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In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
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Episode 1
The United States, 2045. Working as mercenaries, the Major and her team, including newbie Stan, defend a gated town from outlaws. Togusa takes a call.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 2
Armed by a generous patron, the Nomads attack Section 9 with AI drones. Togusa accepts a new mission from Japan's peace-seeking Prime Minister.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 3
As Togusa dives into cyberspace to track his former team members, the group is detained by a mysterious American organization seeking to employ them.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 4
While researching the team's disappearance and John Smith, Togusa takes a calculated risk. The GHOST members question the true nature of their mission.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 5
Aramaki sets off after Kusanagi in a race against time. GHOST begin their assignment, but Huge's cybernetic security forces them to alter their plans.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 6
Following the Section 9 reunion, Kusanagi and her colleagues learn about the "post-humans," a previously unknown threat to humanity.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 7
Back in Japan after six years, Batou decides to take a break while waiting for his delayed team. Then some amateur bank robbers interrupt his fun.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 8
The Major and Smith clash over Section 9's new mission hunting post-humans. She orders Togusa to investigate a suspected spy near the Prime Minister.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 9
Problems arise for Section 9 after one of the three post-humans in Japan murders several politicians, then targets the Prime Minister's father-in-law.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 10
Section 9 investigates a possible post-human hacker who uses the web to incite physical attacks on people. The trail leads to a high school student.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 11
Pudding helps analyze the Thinkpol program while the Major and Togusa search for clues about the post-human middle school student Takashi Shimamura.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 12
Togusa has a strange episode while analyzing the data confiscated from Shimamura. When he wakes up, he and Batou head out to investigate.
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji AramakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice)
Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)
Toru OkawaSaito (voice)
Takashi OnozukaPaz (voice)
Taro YamaguchiBorma (voice)
Sakiko TamagawaTachikoma (voice)
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