Ghost in the Shell Finale Lands Okawara's Fuchikoma Art
Okawara's Fuchikoma art highlights the Ghost in the Shell series finale.
The summer run of Ghost in the Shell THE GHOST IN THE SHELL wrapped on September 8, 2026, closing out a series that leaned hard into fidelity to Masamune Shirow's original manga. Science SARU's adaptation, directed by Moko-chan, earned solid marks for animation and faithfulness—but the end cards are where the real flex happened.
Kunio Okawara, the mecha designer behind Mobile Suit Gundam, drew the Fuchikoma for his contribution. That's the kind of pedigree you bring when you want your end card to land. Okawara wasn't alone: the series cycled through end cards by Ilya Kuvshinov and Kazuya Kise as well, assembling a roster of artists who could actually draw.
End cards in anime are a small thing—a thirty-second window before the credits roll—but they matter. They're where studios flex their connections and let artists play in someone else's sandbox. Getting Okawara to draw a Fuchikoma (the cute, tank-like AI companion that Ghost in the Shell fans actually care about) signals that this adaptation took itself seriously enough to call in favors from the heavy hitters.
The series itself landed its core mission: it adapted the source material without butchering it, kept the animation engaging, and apparently didn't embarrass anyone involved. In a franchise that's been remixed, rebooted, and live-actioned to death, that's the baseline. The end cards—Okawara's Fuchikoma especially—suggest the team understood what made the original worth returning to in the first place.
Source: Anime Anime
