The Ghost in the Shell Collection

Public Security Section 9 are a counter-terrorist unit that risk life and cyberized-limb in their daily dealings with specialised cyber-crime and data theft in a futuristic Japan.  Each of the different versions is subtly different from the one that preceded it or came after, but they’re all 100% recognisable as GitS.  The stories can sometimes be difficult to grasp, but they’re never wholly impenetrable.  You can approach them from an action-orientated perspective, or you can delve deeper and engage with the philosophical questionings of self that underpin many of the situations.  Either way, the team dynamic is ever-present, functioning as a stable point of reference.

Original Films:
01. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
02. Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (2004)
03. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)

Stand Alone Complex:
01. GitS: SAC (2003) (TV Series) on our sister site, Nut Box.
02. GitS: SAC: The Laughing Man (2007)
03. GitS: SAC: Solid State Society (2006)

GitS Arise:
01. Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)
02. Border 2: Ghost Whisper (2013)
03. Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)
04. Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)
05. Pyrophoric Cult (2015)
06. Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)

See also:
01. Ghost in the Shell Manga and novels on our sister site, Nut Ink.
02. Ghost in the Shell Music on our sister site, Nut Suite.