Sezóna 1・2029, a near-future Japan. The full cyborg Motoko Kusanagi envisions a task force that preemptively strikes emerging threats. She and her team are scouted by Daisuke Aramaki as Public Security Section 9, AKA the "Shell Squad." An international conspiracy hints at a hacker known as The "Puppet Master." What fate awaits Kusanagi? What is the hacker's endgame? A new era of cyberpunk action begins!

Sezóna 1・Než se Elle Woodsová ocitne mimo svůj živel na Harvardu, setkáváme se s ní v roce 1995 v bouřlivých vodách střední školy.