Netflix has ordered a new anime in the acclaimed franchise, Ghost in the Shell, which will hit the streaming service in 2020 from studios Production I.G. and SOLA Digital Arts.
The announcement from the streaming service comes as Netflix has expanded its anime library with orders of new genre series, including Pacific Rim, Altered Carbon, Ultraman and many others, as well as a live-action series adaptation of the popular anime, Cowboy Bebop, their second live-action adaptation following last year’s supernatural thriller Death Note which, while receiving mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike, received praise from the manga’s creators and has a sequel in development.
Plot details are being kept under wraps on the third season of the series.
Originally announced as being in development in 2017 around the time of the American live-action adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame), which was a critical and commercial disappointment, Netflix and the anime studios have officially begun working on the third season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, entitled SAC_2045.