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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX

AnimeJapanese anime

Year
2002
Country
US, JP
Language
ja
Genre
Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Action & Adventure
Runtime
25 min
Rating
8.2/10
Status
Ended
Seasons
2
Episodes
52
Specials
53
Director
Kenichi Takeshita

Plot Overview

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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Director

KTKenichi Takeshita

Cast & Key Characters

Atsuko Tanaka in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexAtsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)Akio Otsuka in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexAkio OtsukaBatou (voice)Osamu Saka in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexOsamu SakaDaisuke Aramaki (voice)Taimei Suzuki in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTaimei SuzukiKubota (voice)Takashi Onozuka in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTakashi OnozukaPaz (voice)Taro Yamaguchi in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTaro YamaguchiBorma (voice)Toru Okawa in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexToru OkawaSaito (voice)Sakiko Tamagawa in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexSakiko TamagawaTachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)Yuko Sumitomo in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexYuko SumitomoNasami Kurta (voice)Yutaka Nakano in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexYutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)Eiji Sekiguchi in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexEiji SekiguchiAkafuku (voice)EOEri OonoOperator (voice)

Writers

Taiki Sakurai in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTaiki SakuraiMamoru Oshii in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexMamoru OshiiJFJunichi FujisakuDai Sato in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexDai SatoKenji Kamiyama in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexKenji KamiyamaShoutarou Suga in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexShoutarou SugaYOYutaka OmatsuYMYuichiro Matsuka

Production

Nippon Television Network CorporationProduction I.GdentsuBandai VisualVictor EntertainmentPerfect Choice

Season & Episode Breakdown

Specials 53 episodes
  1. 1 Tachikomatic Days EP01 2002-12-20
  2. 2 Tachikomatic Days EP02 2002-12-19
  3. 3 Tachikomatic Days EP03 2002-12-19
  4. 4 Tachikomatic Days EP04 2002-12-20
  5. 5 Tachikomatic Days EP05 2002-12-19
  6. 6 Tachikomatic Days EP06 2002-12-19
  7. 7 Tachikomatic Days EP07 2002-12-19
  8. 8 Tachikomatic Days EP08 2002-12-19
  9. 9 Tachikomatic Days EP09 2002-12-19
  10. 10 Tachikomatic Days EP10 2002-12-19
  11. 11 Tachikomatic Days EP11 2002-12-19
  12. 12 Tachikomatic Days EP12 2002-12-19
  13. 13 Tachikomatic Days EP13 2002-12-19
  14. 14 Tachikomatic Days EP14 2002-12-19
  15. 15 Tachikomatic Days EP15 2002-12-19
  16. 16 Tachikomatic Days EP16 2002-12-19
  17. 17 Tachikomatic Days EP17 2002-12-19
  18. 18 Tachikomatic Days EP18 2002-12-19
  19. 19 Tachikomatic Days EP19 2002-12-19
  20. 20 Tachikomatic Days EP20 2002-12-19
  21. 21 Tachikomatic Days EP21 2002-12-19
  22. 22 Tachikomatic Days EP22 2002-12-19
  23. 23 Tachikomatic Days EP23 2002-12-19
  24. 24 Tachikomatic Days EP24 2002-12-19
  25. 25 Tachikomatic Days EP25 2002-12-19
  26. 26 Tachikomatic Days EP26 2002-12-19
  27. 27 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP01 2004-03-26
  28. 28 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP02 2004-03-26
  29. 29 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP03 2004-03-26
  30. 30 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP04 2004-03-26
  31. 31 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP05 2004-03-26
  32. 32 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP06 2004-03-26
  33. 33 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP07 2004-03-26
  34. 34 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP08 2004-03-26
  35. 35 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP09 2004-03-26
  36. 36 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP10 2004-03-26
  37. 37 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP11 2004-03-26
  38. 38 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP12 2004-03-26
  39. 39 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP13 2004-03-26
  40. 40 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP14 2004-03-26
  41. 41 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP15 2004-03-26
  42. 42 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP16 2004-03-26
  43. 43 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP17 2004-03-26
  44. 44 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP18 2004-03-26
  45. 45 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP19 2004-03-26
  46. 46 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP20 2004-03-26
  47. 47 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP21 2004-03-26
  48. 48 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP22 2004-03-26
  49. 49 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP23 2004-03-26
  50. 50 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP24 2004-03-26
  51. 51 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP25 2004-03-26
  52. 52 2nd GIG Tachikomatic Days EP26 2004-03-26
  53. 53 Uchikomatic Days 2007-07-24
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 26 episodes

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. 1 SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9 2002-10-01
  2. 2 SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION 2002-10-01
  3. 3 SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I 2002-11-01
  4. 4 C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER 2002-11-01
  5. 5 C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY 2002-12-01
  6. 6 C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME 2002-12-01
  7. 7 SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR 2003-01-01
  8. 8 SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS 2003-01-01
  9. 9 C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT! 2003-02-01
  10. 10 SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE 2003-02-01
  11. 11 C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ 2003-03-01
  12. 12 SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM 2003-03-01
  13. 13 SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL 2003-04-01
  14. 14 SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$ 2003-04-01
  15. 15 SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES 2003-05-01
  16. 16 SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O 2003-05-01
  17. 17 SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE 2003-06-01
  18. 18 SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE 2003-06-01
  19. 19 SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED 2003-07-01
  20. 20 C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW 2003-07-01
  21. 21 C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER 2003-08-01
  22. 22 C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL 2003-08-01
  23. 23 C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX 2003-09-01
  24. 24 C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION 2003-09-01
  25. 25 C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE 2003-10-01
  26. 26 C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX 2003-10-01
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG 26 episodes

The story continues to follow the adventures of Section 9's top members, Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, and Togusa. The series maintains an episodic format and portrays Section 9 dealing with political issues such as invited refugees and nuclear intrigue. Another government institution, the Information Bureau of the Cabinet, comes up head-to-head against them. And a terrorist entity who calls itself the "Individual Eleven" joins the set.

  1. 1 DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY 2004-01-01
  2. 2 DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE 2004-01-01
  3. 3 DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE 2004-02-07
  4. 4 DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY 2004-02-07
  5. 5 IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE 2004-03-06
  6. 6 DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION 2004-03-06
  7. 7 DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 2004-04-03
  8. 8 DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD 2004-04-03
  9. 9 DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE 2004-05-08
  10. 10 DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL 2004-05-08
  11. 11 IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection 2004-06-05
  12. 12 IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON 2004-06-05
  13. 13 DI: Face; MAKE UP 2004-07-03
  14. 14 DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE 2004-07-03
  15. 15 DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. 2004-08-07
  16. 16 IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE 2004-08-07
  17. 17 DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA 2004-09-04
  18. 18 DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT 2004-09-04
  19. 19 IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION 2004-10-02
  20. 20 IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG 2004-10-02
  21. 21 IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT 2004-11-06
  22. 22 DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS 2004-11-06
  23. 23 IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW 2004-12-04
  24. 24 IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER 2004-12-04
  25. 25 IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE 2005-01-08
  26. 26 IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG 2005-01-08

Critical Reception & Ratings

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is rated 8.2 out of 10 by viewers — 447 votes.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex about?

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 t

How many seasons and episodes does Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex have?

2 seasons and 52 episodes.

Is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex still airing, and will there be another season?

This series has ended. It finished after 2 seasons and 52 episodes; no new season announced according to TMDB. According to TMDB; data last refreshed October 19, 2026.

Who stars in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex?

Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Osamu Saka, Taimei Suzuki, Takashi Onozuka, Taro Yamaguchi.

Who is the director of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex?

Kenichi Takeshita.

When was Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex released?

2002.

Where can I watch Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex?

Available on Smart Souq's Smart subscriptions.

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