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THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
★ 8.1/10•2026•25m•TV-MA•Animation•Action & Adventure•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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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?

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageJA
First Air DateJul 7, 2026

Episodes

Episode 1 - EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN iE125m

EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i

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.

Jul 7, 2026

Episode 2 - EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE iE225m

EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i

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.

Jul 14, 2026

Episode 3 - EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + iiE325m

EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii

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.

Jul 21, 2026

Episode 4 - EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDOE425m

EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO

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.

Jul 28, 2026

Episode 5 - EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUNDE525m

EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND

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.

Aug 4, 2026

Episode 6 - EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTERE625m

EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER

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.

Aug 11, 2026

Episode 7 - EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAYE725m

EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY

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.

Aug 18, 2026

Episode 8 - EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN iE825m

EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i

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.

Aug 25, 2026

Episode 9 - EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN iiE925m

EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN ii

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.

Sep 1, 2026

Episode 10 - EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAIN iii + GHOST COAST + EPILOGUEE1025m

EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAIN iii + GHOST COAST + EPILOGUE

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.

Sep 8, 2026

Actors

Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Hiroki Yasumoto

Batou (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Togusa (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Kousuke Goto

Kousuke Goto

Ishikawa (voice)

Toru Nara

Toru Nara

Saito (voice)

Marie Ooi

Marie Ooi

Operator (voice)

Tomoko Kaneda

Tomoko Kaneda

Fuchikoma (voice)

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