Summary
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?
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+32)
Critics 100Audiences 68GoodWatch 86
Time to watch it all
4 h 10 min
10 episodes, about 25 min each
An episode a night: done in 10 nights.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 120 more
First aired
2026
July 7, 2026
Ended 2026
Genres
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- TV-MAUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
11 people
Maaya SakamotoMotoko Kusanagi (voice)10 episodes
Hiroki YasumotoBatou (voice)10 episodes
Yuichi NakamuraTogusa (voice)10 episodes
Kazuhiro YamajiDaisuke Aramaki (voice)10 episodes
Kousuke GotoIshikawa (voice)10 episodes
Toru NaraSaito (voice)10 episodes
Marie OoiOperator (voice)10 episodes
Tomoko KanedaFuchikoma (voice)10 episodes
Himari FujiiAdam1 episode
Miyu AmanoLink1 episode
Cheryl NgNewscaster (voice)1 episode
Directing · 6
- Toru Hasutani Director, Storyboard Artist
- Akitoshi Yokoyama Director, Storyboard Artist
- Gan Haotian Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- Takahiro Kaneko Director
- Junya Iwake Director, Animation Director
- Youko Kikuchi Director, Storyboard Artist
Production · 4
- Daichi Sasa Producer
- Kengo Abe Producer
- Kohei Sakita Producer
- Hirokuni Taniguchi Producer
Camera · 1
- Hikari Itoh Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Kiyoshi Hirose Editor
Sound · 5
- Taisei Iwasaki Original Music Composer, Music Director
- Yuki Kanesaka Original Music Composer
- Ryo Konishi Original Music Composer
- Shota Yaso Sound Effects
- Hiroaki Ota Sound Recordist
Art · 3
- Hajime Sorayama Title Designer
- Emi Katanosaka Art Direction
- Bahi JD Storyboard Artist, Key Animation, Animation Director
Other crew · 90
- Mokochan Series Director, Storyboard Artist, Director
- Hironori Tanaka Key Animation, Director, Storyboard Artist, Animation Director
- Toh EnJoe Series Composition, Writer
- Shuhei Handa Character Designer, Supervising Animation Director
- Shirow Masamune Original Story
- Satoru Iguchi Theme Song Performance
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL episodes
1 season · 10 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Prologue + Super Spartan i, 7.5
- S1 E2 Super Spartan ii + Junk Jungle i, 7.5
- S1 E3 Junk Jungle ii + Megatech Machine i + ii, 7.5
- S1 E4 Robot Rondo, 7.8
- S1 E5 Phantom Fund, 7.5
- S1 E6 Dumb Barter, 8.0
- S1 E7 Bye Bye Clay, 8.2
- S1 E8 Intermission + Brain Drain i, 7.6
- S1 E9 Brain Drain ii, 7.5
- S1 E10 Brain Drain iii + Ghost Coast + Epilogue, 7.8
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