En un futuro no muy lejano, el mundo se encuentra totalmente computerizado. Seres humanos con interfaces y cerebros artificiales se funden con máquinas alcanzando un nuevo nivel de existencia entre el mundo físico y la red digital. Para combatir los crímenes relacionados con las nuevas tecnologías ha sido creada una fuerza de choque antiterrorista con individuos 'mejorados' capaces de perseguir toda clase de criminales tanto en el mundo real como en el virtual. La Teniente cyborg Motoko Kusanagi y sus compañeros de la Sección 9 deben resolver una delicada crisis de rehenes, detener un tanque de asalto de última generación fuera de control y determinar la causa de los misteriosos suicidios de una serie de robots obsoletos. Todo ello antes de afrontar el desafío sin precedentes del esquivo pirata informático conocido como el 'Hombre que ríe'.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Temporada 2)
DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY 6.6
Fecha de emisión: 2004-01-01
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE 6.1
Fecha de emisión: 2004-01-01
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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?
DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE 6.9
Fecha de emisión: 2004-02-07
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: =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.
DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY 6.7
Fecha de emisión: 2004-02-07
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE 6.2
Fecha de emisión: 2004-03-06
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION 6.6
Fecha de emisión: 2004-03-06
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 6.8
Fecha de emisión: 2004-04-03
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD 6.4
Fecha de emisión: 2004-04-03
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE 6.3
Fecha de emisión: 2004-05-08
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL 6.9
Fecha de emisión: 2004-05-08
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection 7.8
Fecha de emisión: 2004-06-05
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.
IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON 6.6
Fecha de emisión: 2004-06-05
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: Face; MAKE UP 6.4
Fecha de emisión: 2004-07-03
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE 7.1
Fecha de emisión: 2004-07-03
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. 6.6
Fecha de emisión: 2004-08-07
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE 6.4
Fecha de emisión: 2004-08-07
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA 7.1
Fecha de emisión: 2004-09-04
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.
DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT 7.5
Fecha de emisión: 2004-09-04
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION 6.8
Fecha de emisión: 2004-10-02
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 2004-10-02
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT 7.1
Fecha de emisión: 2004-11-06
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS 6.6
Fecha de emisión: 2004-11-06
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2004-12-04
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER 7.6
Fecha de emisión: 2004-12-04
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE 7.7
Fecha de emisión: 2005-01-08
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: 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.
IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG 7.9
Fecha de emisión: 2005-01-08
Duración: 25 min
Sinopsis: The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.
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