Ghost in the Shell and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Get Crossover Visual by Science SARU Director

A new crossover visual featuring THE GHOST IN THE SHELL and Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has been revealed. Both TV anime are currently airing as part of the Summer 2026 anime season, with animation production handled by Science SARU. The crossover artwork was drawn by Abel Góngora, director of Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia.

The two series come from notably different source material. THE GHOST IN THE SHELL is based on Masamune Shirow’s cyberpunk manga, while Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia adapts Tomato Soup’s historical manga.

Alongside the collaboration, a new episode visual and scene cuts were released for Episode 6 of THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, titled “DUMB BARTER.” The visual was created by Mizuho Hayashi of maxilla.

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Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Information

Tomato Soup writes and draws the A Witch’s Life in Mongol (Tenmaku no Jadugaru) historical manga series, which began serialization on Akita Shoten’s Souffle website in September 2021. The manga earned the first spot in Takarajimasha’s “This Manga is Amazing! 2023” (Women’s Edition) and ranked in the Manga Taisho Awards for two consecutive years (2023 and 2024). Yen Press licensed the manga in English.

The main anime staff is led by Naoko Yamada, well known for her work on K-On!, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, and The Heike Story, as executive director. The director’s most recent work was the The Colors Within movie, on which we had the chance to interview her. Joining her as director is Abel Góngora, who co-directed the second season of DAN DA DAN.

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Information

Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese cyberpunk franchise created by Masamune Shirow. It began as a manga series serialized from 1989 to 1991, following Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cybernetically enhanced government agent in a futuristic society where technology and consciousness intertwine. The original manga has several sequels, including:

• Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface
• The Human Algorithm (a recent sequel launched in 2019 by Junichi Fujisaku)

The franchise is best known globally for its anime adaptations, beginning with the 1995 film directed by Mamoru Oshii. It was followed by:

• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
• The acclaimed Stand Alone Complex TV series (2002–2005) and its follow-up film Solid State Society
• The Arise reboot series (2013–2015)
• The Netflix original SAC_2045 (2020–2022)

In 2017, a Hollywood live-action film starring Scarlett Johansson was released.

Source: Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia Official X
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