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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
- Cast:
- Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Osamu Saka, Taimei Suzuki
- Language:
- Japanese
- Country:
- Japan, United States of America
- Network:
- Perfect Choice
Episode guide
Seasons
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 6.7DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
2004-01-01 · 25mA group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 6.5DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
2004-01-01 · 25mA refugee living in Japan has plans to "reset the world" and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams, or something more sinister?
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E03
Episode 3
★ 6.9DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
2004-02-07 · 25m=A hacker and thief by the name of Cash Eye plans on infiltrating a vault during a party, and Section 9 is called in to prevent it. But there are a number of strange elements in this case that don't all add up.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 6.8DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
2004-02-07 · 25mA routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firing on anyone who comes near. And a mysterious and creepy man known as Gohda arrives to tell Section 9 how to handle it.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 6.3IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
2004-03-06 · 25mAn assassination threat has been made against Prime Minister Kayabuki; Section 9 is called to serve as bodyguards Meanwhile, investigation on the Individual Eleven turns up some interesting history.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 6.5DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
2004-03-06 · 25mA seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run turns into anything but when Togusa investigates. While in Tokyo, he discovers a secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden deep underground.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 6.8DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94
2004-04-03 · 25mPlans have been leaked to terrorists that the plutonium recovered from the underground nuclear facility in Tokyo is to be moved. Section 9 is called in to ensure the plutonium reaches its destination, and Gohda is there again.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 6.5DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
2004-04-03 · 25mWhile on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 finds out that someone is pulling strings and feeding misinformation to the Public Safety Sections.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 6.4DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
2004-05-08 · 25mThe Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda and his motives, while the rest of Section 9 are out to stop a string of suicide bombings.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.0DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL
2004-05-08 · 25mTogusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.5IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection
2004-06-05 · 25mWhile field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.6IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
2004-06-05 · 25mThe Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 6.5DI: Face; MAKE UP
2004-07-03 · 25mWith the latest Individual 11 incident still fresh in the public's mind, Section 9 discovers that only a skilled face sculptor could have created Kuze's prosthetic face. Since only two artists fit that description, they quickly locate the craftsmen and go to question them.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.0DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
2004-07-03 · 25mSaito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 6.6DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
2004-08-07 · 25mDuring a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 6.5IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
2004-08-07 · 25mThe Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report on what he found out about Kuze's past.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 7.3DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA
2004-09-04 · 25mFollowing a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 7.3DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT
2004-09-04 · 25mThe Major and Batou are flown to Berlin in an effort to track down a terrorist called "Angel's Feathers". While there, Batou attracts the attention of a young girl in a wheelchair.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 6.6IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION
2004-10-02 · 25mDespite close scrutiny by the authorities, the Dejima refugees declare their independence. Kuze is suspected to be the mastermind behind this new resistance and Section 9 is sent to detain him.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 6.5IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG
2004-10-02 · 25mSection 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on the body of a dead addict.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 7.0IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT
2004-11-06 · 25mMuch to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 6.5DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS
2004-11-06 · 25mThe city of Fukuoka is evacuated when a live nuclear bomb is found. With the Dejima Refugees targeted as the prime suspects, the government sends the Self-Defense Forces into the city.
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E23
Episode 23
★ 6.9IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW
2004-12-04 · 25mThe government declares martial Law in Dejima, believing that the refugees have a nuclear device and plan to use it to gain independence. When the refugees' connection to Kuze is cut off, one shot begins a bloody war.
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E24
Episode 24
★ 7.3IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
2004-12-04 · 25mThe Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9 head to Dejima to try to hand over the nuclear device to the military there, in order to defuse the situation, while Ishikawa heads to SPring-8 to deliver the rest of the plutonium.
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E25
Episode 25
★ 7.5IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE
2005-01-08 · 25mKuze manages to take down the jamming plane, but becomes trapped in rubble with the Major. The Tachikomas begin discussing what to do about the nuclear submarine they have spotted, and Batou manages to convince the special forces that have been sent to kill them to listen to him.
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E26
Episode 26
★ 7.6IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG
2005-01-08 · 25mThe tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.
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Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)
Osamu Saka
Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Taimei Suzuki
Kubota (voice)
Takashi Onozuka
Paz (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Hideo Kuze (voice)
Taro Yamaguchi
Borma (voice)
Toru Okawa
Saito (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa
Tachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)
Yuko Sumitomo
Nasami Kurta (voice)