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In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
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In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
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Episode 1
A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.
Directed by Masaki TachibanaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai
Episode 2
A refugee living in Japan has plans to "reset the world" and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams, or something more sinister?
Directed by Kenichi TakeshitaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Shoutarou Suga
Episode 3
=A hacker and thief by the name of Cash Eye plans on infiltrating a vault during a party, and Section 9 is called in to prevent it. But there are a number of strange elements in this case that don't all add up.
Directed by Kazunobu FusekiWritten by Dai Sato
Episode 4
A routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firing on anyone who comes near. And a mysterious and creepy man known as Gohda arrives to tell Section 9 how to handle it.
Directed by Masayuki YoshiharaWritten by Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 5
An assassination threat has been made against Prime Minister Kayabuki; Section 9 is called to serve as bodyguards Meanwhile, investigation on the Individual Eleven turns up some interesting history.
Directed by Kenichi TakeshitaWritten by Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 6
A seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run turns into anything but when Togusa investigates. While in Tokyo, he discovers a secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden deep underground.
Directed by Toshiyuki KonoWritten by Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 7
Plans have been leaked to terrorists that the plutonium recovered from the underground nuclear facility in Tokyo is to be moved. Section 9 is called in to ensure the plutonium reaches its destination, and Gohda is there again.
Directed by Itsuro KawasakiWritten by Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 8
While on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 finds out that someone is pulling strings and feeding misinformation to the Public Safety Sections.
Directed by Kazunobu FusekiWritten by Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 9
The Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda and his motives, while the rest of Section 9 are out to stop a string of suicide bombings.
Directed by Kenichi TakeshitaWritten by Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama, Yuichiro Matsuka
Episode 10
Togusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.
Directed by Toshiyuki KonoWritten by Taiki Sakurai
Episode 11
While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.
Directed by Jun MatsumotoWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Omatsu
Episode 12
The Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.
Directed by Masaki TachibanaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Omatsu
Episode 13
With the latest Individual 11 incident still fresh in the public's mind, Section 9 discovers that only a skilled face sculptor could have created Kuze's prosthetic face. Since only two artists fit that description, they quickly locate the craftsmen and go to question them.
Directed by Itsuro KawasakiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Omatsu
Episode 14
Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
Directed by Masayuki YoshiharaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai
Episode 15
During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.
Directed by Kenichi TakeshitaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai
Episode 16
The Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report on what he found out about Kuze's past.
Directed by Masaki TachibanaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 17
Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.
Directed by Itsuro KawasakiWritten by Shoutarou Suga
Episode 18
The Major and Batou are flown to Berlin in an effort to track down a terrorist called "Angel's Feathers". While there, Batou attracts the attention of a young girl in a wheelchair.
Directed by Toshiyuki KonoWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 19
Despite close scrutiny by the authorities, the Dejima refugees declare their independence. Kuze is suspected to be the mastermind behind this new resistance and Section 9 is sent to detain him.
Directed by Kazunobu FusekiWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 20
Section 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on the body of a dead addict.
Directed by Kenichi TakeshitaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 21
Much to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.
Directed by Masayuki YoshiharaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 22
The city of Fukuoka is evacuated when a live nuclear bomb is found. With the Dejima Refugees targeted as the prime suspects, the government sends the Self-Defense Forces into the city.
Directed by Itsuro KawasakiWritten by Dai Sato, Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 23
The government declares martial Law in Dejima, believing that the refugees have a nuclear device and plan to use it to gain independence. When the refugees' connection to Kuze is cut off, one shot begins a bloody war.
Directed by Toshiyuki KonoWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 24
The Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9 head to Dejima to try to hand over the nuclear device to the military there, in order to defuse the situation, while Ishikawa heads to SPring-8 to deliver the rest of the plutonium.
Directed by Masaki TachibanaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 25
Kuze manages to take down the jamming plane, but becomes trapped in rubble with the Major. The Tachikomas begin discussing what to do about the nuclear submarine they have spotted, and Batou manages to convince the special forces that have been sent to kill them to listen to him.
Directed by Jun MatsumotoWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode 26
The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.
Directed by Masayuki YoshiharaWritten by Kenji Kamiyama
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
Osamu SakaDaisuke Aramaki (voice)
Taimei SuzukiKubota (voice)
Takashi OnozukaPaz (voice)
Rikiya KoyamaHideo Kuze (voice)
Taro YamaguchiBorma (voice)
Toru OkawaSaito (voice)
Production I.GJapan
Bandai VisualJapan
dentsuJapan
Victor EntertainmentJapan
Nippon Television Network CorporationJapanMore shows like Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
