Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture

Motoko returns from a mission abroad to find that the commanding officer has been killed -- and no one seems concerned.

In this prequel set one year after the fourth World War, cyborg and hacker extraordinaire Motoko Kusanagi from the military’s 501st Secret Unit finds herself wrapped up in the investigation of a devastating bombing.

Batou pulls Motoko away from her vacation to help investigate a series of bombings. The trail of clues leads Section 9 to weapons smugglers and a prosthetic agency.

When the riot squad starts shooting citizens during the holiday season, the Major and her team must track down a terrorist hacker who operates under the name Fire-Starter.

Motoko Kusangi sees a chance for her new squad to prove themselves, when terrorists hijack a peaceful protest.

The dissection of Emma's cyberbrain reveals she was the victim of a failed experiment; a ghost hack infects Togusa; Emma's real body emerges.