Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Theme Singer Origa Passes Away

Voice actress Jenya reported on her official Twitter account that singer Origa passed away on Saturday, due to lung cancer. She was 44 years old.

Russian-born Origa first came to Japan in 1991 on a home-stay program, and made her major debut in Japan in 1995 under the EMI Music Japan label. Origa has released seven solo albums, two mini-albums, and 3 singles. She gained popularity outside of Japan with the release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and the subsequent original soundtracks, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 2. She’s widely known for the two opening themes Inner Universe and Rise for the TV anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and its sequel, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_EU2p4TIc

She also performed the hymn singing voice for the character Kanon in Gust and KOEI Tecmo Games’ Ar nosurge PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita video game, which shipped in Japan last year.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex opening theme Inner Universe by Origa:

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG opening theme Rise by Origa:

Arete Hime’s opening theme song Красно Солнце (Krasno Solntse) by Origa:

Source: ANN, Otakomu


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Scarlett Johansson to star in the Hollywood movie adaptation of ‘Ghost in the Shell’

According to American entertainment website, Variety, Dreamworks Pictures has now chosen the star of its Hollywood adaptation of the classic Japanese anime movie, Ghost in the Shell, and it is none other than A-lister, Scarlett Johansson, who was just kicking butt in Hollywood action movies like Lucy and of course, her roles as Black Widow in The Avengers and Captain America: Winter Soldier.

Ghost in the Shell is a 1995 anime movie based on the seinen manga written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. Set in a post-cyberpunk world, Ghost in the Shell follows Motoko Kusanagi and the rest of the Public Security Section 9 as they deal with technological threats. It has become one of the best animated movies to ever come out of Japan and was so successful that even Hollywood has taken notice.

DreamWorks executive and legendary director, Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park, E.T., Indiana Jones) is a huge fan of the original anime movie and has wanted this project to be realized for a long time now. With ScarJo’s commitment, this new movie project should be greenlit pretty soon.

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