Ghost in the Shell watch order

All 28 entries by release date. Release order is the safe default: it is how the story was written to be experienced, and spoilers in later entries assume you saw the earlier ones. Recaps and compilations are marked so you can skip them.

Release order

1
Ghost in the Shell
Movie · Fall 1995 · 1 ep · score 4.0/5
2
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TV · Fall 2002 · 26 ep · score 4.1/5
3
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Tachikomatic Days
Special · Fall 2002 · 26 ep · optional · score 3.3/5
4
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
TV · Winter 2004 · 26 ep · score 4.2/5
5
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Interval
Special · Winter 2004 · 3 ep · optional · score 2.9/5
6
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Movie · Winter 2004 · 1 ep · score 3.8/5
7
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Tachikomatic Days
Special · Summer 2004 · 26 ep · optional · score 3.3/5
8
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
OVA · Summer 2005 · 1 ep · optional · score 3.8/5
9
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man - Tachikomatic Days
Special · Summer 2005 · 1 ep · optional · score 3.0/5
10
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven - Tachikomatic Days
Special · Winter 2006 · 1 ep · optional · score 2.9/5
11
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
OVA · Winter 2006 · 1 ep · optional · score 3.8/5
12
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Special · Summer 2006 · 1 ep · optional · score 3.9/5
13
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Tachikomatic Days
TV · Spring 2007 · 12 ep · score 3.2/5
14
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Uchikomatic Days
Special · Summer 2007 · 1 ep · optional · score 3.0/5
15
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Movie · Summer 2008 · 1 ep · score 3.8/5
16
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society 3D: Tachikomatic Days
Special · Summer 2011 · 3 ep · optional · score 2.8/5
17
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Another Mission
Special · Spring 2013 · 1 ep · optional · score 3.0/5
18
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:1 Ghost Pain
Movie · Spring 2013 · 1 ep · score 3.5/5
19
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:2 Ghost Whispers
Movie · Fall 2013 · 1 ep · score 3.5/5
20
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:3 Ghost Tears
Movie · Spring 2014 · 1 ep · score 3.5/5
21
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
Movie · Summer 2014 · 1 ep · score 3.5/5
22
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Alternative Architecture
TV · Spring 2015 · 10 ep · score 3.4/5
23
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Movie · Spring 2015 · 1 ep · score 3.6/5
24
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
ONA · Spring 2020 · 12 ep · score 3.1/5
25
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
Movie · Fall 2021 · 1 ep · score 3.0/5
26
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2
ONA · Spring 2022 · 12 ep · score 3.3/5
27
Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen
Movie · Fall 2023 · 1 ep · score 2.5/5
28
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
TV · Summer 2026 · 10 ep · score 3.9/5

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Order comes from the relations recorded in the catalog (sequel, prequel, side story). Missing an entry? Tell us.