Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex season 1 is a television series that premiered in 2002. The series is based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama. It follows the story of Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 as they hunt down various criminals in both the real and online worlds. The series explores themes of technology, crime, and terrorism. It consists of
Season overview
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex season 1 is a television series that premiered in 2002. The series is based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama. It follows the story of Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 as they hunt down various criminals in both the real and online worlds. The series explores themes of technology, crime, and terrorism. It consists of 26 episodes and is part of a larger franchise that includes other adaptations and sequels.
Episodes
SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9
Oct 1, 2002 · 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 offic
SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION
Oct 1, 2002 · 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, a
SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
Nov 1, 2002 · 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 ca
C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
Nov 1, 2002 · 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
C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
Dec 1, 2002 · 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 S
C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME
Dec 1, 2002 · 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 vir
SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
Jan 1, 2003 · 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 de
SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
Jan 1, 2003 · 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 agre
C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
Feb 1, 2003 · 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-proclai
SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE
Feb 1, 2003 · 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 mat
C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
Mar 1, 2003 · 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.
SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
Mar 1, 2003 · 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,
SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
Apr 1, 2003 · 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
SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
Apr 1, 2003 · 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, howev
SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
May 1, 2003 · 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
SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
May 1, 2003 · 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
SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
Jun 1, 2003 · 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 c
SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
Jun 1, 2003 · 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
SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
Jul 1, 2003 · 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
C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW
Jul 1, 2003 · 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
C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
Aug 1, 2003 · 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, t
C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
Aug 1, 2003 · 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. Meanw
C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX
Sep 1, 2003 · 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 s
C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
Sep 1, 2003 · 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
C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
Oct 1, 2003 · 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.
C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX
Oct 1, 2003 · 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 n