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.
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Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. In the course of their work, Kusanagi and Section 9 must do everything from resolving hostage crises to hunting down runaway state-of-the-art killing machines.
1.SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9
7.001-10-200225mPublic 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 offic...
2.SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION
7.501-10-200225mKenbishi 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, a...
3.SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
6.701-11-200225mA 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 ca...
4.C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
6.901-11-200225mWhile 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...
5.C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
7.001-12-200225mThe 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 S...
6.C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME
7.301-12-200225mAs 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 vir...
7.SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
6.801-01-200325mSection 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 de...
8.SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
7.001-01-200325mMotoko'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 agre...
9.C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
7.001-02-200325mMotoko 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-proclai...
10.SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE
7.701-02-200325mMarco 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 mat...
11.C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
7.201-03-200325mTogusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrome, a hospital completely cut off from communication with the outside world.
12.SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
7.101-03-200325mOne 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,...
13.SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
6.801-04-200325mIn 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...
14.SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
6.901-04-200325mThe 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, howev...
15.SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
7.101-05-200325mThe 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...
16.SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
7.001-05-200325mBatou 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...
17.SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
6.901-06-200325mWhile 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 c...
18.SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
6.801-06-200325mAramaki 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...
19.SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
6.701-07-200325mSection 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...
20.C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW
7.301-07-200325mTogusa 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...
21.C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
7.501-08-200325mAfter 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, t...
22.C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
6.801-08-200325mMotoko 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. Meanw...
23.C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX
6.901-09-200325mThe 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 s...
24.C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
7.501-09-200325mThe 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...
25.C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
7.801-10-200325mDespite 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.
26.C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX
7.201-10-200325mTogusa 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 n...
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