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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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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

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG

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Episode 1

★ 6.7

DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

2004-01-01 · 25m

A 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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Episode 2

★ 6.5

DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE

2004-01-01 · 25m

A 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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Episode 3

★ 6.9

DI: 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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Episode 4

★ 6.8

DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY

2004-02-07 · 25m

A 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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Episode 5

★ 6.3

IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE

2004-03-06 · 25m

An 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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Episode 6

★ 6.5

DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION

2004-03-06 · 25m

A 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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Episode 7

★ 6.8

DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94

2004-04-03 · 25m

Plans 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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Episode 8

★ 6.5

DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD

2004-04-03 · 25m

While 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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Episode 9

★ 6.4

DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE

2004-05-08 · 25m

The 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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Episode 10

★ 7.0

DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL

2004-05-08 · 25m

Togusa 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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Episode 11

★ 7.5

IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection

2004-06-05 · 25m

While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.

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Episode 12

★ 6.6

IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON

2004-06-05 · 25m

The 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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Episode 13

★ 6.5

DI: Face; MAKE UP

2004-07-03 · 25m

With 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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Episode 14

★ 7.0

DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE

2004-07-03 · 25m

Saito 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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Episode 15

★ 6.6

DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.

2004-08-07 · 25m

During 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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Episode 16

★ 6.5

IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE

2004-08-07 · 25m

The 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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Episode 17

★ 7.3

DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA

2004-09-04 · 25m

Following 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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Episode 18

★ 7.3

DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT

2004-09-04 · 25m

The 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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Episode 19

★ 6.6

IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION

2004-10-02 · 25m

Despite 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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Episode 20

★ 6.5

IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG

2004-10-02 · 25m

Section 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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Episode 21

★ 7.0

IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT

2004-11-06 · 25m

Much 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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Episode 22

★ 6.5

DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS

2004-11-06 · 25m

The 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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Episode 23

★ 6.9

IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW

2004-12-04 · 25m

The 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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Episode 24

★ 7.3

IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER

2004-12-04 · 25m

The 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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Episode 25

★ 7.5

IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE

2005-01-08 · 25m

Kuze 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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Episode 26

★ 7.6

IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG

2005-01-08 · 25m

The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.

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Cast

Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Taimei Suzuki

Taimei Suzuki

Kubota (voice)

Takashi Onozuka

Takashi Onozuka

Paz (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Hideo Kuze (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Taro Yamaguchi

Borma (voice)

Toru Okawa

Toru Okawa

Saito (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Tachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)

Yuko Sumitomo

Yuko Sumitomo

Nasami Kurta (voice)

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