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.

Title: Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 1 - Ghost Pain
Imdb rate: 7.2
Imdb votes: 3,304
Year: 2013
Language: Japanese
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Director: Masahiko Murata, Kazuchika Kise
Writers: Shirow Masamune (manga), Tow Ubukata (screenplay), John Burgmeier (head writer), Clint Bickham (script writer)
Actors:
Maaya Sakamoto
Ikkyu Juku
Ken'ichirô Matsuda
Tarusuke Shingaki

Awards: 1 nomination.