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Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
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Cast
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Signature profile
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 24 episodes.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202012 episodes
6.4IMDbBest episode · S01E07 PIE IN THE SKY - First Bank Robbery

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202212 episodes
6.2IMDbAfter tracking down a source in California, Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Section 9 crew head back to Tokyo as the posthuman threat grows bolder.
Best episode · S02E12 DOUBLE THINK / Event Boundary
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E07
PIE IN THE SKY - First Bank Robbery
Back in Japan after six years, Batou decides to take a break while waiting for his delayed team. Then some amateur bank robbers interrupt his fun.
- Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Kenji Kamiyama
- Written by Kenji Kamiyama

S01E05
PATRICK HUGE - Gift from God
Aramaki sets off after Kusanagi in a race against time. GHOST begin their assignment, but Huge's cybernetic security forces them to alter their plans.
- Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Kenji Kamiyama
- Written by Kenji Kamiyama

S01E12
NOSTALGIA - All Will Become N
Togusa has a strange episode while analyzing the data confiscated from Shimamura. When he wakes up, he and Batou head out to investigate.
- Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Kenji Kamiyama
- Written by Kenji Kamiyama

S01E10
NET PEOPLE - Reasons Leading to Flameout
Section 9 investigates a possible post-human hacker who uses the web to incite physical attacks on people. The trail leads to a high school student.
- Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Kenji Kamiyama
- Written by Kenji Kamiyama

S01E08
ASSEMBLE - What Came About as a Result of Togusa’s Death
The Major and Smith clash over Section 9's new mission hunting post-humans. She orders Togusa to investigate a suspected spy near the Prime Minister.
- Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Kenji Kamiyama
- Written by Kenji Kamiyama

S01E02
AT YOUR OWN RISK - Divided by a Wall
Armed by a generous patron, the Nomads attack Section 9 with AI drones. Togusa accepts a new mission from Japan's peace-seeking Prime Minister.
- Directed by Shinji Aramaki, Kenji Kamiyama
- Written by Kenji Kamiyama
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S02E03
FACTOR / 1A84

S02E05
ROOM 101 / Man's Search for Meaning

S02E01
DOMINO EFFECT / Silly Kukushkin

S02E02
CLOSE CALL / I've Awoken

S02E04
MEMORIES / Born in Heaven

S02E06
N-POWER / How to Build an Independent Nation
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Shirow Masamune
Showrunner
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Shinjiro Yokoyama
Executive producer
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Ken Okawara
Executive producer
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Kohei Obara
Executive producer
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Hideyuki Igarashi
Executive producer

Taiki Sakurai
Executive producer

Shosei Ito
Executive producer

Kenji Kamiyama
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Shinjiro YokoyamaExecutive Producer
- Natsuko TatsuzawaProducer
- Haruyasu MakinoProducer
- Ken OkawaraExecutive Producer
- Kohei ObaraExecutive Producer
- Hideyuki IgarashiExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kenji KamiyamaWriter
Direction
- Shinji AramakiDirector
- Kenji KamiyamaDirector
Music
- Kazuma JinnouchiOriginal Music Composer
- Nobuko TodaOriginal Music Composer
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