<P> Ghost in the Shell: Arise, also known in Japan as Mobile Armored Riot Police: Arise (Japanese: 攻 殻 機動 隊 ARISE, Hepburn: Kōkaku Kidōtai Araizu), is an original video animation and television series that serves as a re-imagining of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell . The series features new character designs and is directed by Kazuchika Kise, screenplay by Tow Ubukata, and music by Cornelius . </P> <P> Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture . a recompilation of the four original parts of the OVA in a television format, aired on nine stations from April 5 to June 14, 2015 . The AAA broadcast included two original episodes (later released as the fifth OVA) that help tie Ghost in the Shell: Arise with its 2015 animated film sequel Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie . </P> <P> The series takes place in the year 2027, where many people in developed countries have become cyborgs with prosthetic bodies . Primarily set in the fictional Japanese Newport City, the series follows a younger Motoko Kusanagi before the formation of Public Security Section 9 . At the start of Arise she is a member of the federal 501 Organization, a group who employs advanced infiltration tactics and espionage in order to attack or neutralize enemy threats . The 501 Organization is also the legal owner of Kusanagi's prosthetic body, which is lent to her in exchange for her services to the group . This debt displeases her and causes a disparity between herself and her employer . </P> <P> In Ghost Pain, a senior officer, Lieutenant Colonel Kurtz, assigns Kusanagi to a case involving a bomb that sets off in Newport . Along the way she is assisted by an official of Public Security, Daisuke Aramaki, along with ex-Ranger Batou, Detective Togusa of the Niihama Police, undercover investigator Paz and bomb specialist Borma . Throughout the film, Kusanagi is subjected to memory loss that inhibits her progress in the case . It is later revealed that she was implanted with false memories, a product of a failed "Ghost Hack" she had performed on the money - laundering conspirator Mamuro, which was infected with a memory virus . Once she realizes that the 501 Organization was involved with the scandal, she leaves the unit now in legal possession of her own prosthetic body . She is met by Aramaki, who proposes the formation of a new unit within Public Security . </P>

When does ghost in the shell arise take place