Season 1 – The Ghost in the Shell

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Jul 2026

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In 2029, Motoko Kusanagi, a full-body cyborg, leads an elite combat unit and envisions the creation of a specialized task force to pre-emptively strike against emerging threats; a mysterious hacker known as The Puppet Master emerges.

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Ayaan Paul Chowdhury

The Hindu

6 days ago

Across its ten episodes, The Ghost in the Shell has revitalised the original’s caustic critique of hypercapitalism and machine intelligence.

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Philip Jean-Pierre

Geek Girl Riot / RIOTUS

Aug 16, 2026

B+

When machines can create anything, where does that leave the humans who built the machines? That tonal whiplash could easily fall apart in lesser hands. Here, it works, because the show never loses the philosophical thread underneath the spectacle.

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Carlos Gallego

CinemasComics

Aug 6, 2026

4.5/5

Science SARU achieves something very difficult: honoring the legacy of The Ghost in the Shell while crafting an adaptation with an identity of its own. [Full Review in Spanish]

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David Opie

GamesRadar+

Jul 12, 2026

4/5

Ghost in the Shell continues to subvert expectations even now, 37 years after Shirow first put pen to paper, but that's incredibly fitting for a franchise long defined by change.

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Mariló Delgado

Espinof

Jul 9, 2026

4.5/5

The remake has that charming 90s anime feel, and it has also perfectly captured Shirow's style, from the character designs to the setting and the type of technology they use. [Full review in Spanish]

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Isaiah Colbert

io9.com

Jul 6, 2026

Its sweeping animation sequences are a visual treat, its whimsically expressive character work is delightfully charming, and its operatic soundtrack punctuates every death-defying action scene with absolute sonic finesse.

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Elvira G

@ElviraG 6 days ago

They did a straight adaptation of the manga for the first time and it’s perfection.

Andrew L

@RT15282230 Sep 9, 2026

If you are a fan of anything cyberpunk or futuristic this show is a must see. Elements of humor and philosophical overtones blend together to make a show that is surprisingly deep and enjoyable for 25 minutes episodes.

Trent C

@trent527 Sep 8, 2026

Gorgeously animated and faithful to the manga, this is the GitS we’ve been waiting for.

EE D

@RT03285035 Aug 28, 2026

Man, what a disappointment! Was hoping to see the new series but the graphics is from the 70's, the dialogues are immature as they probably been in the original comics. Want to see what can be done with it? Watch the movie from the 90's

Austin R

@austinrian Aug 21, 2026

Gorgeously animated, The Ghost In The Shell gets the source material back on track after several movie and tv hiccups.

Ryan Y

@McGomez Aug 17, 2026

Shockingly unwatchable and almost certainly 100% AI. I read these reviews saying animation was manga accurate…of course I’ve seen all the anime versions only, so I checked some pages and characters of the manga to see if it also looked this bad. It doesn’t, in fact the manga is very good. It is sheer fantasy that this is manga accurate. It looks exclusively produced from AI trained on Ghibli and Pokemon wildly shifting between animation styles. Long segments of inappropriate still frames anyway, like they couldn't even afford enough tokens. Story delivery, musical choices, character expressions might as well have been made by aliens. And this is in the first 5 minutes, talk about a first impression! A complete and utter sham.

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Kazuhiro Yamaji

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Hiroki Yasumoto

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Episode 1

Aired Jul 7, 2026

Prologue + Super Spartan i

During a raid, Daisuke Aramaki of Public Security encounters the mysterious cyborg agent Motoko Kusanagi; Motoko Kusanagi proposes a new special unit to the Minister of the Interior.

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Episode 2

Aired Jul 14, 2026

Super Spartan ii + Junk Jungle i

Recruited by Aramaki, Kusanagi and her team begin their operations as the Shell Squad; when a virus infects the cyberbrain of the Foreign Minister's interpreter, Aramaki suspects an attempt to sabotage a secret meeting by the exiled Colonel Malles.

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Episode 3

Aired Jul 21, 2026

Junk Jungle ii + Megatech Machine i + ii

Kusanagi and Togusa take their suspect into custody after a furious chase in their Fuchikomas; 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.

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Episode 4

Aired Jul 28, 2026

Robot Rondo

Following a series of human attacks by promotional sample robots, Kusanagi's team discovers a shared trait among the model line; Batou and Togusa investigate their manufacturer, Hanka Precision Instruments, to uncover the cause behind the attacks.

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Episode 5

Aired Aug 4, 2026

Phantom Fund

Kusanagi and the team go to the Far North to surveil a combat cyborg named Koil Krasnov; Kusanagi infiltrates Sagawa's offices; Batou and the rest make for the underground factory.

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Episode 6

Aired Aug 11, 2026

Dumb Barter

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 battle against an armed group in an abandoned factory.

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Episode 7

Aired Aug 18, 2026

Bye, Bye Clay

A robot flees from Megatech Body Co., Ltd.; Section Nine 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.

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Episode 8

Aired Aug 25, 2026

Intermission + Brain Drain i

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.

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Episode 9

Aired Sep 1, 2026

BRAIN DRAIN ii

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.

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Episode 10

Aired Sep 8, 2026

EPISODE 10: BRAIN DRAINⅲ+ GHOST COAST + EPILOGUE

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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Director: Touma Kimura, Mokochan
Creator: Shirow Masamune
Network: Prime Video
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date: Jul 7, 2026

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