2029: A female cybernetic government agent Major Motoko Kusanagi and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of \"The Puppet Master : a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from Section 9 Kusanagi embarks on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity. Director Mamoru Oshii's award-winning cyber-tech thriller based on the comic book by Shirow Masamune is lauded as one of the leading Japanese animation films of all time.