The aggressive unit "Shell Squad", led by the full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi.

82% rating 2026 TV-MA 1 season

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2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the "Shell Squad." An international conspiracy hints at a hacker known as The "Puppet Master." What fate awaits Kusanagi? What is the hacker's endgame?

EpisodesSeason 1 · 10 episodes

  1. 25 min 1. EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i07/07/2026 During 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.
  2. 25 min 2. EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i14/07/2026 Kusanagi 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.
  3. 25 min 3. EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii21/07/2026 Kusanagi 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.
  4. 25 min 4. EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO28/07/2026 There 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.
  5. 25 min 5. EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND04/08/2026 Kusanagi 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.
  6. 25 min 6. EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER11/08/2026 Kusanagi 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.
  7. 25 min 7. EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY18/08/2026 A 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.
  8. 25 min 8. EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i25/08/2026 Kusanagi regains consciousness after a brain-dive into the Puppet Master. Although they now know the truth behind what happened, Kusanagi keeps sensing the Puppet Master's presence from time to time. The Shell Squad raids a boat being used by a terrorist cell, and Kusanagi mistakenly guns down its leader.
  9. 25 min 9. EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN ii01/09/2026 Footage of the incident is leaked to the media by some unknown party, and Kusanagi is accused of murdering the terrorist in cold blood. Kusanagi, suspecting that the Ghorantl intelligence service is pulling the strings behind the scenes, conducts a solo investigation, but she finds herself put on trial.
  10. 25 min 10. EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAIN iii + GHOST COAST + EPILOGUE08/09/2026 Kusanagi loses her prosthetic body when it is gunned down, and she flees the scene with Batou as a disembodied brain. They go to Batou's safehouse to get her a new body, but she is channeled into by the presumed-destroyed Puppet Master while in lockdown mode.

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THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

About THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

Cast
坂本真綾, 安元洋貴, 中村悠一, 山路和弘, 後藤光祐, 奈良徹, 大井麻利衣, 金田朋子
Genres
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Original title
攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
First aired
07/07/2026
Status
Ended
Rating
TV-MA
Original language
JA
Country
JP
Tags
cyberpunk, based on manga, anime, police, cybercrime, cyborg, counterterrorism, female cyborg