History Anime / GhostInTheShellArise

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Motoko's [=JGSDF=] uniform closely resembles those worn by the [[KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japanese Army]] during {{UsefulNotes/WWII}}. [[ArmiesAreEvil This isn't a coincidence]] in the slightest.

* MadnessMantra / RoomFullOfCrazy: ''The Lt. Col. is innocent. The Lt. Col. is innocent.''

** Motoko diving off a skyscraper in ''Ghost Stands Alone'' and engaging her thermoptic camouflage, just like the iconic scene from the 1995 movie and also ''2nd Gig's'' first episode.

*** In the same OVA, Ishikawa insults Motoko by calling her a gorilla. All throughout the franchise, but most notably in SAC, Ishikawa calls Motoko "Queen Kong" and "Major She-Ape" in "Not Equal" and "Poker Face", respectively.
** Motoko's going for a midwinter swim (from Batou's boat, to boot) in the end of ''Ghost Stands Alone'' is a send-up to the first scene of the original GITS movie.
*** Subverted with in the OVA since [[spoiler: Motoko refuses, as it's mid-winter, and simply accuses Batou of wanting to see her in a swimsuit]].

** Batou's penchant for joking about the Major's love life results in her hacking his hand to make him punch himself out. This is a carryover from the original manga.

*** [[spoiler: Kurutsu elects to [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascend into the Internet]] and leave the physical world]] very similar to Hideo Kuze at the end of 2nd GIG.

* ThrowAwayCountry: The Republic of Kuran in the manga. Qhardistan in the OVA.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: or 2027 placing it closer to now than the rest of the franchise.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Motoko's [=JGSDF=] uniform closely resembles those worn by the [[KatanasOfTheRisingSun Imperial Japanese Army]] during [[WorldWarTwo WWII]]. [[ArmiesAreEvil This isn't a coincidence]] in the slightest.

Creator/FUNimation licensed the show for release in North America; initially releasing a Limited Edition subtitled Blu-Ray. The dub of Episode 1 and 2 was released in October 2014. Episodes 3 and 4 followed suit in October 2015, and ''Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie'' is dubbed and set for release in 2016. A special showing of the dub will be in select theaters across the United States & Canada on November 10, 11, and 16.

* CarFu: A BigDamnHeroes with an armoured Toyota Koukidousha.

** In the fourth OVA, the virus makes a riot police unit [[spoiler: to see the armed terrorists within the largely peaceful demostration, massacring it as a distraction for an assassination attempt on a runaway hacker and a head politician]].

* InhumanableAlienRights: In this version Motoko was injured in the womb when her mother got into a car accident, which is the reason for her full-body prosthesis. While technically she's a full citizen, her bodies were paid for by the JGSDF and legally belong to them. [[spoiler:She's emancipated at the end of the first episode and promptly resigns her commission to work for Aramaki.]]

* InterserviceRivalry : The 501st and the Rangers in the manga are shown not to get along at all. And both hate Military Intelligence with a passion.

** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Colonel Hozumi gets her comeuppance in ''Pyrophoric Cult''. Unit 501 gets wiped out in ''The New Movie'', notably [[spoiler: Ibachi is killed by the Major, and Raizo gets shot dead by a Logicoma. Meanwhile, Kurutsu is revealed to have been a sickly IllGirl all along who decides to leave the physical world behind and join the Net.]]

'''''Ghost in the Shell: Arise''''' is an OVA consisting of four 50-minute episodes. Kazichiki Kase -- the Key Animator for the good majority of Creator/ProductionIG's works, including the original [[Anime/GhostInTheShell movies]] and ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' -- serves as director, while Tow Ubukata -- of ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor'' and ''Literature/MardockScramble'' fame -- serves as scriptwriter; ''Stand-Alone Complex'' mastermind Kenji Kamiyama confirmed that he has no involvement in this project. Creator/ShirowMasamune himself approved and helped flesh out the initial concept.

* UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce: Motoko used to be with the [=JGSDF=]'s 501st Secret Unit. Batou was in the Rangers, taken from the [=SAC=] universe. Pazu and Aramaki were in the JGSDF military police, though Aramaki was in the Investigations Department, not enforcement, and was later transferred to the Military Intelligence (which is a plot point in "Ghost Stands Alone"). Ishikawa, Saito and Borma are said to be with the Rangers in the Arise 'verse, while other incarnations have not made it clear which part of the JGSDF they belong in.

A manga adaptation of ''Arise'' released simultaneously with each [=OVA=] episode. In the Spring2015Anime season, a 10-episode TV series called ''Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture'' aired. ''Alternative Architecture'' is the original 4 OVA episodes split up into two episodes each for TV broadcast; the final two episodes are a new arc called ''Pyrophoric Cult'' and conclude the Fire-Starter MythArc... till the movie.

A manga adaptation of ''Arise'' released simultaneously with each [=OVA=] episode. In the Spring2015Anime season, a 10-episode TV series called ''Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture'' aired. ''Alternative Architecture'' is the original 4 OVA episodes split up into two episodes each for TV broadcast; the final two episodes are a new arc called ''Pyrophoric Cult'' and conclude the Fire-Starter MythArc... for now.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: ''The New Movie'' begins with Kurutsu and the 501st becomming [=PMC]=s, believing that [[MegaCorp corporations have already reached the point]] of overtaking governments.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: ''The New Movie'' begins with Kurutsu and the 501st becomming [=PMC]=s, believing that [[MegaCorp corporations have already reached the point]] of overtaking governments.
* ProductPlacement: All over the place, sometimes to the detriment to the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief -- it's hard to believe that the current gee-whiz gizmos [[TechMarchesOn would stay relevant after 14 years]]:
** [[http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/891606_169590066527562_2101298353_o.jpg The first official reveal]] of all of Section 9's character designs is in an advertisement for Microsoft's ''Surface''.
** Aramaki drives high end ''Infiniti'' cars rather prominently.
* PromotedToScapegoat: [[spoiler:Kurutsu and Unit 501 had to let Mamuro take the fall for the Vice Minister's crimes so they can expose the latter. Motoko is not pleased with this]].
* ReallyGetsAround: In ''Ghost Tears'' Motoko was said to go through six boyfriends in six months. In the same conversation Paz says that he never sleeps with the same woman twice as well.
* TheRival: Batou and Motoko to each other in their army days. After joining Section 9, they've settled into the more familiar VitriolicBestBuds dynamic.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Noroshi has this in the 1st manga chapter [[spoiler:after JGSDF officers assigned to the Kuran [=PKO=] base evacuated without the Rangers to avoid being killed or captured by armed guerrillas when the base was attacked by rogue Kuran Air Force fighters. He didn't get a chance to bomb the hotel where the officers were since Batou told him that it won't bring back the dead civilians or their fellow Rangers from the dead.]]

* NewTechIsNotCheap: The JSDF funneled enormous amount of money into the research and production of [[HollywoodCyborg military cyborgs]] during World War IV. This is the main reason for their current PerpetualPoverty.

* OriginsEpisode: Following along with the first chapter of the manga, this series will cover an aspect of Motoko's life right before she is recruited to Aramaki's Section 9 project. He had to make sure that such a team could work out first before having it officially approved by the government.

* {{Prequel}}: To Ghost In The Shell in general. The formation of Section 9 is something that isn't even covered in the manga aside from the first chapter, and the trailer already shows it going [[AdaptationExpansion much beyond that in detail.]] This trope is somewhat [[ZigZaggingTrope zigzagged]], however, as while 2027 is the earliest setting in the Franchise/GhostInTheShell franchise, this is still not an official part of any of the [[AlternateContinuity three separate continuities.]]
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: ''The New Movie'' begins with Kurutsu and the 501st becomming PMCs, believing that corporations have already reached the point of overtaking governments.

* TomatoInTheMirror: A lot of many characters' memories and visuals aren't real, but rather phantoms [[spoiler:induced by various viruses and hacks, such as those that were used to make Mamuro drop his investigation, which Motoko got from his cyberbrain; or fake memories installed into Col. Soga and his men about their op in the -stans]]. From the ease that cyberbrains are intruded into, they seem to be running non-upgraded [[MicrosoftWindows Windows]] [[ButtMonkey XP]].

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Guess who? Is starts with the BelligerentSexualTension in the manga, where Batou and the Major are still [[JustForPun major]] [[TheRival rivals]], through their usual VitriolicBestBuds and WellExcuseMePrincess dynamic, to the pretty blatant last scene of the fourth OVA.

*** The Major [[spoiler: forcibly disbands Section 9 after the assault on the spy ship]], just like in the first season finale of SAC and she chooses to go solo like in ''Solid State Society.''

*** The entire ending of the movie is cribbed right from the ending of 2nd GIG: [[spoiler: dozens of heavily armed police move into a skyscraper to arrest a corrupt politician, who informs Aramaki that he is defecting and has left a letter to that extent. The Major then snarkily remarks "Is that so?" and shoots him in the face three times from outside the window. The cops rush to see what happened, and we get her iconic shot of her falling while cloaking. A scene during the credits then shows Section 9 watching sakura leaves fall before Aramaki calls them to [[AndTheAdventureContinues get back to work]], and they ride back to the city on their Logicomas.]]

Creator/FUNimation licensed the show for release in North America; initially releasing a Limited Edition subtitled Blu-Ray. The dub of Episode 1 and 2 was released in October 2014. Episodes 3 and 4 followed suit in October 2015, and ''Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie'' is dubbed and set for release in 2016. A special showing of the dub will be in select theaters all across the United States on November 11, 12, and 16.

** With the conclusion of ''Pyrophoric Cult'', it's looking like this will be addressed in the movie.

* HeavySleeper: Saito is constantly napping throughout Border 3.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: Motoko lets the Logicoma shoot the tires of Jeep, drives past them and the suddenly go kablooey.