THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
“The aggressive unit "Shell Squad", led by the full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi.”
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?
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In the year 2029, Niihama City has become a technologically advanced metropolis. Due to great improvements in cybernetics, its citizens are able to replace their limbs with robotic parts. The world is now more interconnected than ever before, and the city's Public Security Section 9 is responsible for combating corruption, terrorism, and other dangerous threats following this shift toward globalisation.
1.EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i
7.207-07-202625 minDuring 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 cybor...
2.EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i
8.314-07-202625 minKusanagi 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...
3.EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii
8.021-07-202625 minKusanagi 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 s...
4.EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO
7.028-07-202625 minThere 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...
- Ep 5
5.EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND
04-08-2026 - Ep 6
6.Episode 6
11-08-2026 - Ep 7
7.Episode 7
18-08-2026 - Ep 8
8.Episode 8
25-08-2026 - Ep 9
9.Episode 9
01-09-2026 - Ep 10
10.Episode 10
08-09-2026
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