Ghost in the Shell The Exhibition Heads to Hyogo for a Summer 2026 Kansai Run

What was announced

The official Ghost in the Shell exhibition account has confirmed that "Ghost in the Shell The Exhibition" (攻殻機動隊展 Ghost and the Shell) will make its first stop outside Tokyo this summer, touring to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe. According to the franchise's official global site and the Kansai TV event page, the Kansai run is scheduled for July 17 through August 30, 2026, open daily except Mondays from 10:00 to 17:00, with last entry at 16:30.

A series-wide archive on the move

Billed as the first exhibition to span every entry in the animated Ghost in the Shell canon, the show first ran at TOKYO NODE in Toranomon Hills from January 30 to April 5, 2026, where organizers say it drew roughly 80,000 visitors. The Hyogo edition carries over that core archive of more than 1,600 items, including original drawings, storyboards, layouts and other production materials that trace the property across its animated history, from the theatrical films through the Stand Alone Complex television era. It is a rare chance to study the hand-drawn foundations of a series usually discussed for its finished animation.

New anime art and a Sorayama sculpture

The Kansai stop is not a straight copy of the Tokyo show. The official announcement highlights an expanded section built around THE GHOST IN THE SHELL, the new television anime from Science SARU, adding setting materials, character designs and original drawings from the project. The exhibition also promises the first display of a second Hajime Sorayama sculpture, a piece tied to the Puppet Master, joining the Motoko Kusanagi figure that anchored the Tokyo run. Sorayama, who designed the new series' title logo, has become a throughline across the franchise's 2026 exhibition activity.

The timing is deliberate. The official site lists the Science SARU series, with series composition by novelist Toh EnJoe and character designs by Shuhei Handa, as premiering on Prime Video in Japan on July 7, 2026, just over a week before the Hyogo doors open. That gives the exhibition's new-anime section immediate relevance for visitors who will have only just started the show.

What visitors can expect