BCXA-2098 // JAPAN MARKET RELEASE
攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Blu-ray BOX — Limited Special Edition 特装限定版
- STREET DATE
- 2026.12.23
- PRICE
- ¥38,500
- PAYLOAD
- 3 DISCS
- RUNTIME
- ≈283 MIN
“Wired bodies. Networked ghosts.”
SERIES DOSSIER
A.D. 2029 — NEW PORT CITY
The year is 2029. In near-future Japan, where the world has become highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still survive. Motoko Kusanagi, a full-body cyborg, leads an elite combat unit, including Batou. While commanding her team, Kusanagi envisions the creation of a specialized task force to preemptively strike against emerging threats. Meanwhile, Daisuke Aramaki of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had been planning to establish a similar unit, recruited Kusanagi and her team. Together, they begin operations as Public Security Section 9 — an offensive tactical unit known as “Shell Squad.”
As they confront complex cybercrimes and international conspiracies, the existence of a mysterious, unidentified hacker known as The “Puppet Master” emerges on the horizon of their investigation. What fate awaits Kusanagi? And what is the Puppet Master’s true objective? A new era of cyberpunk action begins.
PERSONNEL REGISTRY // SHELL SQUAD + HOSTILE ENTITY
Full-body cyborg with exceptional combat and cyberbrain skills. Leads the “Shell Squad” as tactical commander at Aramaki’s request.
Public Security Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs. Recruited Kusanagi’s team to form the offensive unit he envisioned.
Former Ranger with prosthetic eyes. Elite combatant and electronic-warfare expert; the unit’s second-in-command.
Former detective; body mostly organic despite a cyberbrain. The unit’s only married man — favors a revolver.
Veteran of information gathering, analysis and cyber warfare. Sustains the unit from the shadows.
Unit member who covers one eye with an eyepatch.
Heavily built unit member with a shaved head and prosthetic eyes.
Unit member with narrow, sharp eyes.
Gynoid handling logistics and information control — the team’s “nervous system.”
AI “think tanks” — piloted or autonomous, equipped with thermoptic camo and wire launchers.
Unidentified hacker manipulating human memories. Claims to be “a life form created from the sea of information.”
SIGNAL INSPECTION
VIDEOAVC · 1080p
- CODEC
- MPEG-4 AVC
- RESOLUTION
- 1080p HIGH DEFINITION
- ASPECT
- 16:9
- BONUS DISC
- 1080p · PARTIAL 1080i HD
- MASTER
- SCIENCE SARU DIGITAL PRODUCTION
AUDIOLPCM · 2.0ch
- FORMAT
- LINEAR PCM — LOSSLESS
- LAYOUT
- STEREO 2.0ch
- TRACK 01
- 日本語 JAPANESE
- TRACK 02
- ENGLISH
- MUSIC
- TAISEI IWASAKI · RYO KONISHI · YUKI KANESAKA
SUBTITLESJP + EN · ON/OFF
- TRACK 01
- 日本語 SUBTITLES
- TRACK 02
- ENGLISH SUBTITLES
- MODE
- ON / OFF SELECTABLE
DISCS3 × BD
- DISC 1–2
- BD50G DUAL-LAYER · FEATURE
- DISC 3
- BD25G SINGLE-LAYER · BONUS
- CONTENT
- EPISODES 01–10 · ≈283 MIN TOTAL
- REGION
- JAPAN MARKET — CODING NOT STATED BY PUBLISHER
EDITIONLIMITED · 特装限定版
- PACKAGING
- NEWLY DRAWN JACKET ILLUSTRATION
- ENCLOSED
- SPECIAL BOOKLET + STORYBOARD BOOK
- CATALOG NO.
- BCXA-2098
- PUBLISHER
- BANDAI NAMCO FILMWORKS
MARKETJP IMPORT
- RELEASE
- 2026.12.23 · WEDNESDAY
- PRICE
- ¥38,500 TAX INCL.
- AVAILABILITY
- 14 JP RETAILERS W/ STORE BONUSES
- IMPORT NOTE
- EN AUDIO + EN SUBS ON DISC — IMPORT-FRIENDLY
LANGUAGE COVERAGE MATRIX
| AUDIO | SUBTITLES | |
|---|---|---|
| 日本語 | ● | ● |
| ENGLISH | ● | ● |
| OTHER | — | — |
SUBTITLES SWITCHABLE ON/OFF · PER OFFICIAL SPEC
RUNTIME ALLOCATION
EPISODE SPLIT ACROSS DISC 01/02 INFERRED FROM 10-EPISODE COUNT · RUNTIMES PER OFFICIAL SPEC
BROADCAST WINDOW → DISC DROP
JP BROADCAST TUESDAYS 23:00 · PRIME VIDEO GLOBAL
VISUAL EVIDENCE
44 FRAMES DECLASSIFIED — SELECT A FRAME TO INSPECT
PAYLOAD MANIFEST
DISC 01 // EPISODES 01–05
≈120 MINDISC 02 // EPISODES 06–10
≈120 MINDISC 03 // BONUS PAYLOAD
≈43 MIN- NC-OPCREDITLESS OPENING“GO GHOST” — KING GNU
- NC-EDCREDITLESS ENDING“BLUE” — MILLENNIUM PARADE
- TEASERTEASER TRAILER 2SECOND TEASER
- TEASERTEASER TRAILER 2 ver. HAJIME SORAYAMATITLE-LOGO DESIGNER CUT
- PVPROMOTIONAL VIDEOS 1–6SIX BROADCAST SPOTS
- SPVSPECIAL PROMOTIONAL VIDEODIRECTED BY MOKOCHAN
- TRLOFFICIAL TRAILERMAIN TRAILER
- DOC“MAKING OF THE NEW GHOST”OVERSEAS-SCREENING FEATURETTE
ENCLOSED PRINT EXTRAS
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
PACKAGE SCANS / BLU-RAY.COM ARCHIVE
NEWLY DRAWN JACKET ILLUSTRATION · SCANS VIA BLU-RAY.COM PRODUCT RECORD
STORE-BONUS MATRIX / JP RETAIL · 14 CHAINS
BONUSES WHILE SUPPLIES LAST · SOME STORES EXCLUDED · VIA V-STORAGE
ARCHIVE COMPARISON / FRANCHISE BLU-RAY LINEAGE
SPEC ROWS PER BLU-RAY.COM LISTINGS · THIS BOX COLUMN FROM OFFICIAL PRODUCT SPEC
RECEPTION TELEMETRY
SERIES RATING
BLU-RAY.COM · 3 VOTES
REGISTERED FANS
SERIES PAGE
IN COLLECTIONS
PRE-ORDER TRACKED
FORUM THREAD
“SCIENCE SARU 2026”
REVIEW STATUS
NO PROFESSIONAL DISC REVIEW — RELEASE PENDING.
Blu-ray.com community rates the series 7.3/10 on 3 votes — signal below calibration threshold; the site flags “not enough ratings yet.” First-disc verdicts land after 12.23. This terminal will not fabricate scores.
- WATCH — REGION CODING CONFIRMATION FOR IMPORT BUYERS
- WATCH — BONUS-DISC SUBTITLE COVERAGE ON JP EXTRA
- WATCH — AUTHORING HOUSE & ENCODE NOTES
- WATCH — ENGLISH DUB TRACK CREDITS
GHOST LINEAGE / THE SHELL REMEMBERS
- 1989Shirow Masamune’s manga serializes in Young Magazine (Kodansha).
- 1995Mamoru Oshii’s GHOST IN THE SHELL rewrites animated SF cinema.
- 2002STAND ALONE COMPLEX — Kenji Kamiyama’s Section 9 on TV.
- 2004INNOCENCE — the Major’s ghost drifts further out.
- 2013ARISE reboots the unit’s origin.
- 2020SAC_2045 — the franchise’s CG era.
- 2026THE GHOST IN THE SHELL — Science SARU returns to the manga. This box is its physical form.
ACQUISITION CHANNELS
¥38,500TAX INCLUDED · LIST PRICE
Japanese-market Limited Special Edition. English audio and English subtitles ride the same discs — this is the import-friendly configuration collectors wait for. Store bonuses are chain-exclusive and finite; confirm bonus stock before ordering.
TSUTAYA RECORDS (2×A4 CLEAR POSTERS) AND JOSHIN DISC PIER (ACRYLIC STAND + FUCHIKOMA KEYCHAIN) ALSO CARRY CHAIN-EXCLUSIVE BONUSES · EXTERNAL LINKS OPEN OFF-SITE · NO AFFILIATE TRACKING ON THIS TERMINAL