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

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.

• Motoko’s investigation is entangled with memory loss and uncertainty over which recollections are authentic.
• The bombing investigation brings Motoko into contact with hackers, police forces, and an arms dealer in a technologically augmented society.
• The story takes place one year after the fourth World War and centers on a former military operative investigating a devastating bombing.
• Its cyberpunk setting, hackers, cyborg bodies, explosive crime, and shadowy institutions frame the investigation through noir-inflected science-fiction imagery.

• Ghost in the Shellcyberpunk science fiction, philosophical questions about identity, and kinetic tactical action
• Psycho-Pass: The Movieanime cyberpunk atmosphere, conspiratorial investigation, and technologically mediated identity
• Patlabor 2: The Movieadult animated science fiction, military intrigue, and paranoia around memory and technology
• Appleseedstylized cyberpunk crime investigation focused on artificial bodies, state power, and unstable memory

Directors

Masahiko Murata, Kazuchika Kise

Release Date

2013-06-22

Runtime

58 min

Rating

7.0 / 10 (246)

What is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain about?

A cybernetic investigator confronts bombing conspiracies and fractured memories in the militarized aftermath of a world war.

What is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain violent?

Yes. Ember rates the violence in Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain as graphic.

Which films are like Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain?

Films with a similar feel include Ghost in the Shell, Psycho-Pass: The Movie, Patlabor 2: The Movie, and Appleseed.

How long is Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain?

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain runs 58 minutes.

Where can I watch Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain?

In United States, Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.