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THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
The aggressive unit "Shell Squad", led by the full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi.
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Cast
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Signature profile
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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
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?
The run
Seasons
1 season · 10 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20261 episode
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202610 episodes
7.8IMDbIn 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.
Best episode · S01E02 EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
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S01E01
EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i
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.
- Written by Toh EnJoe
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E05
EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND
S01E04
EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO
S01E03
EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii
S01E02
EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i
S00E01
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL: Pre-Broadcast Top-Secret Cyber-Special
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Daichi SasaProducer
- Kohei SakitaProducer
- Hirokuni TaniguchiProducer
- Kengo AbeProducer
Writing
- Toh EnJoeWriter
Music
- Taisei IwasakiOriginal Music Composer
- Ryo KonishiOriginal Music Composer
- Yuki KanesakaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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