
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Romaji: Koukaku Kidoutai: THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Native: 攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Synopsis
The year is 2029. In near-future Japan, where the world has become highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still survive. Motoko Kusanagi, a full-body cyborg, leads an elite combat unit, including Batou. While commanding her team, Kusanagi envisions the creation of a specialized task force to preemptively strike against emerging threats. Meanwhile, Daisuke Aramaki of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had been planning to establish a similar unit, recruited Kusanagi and her team. Together, they begin operations as Public Security Section 9—an offensive tactical unit known as “Shell Squad.” As they confront complex cybercrimes and international conspiracies, the existence of a mysterious, unidentified hacker known as The “Puppet Master” emerges on the horizon of their investigation. What fate awaits Kusanagi? And what is the Puppet Master’s true objective? A new era of cyberpunk action begins. (Source:攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL Site)
Episodes (7)
Prologue / Super Spartan I
Super Spartan II / Junk Jungle I
Junk Jungle II / Megatech Machine I / Megatech Machine II
Robot Rondo
Phantom Fund
Dumb Barter
Bye Bye Clay

Prologue / Super Spartan I
calendar_today2026-07-07During a raid on a meeting with a foreign representative that he suspects involves corruption and criminal activity, Public Security's Daisuke Aramaki encounters a mysterious cyborg. Introducing herself as Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg proposes the formation of a new special forces unit to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Aramaki asks Kusanagi to investigate something as a first step.

Super Spartan II / Junk Jungle I
calendar_today2026-07-14Kusanagi and her team begin operating as the Shell Squad after being scouted by Aramaki. At some point, the cyberbrain of the Foreign Minister's interpreter was infected by a virus. Aramaki senses that Col. Malles, who is living in exile in the country, is trying to interfere with a secret meeting. He orders Kusanagi to back-trace the hack and find the culprit.

Junk Jungle II / Megatech Machine I / Megatech Machine II
calendar_today2026-07-21Kusanagi and Togusa take their suspect into custody after a furious chase in their Fuchikomas. Elsewhere, Aramaki and Batou are staking out Col. Malles when he is paid a visit by someone they suspect is the Puppet Master, the hacker who released the virus on his orders.

Robot Rondo
calendar_today2026-07-28There has been a rash of attacks against humans by promotional sample robots. Kusanagi's team rounds up robots of that same model line, and they learn that they all share a common trait. Batou and Togusa head to Hanka Precision Instruments, where they are made, to determine what is behind the attacks.

Phantom Fund
calendar_today2026-08-04Kusanagi and the team go to the Far North to surveil a combat cyborg named Koil Krasnov. To determine what Koil is after and uncover corruption behind the expansion of Sagawa Electronics' underground factory, Kusanagi infiltrates Sagawa's offices while Batou and the rest make for the underground factory.

Dumb Barter
calendar_today2026-08-11Kusanagi and her boyfriend are rushed to the hospital after being attacked without warning. They suspect Toru Soma, a terrorist that Kusanagi has a history with. Kusanagi and Togusa leave the hospital, and after leading their pursuers on a chase, they find themselves in a fierce battle against an armed group in an abandoned factory.

Bye Bye Clay
calendar_today2026-08-18A robot flees from Megatech Body Co., Ltd. Section 9 takes it into custody, only to find that the Puppet Master is inside it. The Puppet Master announces to Aramaki's team that it is "a life form that arose spontaneously in the sea of information." Moments after it requests political asylum, it is stolen by an unknown party.
Characters & Voice Cast

Motoko Kusanagi
MAIN
Daisuke Aramaki
SUPPORTING
Batou
SUPPORTING
Togusa
SUPPORTING
Ishikawa
SUPPORTING
Saito
SUPPORTING
Operator
SUPPORTING
28-ban
SUPPORTING
Seisou Kyokuin
SUPPORTING
Tonoda Taisa
SUPPORTING
Project 2501
SUPPORTING
Fuchikoma
SUPPORTINGRelated Anime (Prequels & Sequels)
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