Season 1
Synopsis
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020), Season 1 is Netflix's cyberpunk anime you can watch online on iFILM — twelve episodes that reboot the Stand Alone Complex world in full 3DCG.
The year is 2045. A Sustainable War keeps the planet locked in low-grade conflict after the Synchronized Global Default wiped out the old economy. Scattered Section 9 veterans now sell their skills as the mercenary crew GHOST, working the scorched American west, while Togusa chases their trail on a quiet errand from Japan. Then something the cyborgs cannot match shows up: the post-human, a mind that outclasses any prosthetic body. The hunt pulls the team off the desert and back to Tokyo, and the deeper they dig, the younger the suspects get — all the way down to schoolkids.
Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki split directing duties, so the slick new render still carries the franchise's old arguments about free will and the net. Who it's for: returning Stand Alone Complex fans willing to trade hand-drawn frames for those same dense conversations. Stream Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 1 online on iFILM.
12 episodes
S1·E1NO NOISE NO LIFE - Sustainable War
The United States, 2045. Working as mercenaries, the Major and her team, including newbie Stan, defend a gated town from outlaws. Togusa takes a call.
S1·E2AT YOUR OWN RISK - Divided by a Wall
Armed by a generous patron, the Nomads attack Section 9 with AI drones. Togusa accepts a new mission from Japan's peace-seeking Prime Minister.
S1·E3MAVERICK - MIA
As Togusa dives into cyberspace to track his former team members, the group is detained by a mysterious American organization seeking to employ them.
S1·E4SACRIFICIAL PAWN - Emissary from the Divide
While researching the team's disappearance and John Smith, Togusa takes a calculated risk. The GHOST members question the true nature of their mission.
S1·E5PATRICK HUGE - Gift from God
Aramaki sets off after Kusanagi in a race against time. GHOST begin their assignment, but Huge's cybernetic security forces them to alter their plans.
S1·E6DISCLOSURE - Quantized Gospel
Following the Section 9 reunion, Kusanagi and her colleagues learn about the "post-humans," a previously unknown threat to humanity.
S1·E7PIE IN THE SKY - First Bank Robbery
Back in Japan after six years, Batou decides to take a break while waiting for his delayed team. Then some amateur bank robbers interrupt his fun.
S1·E8ASSEMBLE - What Came About as a Result of Togusa’s Death
The Major and Smith clash over Section 9's new mission hunting post-humans. She orders Togusa to investigate a suspected spy near the Prime Minister.
S1·E9IDENTITY THEFT - The Lonely Struggle
Problems arise for Section 9 after one of the three post-humans in Japan murders several politicians, then targets the Prime Minister's father-in-law.
S1·E10NET PEOPLE - Reasons Leading to Flameout
Section 9 investigates a possible post-human hacker who uses the web to incite physical attacks on people. The trail leads to a high school student.
S1·E11EDGELORD - The Revolution of the 14-year-olds
Pudding helps analyze the Thinkpol program while the Major and Togusa search for clues about the post-human middle school student Takashi Shimamura.
S1·E12NOSTALGIA - All Will Become N
Togusa has a strange episode while analyzing the data confiscated from Shimamura. When he wakes up, he and Batou head out to investigate.
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