12 episodesFirst aired 23 May 2022
After tracking down a source in California, Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Section 9 crew head back to Tokyo as the posthuman threat grows bolder.
E1May 202225m
Members of Section 9 seek out a man named Philip Kukushkin, a Russian national who seems to know a lot about the creation of posthumans.
E2May 202225m
US special operations forces join the Section 9 team in their fight against a relentless posthuman named Suzuka Mizukane.
E3May 202225m
While extracting information from Kukushkin, the Section 9 team uncovers some shocking information about an AI program developed by the US government.
E4May 202225m
Worried Purin might be a spy for the Americans, the Major sends out a crew of Tachikoma to look into her hidden past.
E5May 202225m
Togusa finally realizes that he's been trapped in his own memories — and suddenly finds himself in a devastated Tokyo in the year 2045.
E6May 202225m
After hearing from Togusa, Batou and the others head to Tokyo. Back in Fukuoka, the Major learns that a posthuman has hijacked a nuclear submarine.
E7May 202225m
Resurrected as a full-body prosthetic cyborg, Purin tries to hitchhike her way to Tokyo. US special operations forces face Mizukane's wrath.
E8May 202225m
Batou and the group get an update on the posthuman situation from Standard. The Major and Purin join the rest of the crew in Tokyo.
E9May 202225m
To take back control of the hijacked nuclear submarine, the Section 9 team targets Mizukane and Takashi Shimamura.
E10May 202225m
Shimamura wakes up and makes a desperate move, putting Kusanagi and her crew in an impossible position.
E11May 202225m
Kusanagi and her team do everything they can to stop the US from implementing their draconian plan to end the nuclear standoff with "N."
E12May 202229m
The Section 9 crew start living their regular lives as if nothing ever happened — and the only one who finds it strange is Kusanagi.