unfolding information
“Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man” distribution information
●Digital cell distribution & rental distribution
Amazon Prime Video [https://www.amazon.co.jp/]
Hikari TV [https://www.hikaritv.net/]
video market [https://www.videomarket.jp/]
Rakuten TV [https://tv.rakuten.co.jp/genre/animation/]
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●Unlimited viewing distribution
Anime unlimited [https://www.animehodai.jp/]
d anime store [https://animestore.docomo.ne.jp/animestore/]
DMM TV [https://tv.dmm.com/vod/]
bandai channel [http://www.b-ch.com/]
Hulu [https://www.hulu.jp/]
U-NEXT [https://video.unext.jp/]
*The delivery period may vary depending on the delivery service.
Blu-ray Disc Information A Blu-ray BOX that completes the “Ghost in the Shell SAC” TV series compilation OVA 2 works + 1 full-length OVA work directed by Kenji Kamiyama is released at a special price!! Ghost in the Shell SAC TRILOGY-BOX STANDARD EDITION Popular Now on sale
BCXA-1501/¥14,000 (excluding tax)
Publisher/distributor: BANDAI NAMCO Film Works
Main disc: 429 minutes + bonus disc: 187 minutes/BD50G x 4 disc set
Main story DISC: Dolby TrueHD (5.1ch)/AVC/BD50G x 3/16:9・Part 16:9/Japanese/English subtitles (ON/OFF possible) *Japanese/English recording (switchable)
Bonus DISC: Dolby Digital (stereo, some 5.1ch)/AVC/BD50G x 1/16:9
*This product has been extracted and reorganized from the “Ghost in the Shell SAC TRILOGY-BOX” (BCXA-0017) released in 2008, and the specifications have been changed.
■“Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man”: TV series 1st season omnibus OVA (2005)
■“Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd GIG Individual Eleven”: TV series 2nd season omnibus OVA (2005)
■“Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society”: New full-length OVA (2006)
Ghost in the Shell STAND ALONE COMPLEX Blu-ray Disc BOX: SPECIAL EDITION Special Limited Edition
BCXA-1097/Price: ¥40,000 (tax included)/(893 minutes/2002)
Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd GIG Blu-ray Disc BOX: SPECIAL EDITION Special Edition
BCXA-1098/Price: ¥40,000 (tax included)/(910 minutes/2004)
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▼Special portal site
▼“Ghost in the Shell” official global site
https://theghostintheshell.jp
▼『Ghost in the Shell』Official X (Old Twitter)
@thegitsofficial
▼“Ghost in the Shell” Official Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/theghostintheshellofficial
▼“Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045” official website
https://www.ghostintheshell-sac2045.jp
▼『Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045』Official X (Old Twitter)
@gitssac2045Recommended hashtags: #ghost in the Shell #sac2045
▼“Ghost in the Shell Information” official website