Release OrderRecommended
0 / 9 watchedRelease order with each item tagged to its continuity: Films, Stand Alone Complex, or Arise.
Films
- 1 Ghost in the Shell Mamoru Oshii film, November 1995.
- 4 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Oshii sequel, March 2004. Follows the 1995 film, not SAC.
Stand Alone Complex
- 2 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 26 episodes, 2002 to 2003. The Laughing Man story.
- 3 Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG 26 episodes, 2004 to 2005. The Individual Eleven story.
- 5 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society TV film, September 2006. Closes the SAC TV run.
- 8 Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Two 12-episode Netflix seasons, April 2020 and May 2022. 3DCG continuation of SAC.
Arise
- 6 Ghost in the Shell: Arise Four-part OVA, 2013 to 2014, plus the Pyrophoric Cult episodes in 2015. Prequel retelling.
- 7 Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie June 2015. Finale of the Arise arc.
2026 series
- 9 The Ghost in the Shell Science SARU adaptation that premiered July 2026. Separate from the three lanes above.
About Ghost in the Shell
Three continuities share Section 9 and Major Kusanagi. Mamoru Oshii's films from 1995 and 2004 stand apart, Stand Alone Complex ran two TV seasons plus the Solid State Society film, and Arise retells the team's origins before its 2015 movie.
SAC_2045 continues the Stand Alone Complex line on Netflix with two 12-episode seasons. Release order keeps each lane intact, and a new Science SARU adaptation premiered in July 2026 outside these three lanes.
Good to know
SAC_2045 seasons arrived April 2020 and May 2022; compilation films Sustainable War (2021) and The Last Human (2023) only recap them and are not listed separately. The 2017 live-action film is a separate Hollywood adaptation and is not in the anime order.
