As things get closer for the first installment of the new Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series, more and more promotional videos are starting to surface. With the series going back to doing an early days vibe for the characters, amusingly characterized as Motoko Begins by some, we get a new two and a half minute promo today that does the whole Decode angle, providing some new looks at the series and telling the tale from the main character’s point of view.
Plot concept: Set in the year 2027, a year following the end of the non-nuclear World War IV. A bomb has gone off in Newport City, killing a major arms dealer who may have ties with the mysterious 501 Organization. Public Security official Daisuke Aramaki hires full-body cyber prosthesis user and hacker extraordinaire Motoko Kusanagi to investigate, but on the case with her are “Sleepless Eye” Batou who believes Kusanagi is a criminal, Niihama Prefecture Detective Togusa who is investigating a series of prostitute murders he believes are related to the incident, and Lieutenant Colonel Kurtz of the 501 Organization who also wishes to keep an eye on Kusanagi.
