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Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain

2013 · 58 min

A cerebral, rain-slicked cyberpunk procedural that feels like piecing together a fragmented memory under constant surveillance.

Overview
The story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • memory
  • corruption
  • conspiracy
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, animation, crime, science fiction
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Maaya Sakamoto, Ikkyu Juku, Kenichirou Matsuda, Kazuya Nakai, Shunsuke Sakuya, Tomoyuki Dan, Takuro Nakakuni, Tarusuke Shingaki
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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