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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

2002

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EP1 DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY Jan 01, 2004

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.

EP2 DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE Jan 01, 2004

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?

EP3 DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE Feb 07, 2004

=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.

EP4 DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY Feb 07, 2004

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.

EP5 IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE Mar 06, 2004

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.

EP6 DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION Mar 06, 2004

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.

EP7 DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 Apr 03, 2004

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.

EP8 DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD Apr 03, 2004

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.

EP9 DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE May 08, 2004

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.

EP10 DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL May 08, 2004

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.

EP11 IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection Jun 05, 2004

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

EP12 IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON Jun 05, 2004

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.

EP13 DI: Face; MAKE UP Jul 03, 2004

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.

EP14 DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE Jul 03, 2004

Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.

EP15 DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. Aug 07, 2004

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.

EP16 IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE Aug 07, 2004

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.

EP17 DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA Sep 04, 2004

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

EP18 DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT Sep 04, 2004

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.

EP19 IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION Oct 02, 2004

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.

EP20 IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG Oct 02, 2004

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.

EP21 IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT Nov 06, 2004

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.

EP22 DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS Nov 06, 2004

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.

EP23 IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW Dec 04, 2004

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.

EP24 IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER Dec 04, 2004

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.

EP25 IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE Jan 08, 2005

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.

EP26 IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG Jan 08, 2005

The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.
8.5| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

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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Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Michelle Ridley The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
Reinier De Vlaam If you have started Ghost in the shell with the 1995 and 2004 movies you will be very disappointed. Although at itself it is not bad, you will miss the atmosphere and philosophical depth of the movies that made them unique and outstanding. It is a series of 26 episodes and although it slowly grows it never reaches any of the peaks that the movies have. Basic dialogues...stupid infantile tachikoma's robots, all is pretty straight forward action manga. In the movies there is a atmosphere build, the travel on the boat through the city is mind-blowing (and yet that is surpassed by the parade in "innocence"), there is philosophical depth, all this is lacking in the series...
coolmunky88 As a big fan of the original movie, I was quickly inclined to watch the series as soon as I heard it existed. The series is a beautiful work of art which gives unparallelled greatness in my books. The sophisticated in depth plots simply blow your mind. I often find my self picking up even more information that I missed watching after the third time watching it. The animation is wonderfully done throughout all episodes, combined with the incredible cases in which the characters divulge in. The intertwining plots create an amazingly enjoyable anime series, even after watching final episodes, has you contemplating on the theories and ideas incorporated within this spectacular mind candy that is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. To conclude this review, I'd give this must watch a 10/10 any day.
SoulfulFX This is a beautifully animated series format derived from the characters of the philosophically oriented movie 'Ghost in the Shell'. The animation is closer to the original concepts for the manga and adds amazingly gorgeous music to produce a show that is an instant draw. The characters draw some of the aspects familiar in the movie... Motoko's commitment to her job, Batou's casual-tough guy attitude, etc... though it adds some surprisingly refreshing characters like the blue child-like mini tanks Section 9 rides around in so much.The same philosophical elements of the movie -consciousness in a cyber-oriented world- are present, but definitely take a back seat to plots focused on political wranglings, terrorism, and general lawlessness. The series seems to be more "all in a days work" themed than the cerebral current of the first film.Overall I highly recommend this series to all fans, though hope they watch the movies as well.
AJCrowley I'd been looking at the DVDs for a while, but the different titles on amazon confused me, so a complete boxed set of season 1 was excellent.I'm a major fan of the movie, and i saw innocence recently, which was stunningly animated, even if it occasionally went up it's own backside with the philosophy side of things.The series and the movies need to be treated as separate entities, both tell similar stories, but they were produced for different contexts. the animation in the series isn't as polished as the movie, but why would it be? there's an overarching storyline, but it doesn't get in the way of the standalone episodes which have their own separate stories. a few are a bit "huh, what?", but most are nice, compact and exciting, and work their way into the whole nicely. as to one of the other comments here, anyone who looks at it as Anime for teen boys is missing the point, there's a real plot here, and real characters who work in a team dynamic, you need to watch again.....

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