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Season 1

9 episodes · 7th July 2026

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 globalisation.

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Episodes

01 EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i still EPISODE 01: PROLOGUE + SUPER SPARTAN i Episode 17th July 2026 During a raid on a meeting with a foreign representative that he suspects involves corruption and criminal activity, Public Security's Daisuke Aramaki encounters a mysterious cyborg. Introducing herself as Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg proposes the formation of a new special forces unit to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Aramaki asks Kusanagi to investigate something as a first step. 02 EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i still EPISODE 02: SUPER SPARTAN ii + JUNK JUNGLE i Episode 214th July 2026 Kusanagi and her team begin operating as the Shell Squad after being scouted by Aramaki. At some point, the cyberbrain of the Foreign Minister's interpreter was infected by a virus. Aramaki senses that Col. Malles, who is living in exile in the country, is trying to interfere with a secret meeting. He orders Kusanagi to back-trace the hack and find the culprit. 03 EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii still EPISODE 03: JUNK JUNGLE ii + MEGATECH MACHINE i + ii Episode 321st July 2026 Kusanagi and Togusa take their suspect into custody after a furious chase in their Fuchikomas. Elsewhere, 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. 04 EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO still EPISODE 04: ROBOT RONDO Episode 428th July 2026 There has been a rash of attacks against humans by promotional sample robots. Kusanagi's team rounds up robots of that same model line, and they learn that they all share a common trait. Batou and Togusa head to Hanka Precision Instruments, where they are made, to determine what is behind the attacks. 05 EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND still EPISODE 05: PHANTOM FUND Episode 54th August 2026 Kusanagi and the team go to the Far North to surveil a combat cyborg named Koil Krasnov. To determine what Koil is after and uncover corruption behind the expansion of Sagawa Electronics' underground factory, Kusanagi infiltrates Sagawa's offices while Batou and the rest make for the underground factory. 06 EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER still EPISODE 06: DUMB BARTER Episode 611th August 2026 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 fierce battle against an armed group in an abandoned factory. 07 EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY still EPISODE 07: BYE BYE CLAY Episode 718th August 2026 A robot flees from Megatech Body Co., Ltd. Section 9 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. 08 EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i still EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i Episode 825th August 2026 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. 09 EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN ii still EPISODE 09: BRAIN DRAIN ii Episode 91st September 2026 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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Cast & Crew

01 Maaya Sakamoto profile Maaya Sakamotoas Motoko Kusanagi (voice) 02 Hiroki Yasumoto profile Hiroki Yasumotoas Batou (voice) 03 Yuichi Nakamura profile Yuichi Nakamuraas Togusa (voice) 04 Kazuhiro Yamaji profile Kazuhiro Yamajias Daisuke Aramaki (voice) 05 Kousuke Goto profile Kousuke Gotoas Ishikawa (voice) 06 Toru Nara profile Toru Naraas Saito (voice) 07 Marie Oi profile Marie Oias Operator (voice) 08 Tomoko Kaneda profile Tomoko Kanedaas Fuchikoma (voice)
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