The official Twitter for Netflix Japan Anime posted an image of Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in The Shell SAC_2045, the latest installment from the anime series based on Masamune Shirow’s sci-fi action manga, and also announced that Russian illustrator @IlyaKuvshinov serves as character designer. The full 3DCG series will be streamed on Netflix worldwide (except China mainland) in 2020.
「攻殻機動隊」最新作のキャラデザはイリヤ・クブシノブが担当、新ビジュアル公開https://t.co/YS1z2WxTUK
#攻殻機動隊 #神山健治 #荒牧伸志 #イリヤ・クブシノブ pic.twitter.com/6to9e7Cc3q
— 映画ナタリー (@eiga_natalie) June 12, 2019
Kuvshinov’s most recent work in Japan was the character designs for Keiichi Hara’s anime feature film Birthday Wonderland released in April 2019. He says, “The reason why I started loving Japanese anime was Mamoru Oshii’s ‘Ghost in The Shell’ that I saw when I was 6. I am so honored to participate in a new series in the franchise that has been so important to me. I am drawing the designs of Motoko and others with the love and respect for ‘Ghost in The Shell’ in my heart.”
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Production I.G × SOLA DIGITAL ARTS
神山健治 × 荒牧伸志Netflixオリジナルアニメシリーズ
『攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045』
2020年 #ネトフリ で全世界独占配信決定!「攻殻」史上初のW監督システムで、フル3DCGアニメーションとして生まれ変わる―!続報をお楽しみに!#ネトフリアニメ pic.twitter.com/IsSLSc0u2O
— Netflix Japan Anime (@NetflixJP_Anime) December 8, 2018