Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex coming to Blu-ray

After a raft of none-to-subtle teasing tweets about an upcoming announcement Manga Entertainment have finally spilled the beans that they will be releasing Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex on Blu-ray.

The release will be in the form of a limited deluxe edition, which is limited to 1000 copies, and will be exclusive to Zavvi. Presented in a rigid collector's box the set will contain:

• Stand Alone Complex – 26 Episodes
• Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig – 26 Episodes
• The Laughing Man OVA
• Individual Eleven OVA
• Solid State Society

As well as the following on disc extras:

• Interviews with Kenji Kamiyama (director), Yoko Kanno (composer), voice actors, writers, mecha designers, animation directors and more!
• Trailer
• TV Spots
• Textless opening

Also included will be an exclusive 140-page in-depth book translated for this release that showcases timelines, episode breakdowns, staff & character profiles, a study of cyberpunk, annotated production sketches and "tonnes more GITS SAC content".

The release will be hitting Zavvi's virtual retail shelves on 4th June 2018, for an SRP of £149.99 (Zavvi are currently advertising a price of £99.99, with a "saving" of £50.00). You can pre-order Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Complete Series Collection - Deluxe Edition (Zavvi Exclusive) Blu-ray now, direct from Zavvi.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex remains one of our all time favourites here at UK Anime Towers. Are you as excited as we are? Comment below, or come say hi in the forums.

Synopsis: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex follows female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. In the course of their work, Kusanagi and Section 9 must do everything from resolving hostage crises to hunting down runaway state-of-the-art killing machines.

Source: Manga Entertainment.