THE GHOST IN THE SHELL(2026)

Name: THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2026-07-07
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kousuke Goto

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

★ 8.4(36)25m10 episodesReturning Series

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?

First aired:: 2026-07-07
Country:: JP
Network:: Fuji TV, Tokai Television Broadcasting, Kansai TV, Fukui TV, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Iwate Menkoi Television, Sendai Television, SAGA TV, Ishikawa TV, TNC, OHK, Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting, Television Shin Hiroshima System, TV Shizuoka, NST, NBS, Sakuranbo TV, TSK, Ehime Broadcasting, KTS, Fukushima TV, AKT, Toyama Television, TV Kumamoto, Okinawa Television Broadcasting, KTN

Episodes

Season 1(10)

1. EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i
★ 7.4
2026-07-07 · 25m
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. EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i
★ 8.3
2026-07-14 · 25m
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. EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii
★ 8.0
2026-07-21 · 25m
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. EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO
★ 7.7
2026-07-28 · 25m
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. EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND
★ 8.3
2026-08-04 · 25m
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. EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER
★ 8.5
2026-08-11 · 25m
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.
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7. EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY
2026-08-18
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8. Episode 8
2026-08-25
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9. Episode 9
2026-09-01
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10. Episode 10
2026-09-08