FUNimation has the second DVD/BD combo release coming up on October 13th, 2014 for the Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series where it’ll have the third and fourth OVAs in bilingual form. Priced at $39.98, it’s coming with a lot of extras and a nearly two-hour running time overall for the two episodes. It’s tricked out pretty well with its specs and what it’s including, making it to be a pretty solid release. Ahead of that release, they’ve launched a new English dubbed trailer for it that highlights the stories to come.
Extras include:
Border 3: Inside the World of Ghost in the Shell Part 1, Logicoma Heart, Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Episode:[.jp], Blu-ray & DVD Spots, Memory of GR –Making of Arise–, Promotional Video, Commercial, Theatrical Trailer, Textless Opening, Textless Closing
Border 4: Logicoma Root, Blu-ray & DVD Spots, border:less project, COLOR, FORESEEING 2007, WORKING HIGH, memory, Yuki Will Never Forget Kenji, Promotional Video, Ghost in the Shell New Movie Teaser, Theatrical Trailer, Textless Opening, U.S. Trailer
Plot concept:
Border 3: Ghost Tears
A terrorist bombing and the mysterious death of a detective trigger a deadly investigation involving prosthetic legs and members of a rebel group leftover from an international conflict. When all signs point to a master of cyber warfare known as Fire-Starter, phantoms from the past come back to haunt Major Motoko Kusanagi as she struggles to keep her personal and professional life separate.
Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone
Motoko Kusanagi is closing in on the dangerous hacker who created the false memory virus. After a mass shooting leads to the capture of a key witness, the team finds themselves in a race against the clock to unravel the secrets she’s keeping. With enemies appearing all around them and the stakes growing higher by the minute, it’s time to find out once and for all: Who is Fire-Starter? And how can they be stopped?
It’s been so long since I’ve seen the first and second episodes. I’m glad FUNimation is finally releasing them.