THE GHOST IN THE SHELL — Season 1
10 episodesFirst aired 7 July 2026
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.
E1EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i
7.4Jul 202625m
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.
E2EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i
8.3Jul 202625m
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.
E3EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii
8.0Jul 202625m
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.
E4EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO
7.7Jul 202625m
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.
E5EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND
8.3Aug 202625m
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.
E6EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER
8.5Aug 202625m
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.
E7EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY
Airs Aug 2026Not yet aired
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Episode 8
Airs Aug 2026Not yet aired
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Episode 9
Airs Sept 2026Not yet aired
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Episode 10
Airs Sept 2026Not yet aired