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Batou
Main
Motoko Kusanagi
Main
Project 2501
Main
Togusa
Main
Akafuku
Supporting
Daisuke Aramaki
Supporting
Cyberneticist
Supporting
Mizuho Daita
Supporting
Diplomat
Supporting
Dr. Willis
Supporting
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Producer
Shigeru Watanabe
Producer
Mamoru Oshii
Director, Storyboard
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Sound director
Mizuho Nishikubo
Episode director
Kazunori Ito
Script
Masahiro Andou
Key animation
Kouichi Arai
Key animation
Masatsugu Arakawa
Key animation
Hisashi Eguchi
Key animation
Anime
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TV · 26 episodes
Anime
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Movie · 1 episode
Anime
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
ONA · 12 episodes
Anime
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Movie · 1 episode
Anime
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Movie · 1 episode
Manga
The Ghost in the Shell
Volumes
Ghost in the Shell
10.00Score
#1,155Rank
- Action
- Award Winning
- Mystery
- Sci-Fi
- Suspense
- Adult Cast
- Detective
- Mecha
- Psychological
- Seinen
Synopsis
In the year 2029, Niihama City has become a technologically advanced metropolis. Due to great improvements in cybernetics, its citizens are able to replace their limbs with robotic parts. The world is now more interconnected than ever before, and the city's Public Security Section 9 is responsible for combating corruption, terrorism, and other dangerous threats following this shift toward globalization.
The strong-willed Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 spearheads a case involving a mysterious hacker known only as the "Puppet Master," who leaves a trail of victims stripped of their memories. Like many in this futuristic world, the Puppet Master's body is almost entirely robotic, giving them incredible power.
As Motoko and her subordinates follow the enigmatic criminal's trail, other parties—including Section 6—start to get involved, forcing her to confront the extremely complicated nature of the case. Pondering about various philosophical questions, such as her own life's meaning, Motoko soon realizes that the one who will provide these answers is none other than the Puppet Master themself.
(Source: MAL)
The strong-willed Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 spearheads a case involving a mysterious hacker known only as the "Puppet Master," who leaves a trail of victims stripped of their memories. Like many in this futuristic world, the Puppet Master's body is almost entirely robotic, giving them incredible power.
As Motoko and her subordinates follow the enigmatic criminal's trail, other parties—including Section 6—start to get involved, forcing her to confront the extremely complicated nature of the case. Pondering about various philosophical questions, such as her own life's meaning, Motoko soon realizes that the one who will provide these answers is none other than the Puppet Master themself.
(Source: MAL)
Background
Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell was the first film to adapt Masamune Shirow's manga of the same name. It heavily condenses the original storyline, reducing the original material's comic relief and sexual content in favor of a more serious tone and changing the setting from Japan to a city modelled after Hong Kong. The artwork within the animated film was produced using an innovative mix of cel animation and digital effects. Ghost in the Shell is one of the world's most famous Japanese animated films, being the first to reach #1 on Billboard magazine's video best-seller list, and also served as a major inspiration for the Wachowskis in their creation of the Matrix movies. A special edition titled Ghost in the Shell: 2.0 was released in 2008, which features scenes reanimated with additional CGI to match the style of the 2004's sequel, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence.
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