THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

Name: THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Genre: Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2026-07-07
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kousuke Goto

ENDED1 Season10 Episodes★ 8.1

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL is an animated action-adventure series on Fuji TV that premiered in 2026, ending after 1 season and 10 episodes.

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NetworkFuji TV

First AiredJul 7, 2026

Last AiredSep 8, 2026

GenreAnimation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime25 min

Original Title攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

LanguageJapanese

CountryJapan

ProductionBandai Namco Filmworks, Kodansha, Science SARU

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?

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Cast

Maaya Sakamoto

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Hiroki Yasumoto

Batou (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Togusa (voice)

Kazuhiro Yamaji

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Kousuke Goto

Ishikawa (voice)

Toru Nara

Saito (voice)

Marie Ooi

Operator (voice)

Tomoko Kaneda

Fuchikoma (voice)

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 10 episodes

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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

Jul 7, 202625m★ 7.1

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

Jul 14, 202625m★ 7.1

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

Jul 21, 202625m★ 7.1

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

Jul 28, 202625m★ 6.7

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

Aug 4, 202625m★ 7.5

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

Aug 11, 202625m★ 7.4

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

Aug 18, 202625m★ 7.0

A robot flees from Megatech Body Co., Ltd. Section 9 takes it into custody, only to find that the Puppet Master is inside it. The Puppet Master announces to Aramaki's team that it is "a life form that arose spontaneously in the sea of information." Moments after it requests political asylum, it is stolen by an unknown party.

E8EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i

Aug 25, 202625m★ 7.0

Kusanagi regains consciousness after a brain-dive into the Puppet Master. Although they now know the truth behind what happened, Kusanagi keeps sensing the Puppet Master's presence from time to time. The Shell Squad raids a boat being used by a terrorist cell, and Kusanagi mistakenly guns down its leader.

E9EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN ii

Sep 1, 202625m★ 7.1

Footage of the incident is leaked to the media by some unknown party, and Kusanagi is accused of murdering the terrorist in cold blood. Kusanagi, suspecting that the Ghorantl intelligence service is pulling the strings behind the scenes, conducts a solo investigation, but she finds herself put on trial.

E10EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAIN iii + GHOST COAST + EPILOGUE

Sep 8, 202625m★ 8.2

Kusanagi loses her prosthetic body when it is gunned down, and she flees the scene with Batou as a disembodied brain. They go to Batou's safehouse to get her a new body, but she is channeled into by the presumed-destroyed Puppet Master while in lockdown mode.

About THE GHOST IN THE SHELL

THE GHOST IN THE SHELL is an animation, action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy series on Fuji TV. The show first aired on Jul 7, 2026 and currently has 1 season and 10 episodes. THE GHOST IN THE SHELL has ended. It has a rating of 8.1/10 based on 76 votes. The cast includes Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroki Yasumoto, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Kousuke Goto.