Shirow Masamune

In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is set in 2032, when the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Batou, a cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, is investigating the case of a gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - who malfunctions and slaughters her owner. (Go Fish Pictures)

A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master (imdb)

A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new Section 9 confronts a rash of complicated incidents, and investigations reveal that an ultra-wizard hacker nicknamed the "Puppet Master" is behind the entire series of events.

When cyborgs and human launch coordinated attacks on the government headquarters in Olympus, Deunan, Briareos, and Tereus swing into action against a mysterious enemy. (Amazon)

Officer Deunan Knute and her cyborg partner Briaros Hecatonchires must prevent terrorists from gaining control of the Olympus city computer and causing massive chaos. As they fight to stop the terrorists and preserve their society, the question of who is actually in the right--their society, or the "terrorists"--continues to arise. (imdb)

Alerted to a possible conspiracy active amongst the highest levels of the Police, the members of Section 9 discover that a previously inactive but elite hacker may be involved in the blackmailing of several key business and government leaders. As the conspiracy stretches to affect all levels of society, time is running out for Major Motoko Kusanagi and her team to uncover the truth and capture the elusive Laughing Man. (Wikipedia)

The year is 2030, and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the "Individual Eleven." With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gloomy pitfalls of defeat? The Individual Eleven tells the story of the entire second season of Stand Alone Complex as a 2-hour film. (mania.com/ghost-shell-stand-alone-complex-2nd-gig-individual-11_article_79809.html)

A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner.

A freelance reporter discovers that two killer androids are running loose and have a little girl for a kill target.

In the follow up to Shirows classic anime, Al, Leona and their trusty steed, Boneapart, continue to fight crime in New Port City, alongside the rest of the Tank Police. But a new threat appears in the form of a series of terrorist attacks, using the latest weapons technology. The Tank Police are out-numbered and out-gunned, but Al and Leona set out to discover who or what is behind these attacks. (Anime News Network)

In the far future, Earth is a polluted hell, with massive cities and a crime problem to match. Keeping the peace are the Tank Police, who use tanks as both their vehicles and weapons with a nearly insane dedication to their job. Leona Ozaki joins as their first female member, and must find a way to work with the others in her own style. It has to be settled soon, because the notorious Cat Girls and their male partner are planning crimes that will require Leona's skill to stop. (imdb)

The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section 9 chief Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg, wizard-level hacker assigned to the JGSDF's 501st Secret Unit. (myanimelist.net)

During a nation wide hacking crisis threatening the lives of millions of Japanese people, the Major and her trusty tachikoma (armored mobile AI) battle against military cyborg units in real space over control of the Net. (imdb)

Based on the comic book by the creator of Ghost in the Shell, a young female soldier Deunan and her cyborg partner Briareos survive through the post World War 3 apocalyptic New York in search of human's future hope, the legendary city of Olympus. (imdb)

In the year 2027, a year following the end of the non-nuclear World War IV, a bomb has gone off in Newport City, killing a major arms dealer who may have ties with the mysterious 501 Organization. Public Security official Daisuke Aramaki hires full-body cyber prosthesis user and hacker extraordinaire, Motoko Kusanagi, to investigate. (imdb)

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Motoko and her squad are finally getting closer to Fire-Starter's broker, but things get tense when they're instructed to take a backseat role on a sting op. Part five of the OVA series, containing the materials developed for Alternative Architecture's final two episodes.

An original story in the Ghost In The Shell franchise; an effort to the sensation of being in another world, meshing future technologies with art. A World of Purity: Holy Ground. “To end the war and protect my wife, I must delete you all…” Japan, 2025. Technology has been advancing more and more rapidly. “Brain cyberization” makes possible direct connections to information networks via the brain, the technology of “prosthetic bodies” that allows humans to change their bodies...