故事的背景舞台設在近未來的日本，還以香港的街道作為基礎，大約2030年代前後。彼時進步的科技已可將人體的大部分替換為生化軀體，且透過埋藏在大腦中的線路，人類意識可以進入數位網絡之中。此時出現了許多生化人與網絡黑客的新型態犯罪事件，因此成立了直屬於首相的「公安九課」（通稱：攻殼機動隊），以武裝實力來直接打擊犯罪。
本作品對於未來科技的考據、設想，以及精緻細密的描寫，塑造出獨特的世界觀而吸引眾多的科幻愛好者，並對後來的《黑客帝國》等許多科幻作品有顯著的影響。故事中女主角，草薙素子，自幼即全身都是義肢，2029年正式成為公安九課隊長，格鬥戰實力也是九課內最強，並以她卓越的指揮能力獲得隊員們的信賴，隊員們都稱呼她為「少佐」。
比較起來，士郎正宗原著的漫畫以短篇單元為主，人物在不作戰時表現很輕鬆，對世界抱持樂觀態度。押井守導演的動畫電影的人物則較嚴肅，笑容也只有一兩次，而且把兒童個性的攻殼車角色略去。神山健治導演的電視版動畫則介於兩者之間。
The internet is no longer a place you log on and visit; it's where you live. The home of true crime is now online. The internet is the Wild West. And if you're not careful, you too could be caught in a Web of Lies.
西元2000年，由於網路科技的日新月異，人類已經進入了一個全新的時代（網路時代）。 每一個人皆會隨身攜帶PET，PET類似小型的個人電腦，其中安裝有稱之為「網路領航員」的人工智慧電腦。PET及網路領航員的發明為人類的生活帶來許多好處，但是網路駭客、病毒的傳播及高科技的犯罪也成為日益嚴重的問題。 光熱斗是個國小五年級的學生，在他升上5年級的時候，父親為他設計了一個個人的網路領航員（洛克人）作為禮物，於是他與學校的好朋友們組成了一個網路領航員的團隊，他們解決了在網路上所發生的問題，結果他們發現，這些神秘的犯罪行為就是邪惡組織WWW一手所推行的。為了阻止WWW組織的網路領航員進行的計畫及散播病毒的行動，熱斗和洛克人不斷地與他們戰鬥。在網路警察與伊集院炎山的幫助下，光熱斗與洛克人勇敢地打擊犯罪，並且逐漸發掘出WWW組織的真正目的。
Den-noh Coil, Coil — A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality technology has just begun to enter the mainstream. The series takes place in the fictional city of Daikoku, a hotbed of AR development with an emerging city-wide virtual infrastructure. It follows a group of children as they use AR glasses to unravel the mysteries of the half real, half Internet city, using a variety of illegal software tools, techniques, and virtual pets to manipulate the digital landscape.
Den-noh Coil, in development for over a decade, is the series director debut of Japanese animator Mitsuo Iso. It premiered on NHK Educational TV on May 12, 2007. Due to the animators involved in its production and its unusually high-profile television broadcast time slot, Den-noh Coil was highly anticipated.
在一場擴及全球的金融危機之後，全世界陷入了由人工智慧驅動的「永續戰爭」之中。面對新型態的網路威脅，公安九課挺身而出，全力反制。
喪妻的警官奉命領導網路犯罪特警隊，與前駭客合力追緝威脅比利時的高科技罪犯。
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.
After having her life course changed by a fake image and losing her childhood sweetheart to greed and power, Brisa, a strong woman, will struggle to rebuild her journey, raise her son, rediscover true love, and discover the truth about her origin.
A satirical anthology series about the terrifying potential futures of internet technology and culture. Not at all similar to any other shows about technological overreaching.
為了贏回前女友的芳心，一名阿宅青少年開始在自己的房間上網販毒，最後竟成為歐洲數一數二的大藥頭。
Join Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects, in this comedy-horror puppet show based off the popular YouTube web series.
Fiona Wallice is a therapist with limited patience for others' problems.
A news bulletin covering the web! Each week, Dominic Arpin and his collaborators comment on and explain the most buzzed-about content.
Lockdown is an event series that follows a group of bored quarantined teens working together online to solve a mystery involving one of their neighbors - a mystery which ultimately places them all in danger.
When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness IRL.
Fiona Wallice is a therapist with little patience for her patients. Tired of hearing about people's problems for fifty long minutes, she devises a new treatment, the three-minute video chat. And still, the sessions end up being largely about her. If she's your therapist, you've got problems.
Scientists and amateurs conduct experiments and post their exploits online. Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.
Gerard Edling is a well-to-do lecturer, an expert in kinesics (the science of body language) and a former prosecutor with vast experience. Horst Zeiger is a shy young man, an outsider, a computer geek and... a totally unpredictable murderer. When one of them intends to commit a crime, the other, known for being able to decipher any criminal and solve any case, tries to prevent it. Unfortunately, the result of their duel is a macabre spectacle, broadcast online to thousands of viewers...
Contestants compete in a series of challenges designed to highlight their creativity and filmmaking skills in an effort to become the next big internet star.