Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

S01E01 SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9

October 1, 2002 7.1 25 min

Public Security Section 9 is an elite special ops unit that works directly under the control of the Prime Minister. They've been called in to rescue a high-ranking government official from a hostage situation. But...

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S01E02 SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION

October 1, 2002 7.7 25 min

Kenbishi Heavy Industries has built a state-of-the-art multiped tank. There's only one problem–it's gone haywire and started moving on its own. Section 9 is called in to stop it, as the Self Defense Force will...

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S01E03 SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I

November 1, 2002 6.8 25 min

A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androids have been committing "suicide". Section 9 is called in as it may...

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S01E04 C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

November 1, 2002 7.0 25 min

While working late, Togusa gets a call from one of his colleagues from his days on the police force. It seems that he's uncovered something strange happening with the investigators in the Laughing Man Unit,...

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S01E05 C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY

December 1, 2002 7.1 25 min

The Laughing Man, having returned after a six-year absence, threatens to assassinate the Superintendent-General of the police. Aramaki, however, thinks it's a cover-up. He briefs Section 9 on the prime suspect, Nanao=A, an incredibly gifted...

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S01E06 C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME

December 1, 2002 7.3 25 min

As Togusa and Bato track down Nanao, Motoko and Paz are attempting to protect the Superintendent-General at a press conference about the police misuse of interceptors. When the virus does hit, Motoko and Paz have...

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S01E07 SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR

January 1, 2003 6.7 25 min

Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero who has arrived in Japan. However, Jarti is a hard man to catch because he employs look-alikes to deceive people. Nevertheless,...

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S01E08 SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS

January 1, 2003 7.1 25 min

Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It seems a little girl just received a heart transplant, but the donor's family doesn't remember ever agreeing to donate the heart....

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S01E09 C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!

February 1, 2003 7.0 25 min

Motoko enters into an online chat room devoted to the Laughing Man to see if she can find any new information on him. What she discovers is a spirited debate among the self-proclaimed "fans" of...

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S01E10 SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE

February 1, 2003 7.7 25 min

Marco Amoretti, a former Navy Petty Officer from the American Empire, has come to Japan and is committing heinous acts of brutality against women. Section 9 is assisted in this matter by the American Empire's...

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S01E11 C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ

March 1, 2003 7.2 25 min

Togusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrome, a hospital completely cut off from communication with the outside world.

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S01E12 SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM

March 1, 2003 7.2 25 min

One of the Tachikomas decides to take a little stroll through the city. It meets a little girl, Miki, who is searching for her lost dog and it agrees to help her. On their journey,...

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S01E13 SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL

April 1, 2003 6.8 25 min

In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the daughter of Tokura Electronics, who was kidnapped 16 years ago. But there's one problem–the photo was taken two days...

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S01E14 SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$

April 1, 2003 6.9 25 min

The Chinese government contacts Section 9 to let them know that an assassin may have entered Japan to kill a famous reclusive millionaire. Despite their considerable efforts, however, Section 9 is unable to contact him...

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S01E15 SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES

May 1, 2003 7.1 25 min

The Major has become worried about the Tachikomas. It appears that their AIs have developed much more quickly and in ways that were not anticipated; they have begun speaking about their "individuality".

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S01E16 SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O

May 1, 2003 7.1 25 min

Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a man named Zaitsev who was an Olympic silver medalist. Now, however, he's under suspicion of espionage. Batou befriends him easily,...

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S01E17 SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE

June 1, 2003 6.9 25 min

While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit an old flame who's now in the wine brokering business. She asks him to help her put a stop to the corruption...

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S01E18 SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE

June 1, 2003 6.8 25 min

Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed friend's daughter. Later, Section 9 is assigned the task of protecting the Chinese Foreign Minister from being assassinated.

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S01E19 SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED

July 1, 2003 6.8 25 min

Section 9's next case is a rash of mass-kidnappings. Rumor has it that a crime syndicate is harvesting organs and selling them on the black market. As they research the case, they realize that time...

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S01E20 C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW

July 1, 2003 7.3 25 min

Togusa is on the trail of the Laughing Man again, and this time, his investigations lead him towards both a leading micromachine corporation and an NGO called the Sunflower Society.

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S01E21 C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER

August 1, 2003 7.6 25 min

After being shot, Togusa's in the hospital and about to go into surgery, but he is desperate to pass on what he's learned to the rest of Section 9. As Togusa fights for his life,...

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S01E22 C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL

August 1, 2003 6.9 25 min

Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's clear that she has no intent of letting Motoko out alive. Meanwhile, Aramaki receives...

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S01E23 C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX

September 1, 2003 6.9 25 min

The Laughing Man returns! And, just as he did six years ago, he kidnaps the president of Serano Genomics without being detected. Section 9 arrives at Serano's house too late, and sets out to find...

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S01E24 C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION

September 1, 2003 7.6 25 min

The government orders Section 9 disbanded. Aramaki is taken away, and Togusa is arrested. Motoko assembles the remaining team members at HQ for one final mission. They prepare for a full-scale assault while Elite troopers...

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S01E25 C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE

October 1, 2003 7.8 25 min

Despite their best efforts, the remaining members of Section 9 are rounded up one by one by the government forces; only Batou and Motoko are left.

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S01E26 C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX

October 1, 2003 7.3 25 min

Togusa has been released from jail and he's given papers showing the dissolution of Section 9. Out of work and depressed, he tries to find information on the others, but there is nothing available. Thinking...

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