The Ghost in the Shell: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers" who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers' criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside down.

Series details

• Title: The Ghost in the Shell
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2026-07-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-09-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 90589
• TVDB ID: 450475

Cast and credited roles

• Maaya Sakamoto — Motoko Kusanagi
• Kazuhiro Yamaji — Daisuke Aramaki
• Hiroki Yasumoto — Batou
• Yuichi Nakamura — Togusa
• Kōusuke Goto — Ishikawa
• Tooru Nara — Saito
• Atsushi Miyauchi — Boma
• Ooi Marie — Operator
• Tomoko Kaneda — Fuchikoma
• Akio Ohtsuka — Colonel Mares
• Kenichi Ogata — Colonel Tonoda
• Masashi Ebara — Hanka Seiki President

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-07-07; final listed air date 2026-09-08; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Ghost in the Shell on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.