List of Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture episodes explained

, officially abbreviated as Ghost in the Shell AAA,^[1] is a 2015 Japanese animated television series, based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell and the pentalogy. The episodes were recompiled from the pentalogy, and therefore share the same cast and crew of Kazuchika Kise as director, Tow Ubukata as writer and Cornelius as composer. AAA is animated by Production I.G, and began airing in Japan on April 5, 2015, broadcasting from the Tokyo MX, KBS, Sun TV, TV Aichi, HTB, OX, SBS, TVQ and BS11 networks.

The opening theme is "Anata o tamotsu mono" by Maaya Sakamoto (who also plays the role of Major Kusanagi) and Cornelius.^[2]

Episodes

Chronological order

1. Ghost Pain - introduces Unit 501
2. Ghost Whispers - continues the formation of Section 9
3. Ghost Tears - introduces Dr. Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied
4. Ghost Stands Alone - Dr. Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied appears again
5. Pyrophoric Cult

Notes and References

1. Web site: 「AnimeJapan presents 謎解きゲーム」にて、TV新番組「攻殻機動隊AAA」の未公開機密情報が明らかに!!. Kokaku-a Blog. 20 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150322062250/http://kokaku-a.jp/blog/1426765738.html. 22 March 2015.
2. Web site: 新TVシリーズ オープニング曲決定！. Kokaku-a Blog. 20 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403074655/http://kokaku-a.jp/blog/1425030752.html. 3 April 2015.