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THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
“The aggressive unit "Shell Squad", led by the full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi.”
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?
2026 8.1/10 community score 1 season · 10 episodes Ended
- Animation
- Action & Adventure
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
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- Ended
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S1 E10
EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAIN iii + GHOST COAST + EPILOGUE
Aired 25 min
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.
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Season 1
10 episodes
First episode aired
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2 episodes
First episode aired
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