Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)★ 8.5/10

TV-14 · JP · 24 min · October 1, 2002 · 2 seasons

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Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana, Toshiyuki Kôno, Masayuki Yoshihara, Kazunobu Fusegi

Written by: Kenji Kamiyama, Shirow Masamune, Mamoru Oshii, Yoshiki Sakurai, Jun'ichi Fujisaku

The futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.

Original title

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Storyline

The second season of Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex begins with Section 9 being called back to work after a hostage situation of concern to the Ruling Party renders the Police useless. The entire team returns to the front lines: Kusanagi, Batoh, Togusa, Ishikawa, Saito, Paz & Borma, with four of the original Tachikomas restored after the firefight of Episode 26. The hostage situation announced the rising of a new terrorist cell, which takes much after another one in the headlines of today's papers. The Individual Eleven, whose members are neither individuals, or total up to eleven are a new threat to Public Security. How does a specialized public security group face an enemy more faceless than the "laughing man" during a time of political unrest? Among the broad changes from the first show involve the new ruling party, headed by the new Prime Minister Kabayuki after the prior ousting in GITS: SAC, the Japanese Residents caught in the middle of the affairs and paying the taxes for jobs they're going to lose in a time of recession, and the downtrodden "invited" Asian Immigrants of the Second Vietnamese War who were brought to Japan as a half-hearted humanitarian act from the government who was really just seeking cheap labor. And just who is the man called "Gohda", a mysterious new 'supervisor' (don't worry, Aramaki still runs the group) who appears to be calling the shots for Section 9 during certain missions? He calls out orders as if he was in charge of the group, yet has no apparent loyalty or respect to the government, military or Section 9.

Rating

8.5 / 10 · 22,711

Companies

Animax, Bandai Visual Company, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Kodansha, Production I.G., Tokuma Shoten, Victor Entertainment, AXN, Adult Swim, Animax Asia, Bandai Entertainment, Beez Entertainment, Buzz Channel, Cuatro, Dynit, Emina, Gong, Hyper, IDG Poland, MC Entertainment, MCM Belgique, MCM, Madman Entertainment, Manga Entertainment, Music Television (MTV), Netflix, Nippon Television Network (NTV)

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