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Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045: Season 2

12 episodes Premiered May 23, 2022 Updated Jul 28, 2026

Ghost in the Shell: SAC2045 season 2 is a continuation of the anime series. The story takes place in the year 2045 and follows cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi. After tracking down a source in California, Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Section 9 crew return to Tokyo as the posthuman threat grows bolder. The series is an animated drama, action, and science fiction production. A second compilation movie titled Kouka

Season overview

Ghost in the Shell: SAC2045 season 2 is a continuation of the anime series. The story takes place in the year 2045 and follows cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi. After tracking down a source in California, Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Section 9 crew return to Tokyo as the posthuman threat grows bolder. The series is an animated drama, action, and science fiction production. A second compilation movie titled Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC2045 - Saigo no Naka no Kōzō was announced for the season. A figma of Motoko Kusanagi was also released based on the series. The series is part of the Ghost in the Shell franchise.

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Episodes

S2·E1

DOMINO EFFECT / Silly Kukushkin

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

Members of Section 9 seek out a man named Philip Kukushkin, a Russian national who seems to know a lot about the creation of posthumans.

S2·E2

CLOSE CALL / I've Awoken

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

US special operations forces join the Section 9 team in their fight against a relentless posthuman named Suzuka Mizukane.

S2·E3

FACTOR / 1A84

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

While extracting information from Kukushkin, the Section 9 team uncovers some shocking information about an AI program developed by the US government.

S2·E4

MEMORIES / Born in Heaven

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

Worried Purin might be a spy for the Americans, the Major sends out a crew of Tachikoma to look into her hidden past.

S2·E5

ROOM 101 / Man's Search for Meaning

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

Togusa finally realizes that he's been trapped in his own memories — and suddenly finds himself in a devastated Tokyo in the year 2045.

S2·E6

N-POWER / How to Build an Independent Nation

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

After hearing from Togusa, Batou and the others head to Tokyo. Back in Fukuoka, the Major learns that a posthuman has hijacked a nuclear submarine.

S2·E7

TRUTH POINT OF CONTACT / Bridge of Promise

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

Resurrected as a full-body prosthetic cyborg, Purin tries to hitchhike her way to Tokyo. US special operations forces face Mizukane's wrath.

S2·E9

LAST RESORT / A Long Slumber

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

To take back control of the hijacked nuclear submarine, the Section 9 team targets Mizukane and Takashi Shimamura.

S2·E11

DOOMSDAY / The Moon over the Ruined Castle

May 23, 2022 · 25 min

Kusanagi and her team do everything they can to stop the US from implementing their draconian plan to end the nuclear standoff with "N."

S2·E12

DOUBLE THINK / Event Boundary

May 23, 2022 · 29 min

The Section 9 crew start living their regular lives as if nothing ever happened — and the only one who finds it strange is Kusanagi.