The BEST episodes of THE GHOST IN THE SHELL season 1

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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? A new era of cyberpunk action begins!

Last Updated: 7/11/2026Network: Fuji TVStatus: Continuing
EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i
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#1 - EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2026

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.

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