Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9

Public Security Section 9 is an elite special ops unit that works directly under the control of the Prime Minister. They

EP 2

SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION

Kenbishi Heavy Industries has built a state-of-the-art multiped tank. There's only one problem–it's gone haywire and s

EP 3

SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I

A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri mo

EP 4

C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

While working late, Togusa gets a call from one of his colleagues from his days on the police force. It seems that he's

EP 5

C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY

The Laughing Man, having returned after a six-year absence, threatens to assassinate the Superintendent-General of the p

EP 6

C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME

As Togusa and Bato track down Nanao, Motoko and Paz are attempting to protect the Superintendent-General at a press conf

EP 7

SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR

Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero who has arrived in Japan. However, Jarti

EP 8

SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS

Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It seems a little girl just received a heart t

EP 9

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

Motoko enters into an online chat room devoted to the Laughing Man to see if she can find any new information on him. Wh

EP 10

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

Marco Amoretti, a former Navy Petty Officer from the American Empire, has come to Japan and is committing heinous acts o

EP 11

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

Togusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrome, a hospital completely cut off from co

EP 12

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

One of the Tachikomas decides to take a little stroll through the city. It meets a little girl, Miki, who is searching f

EP 13

SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL

In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the daughter of Tokura Electronics, who was ki

EP 14

SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$

The Chinese government contacts Section 9 to let them know that an assassin may have entered Japan to kill a famous recl

EP 15

SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES

The Major has become worried about the Tachikomas. It appears that their AIs have developed much more quickly and in way

EP 16

SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O

Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a man named Zaitsev who was an Olympic silv

EP 17

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

While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit an old flame who's now in the wine brok

EP 18

SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE

Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed friend's daughter. Later, Section 9 is a

EP 19

SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED

Section 9's next case is a rash of mass-kidnappings. Rumor has it that a crime syndicate is harvesting organs and sellin

EP 20

C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW

Togusa is on the trail of the Laughing Man again, and this time, his investigations lead him towards both a leading micr

EP 21

C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER

After being shot, Togusa's in the hospital and about to go into surgery, but he is desperate to pass on what he's learne

EP 22

C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL

Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's cle

EP 23

C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX

The Laughing Man returns! And, just as he did six years ago, he kidnaps the president of Serano Genomics without being d

EP 24

C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION

The government orders Section 9 disbanded. Aramaki is taken away, and Togusa is arrested. Motoko assembles the remaining

EP 25

C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE

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

EP 26

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

Togusa has been released from jail and he's given papers showing the dissolution of Section 9. Out of work and depressed

EP 1

DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy.

EP 2

DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE

A refugee living in Japan has plans to "reset the world" and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams,

EP 3

DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE

=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

EP 4

DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY

A routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firin

EP 5

IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE

An assassination threat has been made against Prime Minister Kayabuki; Section 9 is called to serve as bodyguards Meanwh

EP 6

DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION

A seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run turns into anything but when Togusa investigates. While in Tokyo, he discovers a

EP 7

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

Plans have been leaked to terrorists that the plutonium recovered from the underground nuclear facility in Tokyo is to b

EP 8

DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD

While on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 finds out that someone is pulling strings and feedin

EP 9

DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE

The Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda and his motives, while the rest of Section 9 are out to stop

EP 10

DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL

Togusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the tri

EP 11

IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection

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

EP 12

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

The Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Bato

EP 13

DI: Face; MAKE UP

With the latest Individual 11 incident still fresh in the public's mind, Section 9 discovers that only a skilled face sc

EP 14

DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE

Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section

EP 15

DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.

During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their ne

EP 16

IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE

The Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report

EP 17

DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA

Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running

EP 18

DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT

The Major and Batou are flown to Berlin in an effort to track down a terrorist called "Angel's Feathers". While there, B

EP 19

IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION

Despite close scrutiny by the authorities, the Dejima refugees declare their independence. Kuze is suspected to be the m

EP 20

IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG

Section 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on

EP 21

IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT

Much to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the cam

EP 22

DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS

The city of Fukuoka is evacuated when a live nuclear bomb is found. With the Dejima Refugees targeted as the prime suspe

EP 23

IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW

The government declares martial Law in Dejima, believing that the refugees have a nuclear device and plan to use it to g

EP 24

IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER

The Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9

EP 25

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

Kuze manages to take down the jamming plane, but becomes trapped in rubble with the Major. The Tachikomas begin discussi

EP 26

IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG

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

Popular 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)
Yutaka Nakano
Yutaka Nakano
Ishikawa (voice)
Eiji Sekiguchi
Eiji Sekiguchi
Akafuku (voice)