Ghost in the shell (Kôkaku kidôtai)

In the year 2029, the world is made borderless by the net; augmented humans live in virtual environments, watched over by law enforcement. The ultimate secret agent, created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is designated code name Project 2501 and distanced from them under the pseudonym "The Puppet Master". Everything runs smoothly until this virtual agent requests political asylum and true physical existence in defiance of its creator. The race is on to recapture the Top Secret Project 2501 before it succeeds in finding a host body. What the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hasn't counted on is the Puppet Master's cunning and reserve. It has threatened to expose their illegal creation (itself) to the Internal Bureau of Investigations who are unaware of its source, and regard the Puppet Master as a Grade A priority security threat. The two agencies maneuver discreetly against one another in a violent, high-tech race to capture the ever-changing omnipresent Puppet Master.