THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Airing since Tuesday, July 7, 2026. Episode 9 airs Tue, Sep 1, 2:00 PM UTC. Part of the Summer 2026 anime season. See full air dates, episode count and score below, or open the live calendar for local times, countdowns and reminders.
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The year is 2029. In near-future Japan, where the world has become highly information-intensive, with a vast corporate network covering the planet, electrons and light pulsing through it. But the nation-state and ethnic groups still survive. Motoko Kusanagi, a full-body cyborg, leads an elite combat unit, including Batou. While commanding her team, Kusanagi envisions the creation of a specialized task force to preemptively strike against emerging threats. Meanwhile, Daisuke Aramaki of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had been planning to establish a similar unit, recruited Kusanagi and her team. Together, they begin operations as Public Security Section 9—an offensive tactical unit…
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