- Maaya Sakamoto (Motoko Kusanagi (voice))
- Hiroki Yasumoto (Batou (voice))
- Yuichi Nakamura (Togusa (voice))
- Kazuhiro Yamaji (Daisuke Aramaki (voice))
- Kousuke Goto (Ishikawa (voice))
- Toru Nara (Saito (voice))
- Marie Oi (Operator (voice))
- Tomoko Kaneda (Fuchikoma (voice))
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL — S1E8
Episode: EPISODE 08: INTERMISSION + BRAIN DRAIN i
Air Date: 2026-08-25
Runtime: 25 min
Overview
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.