The upcoming installment's story takes place amidst signs of postwar reconstruction in the winter of 2028. Tensions are rising in New Port City as demonstrations are held concerning the interests of foreign cartels. This leads to a shooting incident involving riot police. It all started with a cyberbrain infection released by the terrorist "Fire Starter." An independent offensive unit led by Makoto Kusanagi entrusts the suppression of the situation to their ghosts and aims for their own justice. Below the surface of the incident, lies the "tin girl" Emma and the "scarecrow man" Burinda Junior. As Kusanagi deals with the incident, she draws near to what those two ghosts were seeking.
Direction
Kise's visceral action staging in cramped urban spaces
Score
Cornelius's glitchy, melancholic electronic soundscape
Writing
Finally reveals Kusanagi's origin trauma with Fire Starter
Director
Susumu Kudo
Maaya Sakamoto
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Ikkyu Juku
Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Kenichirou Matsuda
Batou (voice)
Aya Hisakawa
Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied (voice)
Kazuya Nakai
Borma (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya
Ishikawa (voice)
Mayumi Asano
Kurutsu (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Logicoma (voice)
Yoji Ueda
Paz (voice)
Takanori Hoshino
Raizo (voice)
Takuro Nakakuni
Saito (voice)
Tarusuke Shingaki
Togusa (voice)
Ai Kayano
Emma Tsuda (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This concludes the Arise prequel timeline, deliberately leaving gaps between it and the 1995 film to preserve fan theories.
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