Few sport administrators have the audacity, or eccentricity, of Hideo Kojima, and Death Stranding 2 proves that when once more. The upcoming sequel is already producing large buzz, not only for its cryptic trailers and all-star forged, however for a jaw-dropping anime Easter egg that feels too surreal to be actual. Kojima has at all times blurred the traces between cinema, video games, and now even anime in methods nobody expects.
In a transfer solely he may pull off, Kojima enlisted none apart from Ghost within the Shell director Mamoru Oshii to make an in-game look. However this was not some quiet cameo or blink-and-you’ll-miss-it nod, in accordance with @the_stevem on X. As a substitute, Oshii stars in a fully chaotic sequence that followers are already calling one of many weirdest crossovers in gaming historical past in an all-out pizza-dough-fueled martial arts battle that defies logic, style, and expectation.
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Dying Stranding 2: On the Seashore
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- Launched
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June 26, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Violence, Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Robust Language
- Developer(s)
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Kojima Productions
- Writer(s)
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Sony Interactive Leisure
- Engine
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Decima
- Variety of Gamers
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Single-player
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- Created by
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Masamune Shirow
- First Movie
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Ghost within the Shell
- Newest Movie
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Ghost in The Shell: The New Film
- First TV Present
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Ghost within the Shell: Stand Alone Complicated
- Newest TV Present
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Ghost within the Shell: SAC_2045
- First Episode Air Date
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October 1, 2002
The Ghost within the Shell franchise is a Japanese cyberpunk media collection primarily based on the manga by Masamune Shirow, first revealed in 1989. Set in a futuristic world the place cybernetic enhancements and cyberbrains are frequent, the franchise explores complicated themes of id, consciousness, and synthetic intelligence. The story follows Main Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg and a high-ranking officer in Public Safety Part 9, as she leads her group in combating cyberterrorism and uncovering political conspiracies. The collection has had a major affect on science fiction and cyberpunk genres, each in Japan and globally
