Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2

Synopsis

Set in 2032 AD. The truth is revealed through the appearance of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, which is hostile to Section 9 from the background of the resurrection of Public Security Section 9, starting with the case of a terrorist who claims to be "11 individual people", and the appearance of the individual 11-person case and Kuze. Becomes. The information manipulation and crafting activities of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office will increase the distrust and opposition of the refugees, and the consolation refugees will be armed and uprising all at once.

Main Cast

Atsuko Tanaka

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Osamu Saka

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Taimei Suzuki

Kubota (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 25%

Takashi Onozuka

Paz (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Rikiya Koyama

Hideo Kuze (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Taro Yamaguchi

Borma (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Toru Okawa

Saito (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Episodes

Episode 1

01 January 2004 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

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.

Episode 2

01 January 2004 - 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, or something more sinister?

Episode 3

07 February 2004 - 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 prevent it. But there are a number of strange elements in this case that don't all add up.

Episode 4

07 February 2004 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY

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.

Episode 5

06 March 2004 - 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 Meanwhile, investigation on the Individual Eleven turns up some interesting history.

Episode 6

06 March 2004 - 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 secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden deep underground.

Episode 7

03 April 2004 - 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 be moved. Section 9 is called in to ensure the plutonium reaches its destination, and Gohda is there again.

Episode 8

03 April 2004 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD

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.

Episode 9

08 May 2004 - 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 a string of suicide bombings.

Episode 10

08 May 2004 - 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 trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.

Episode 11

05 June 2004 - 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.

Episode 12

05 June 2004 - 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, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.

Episode 13

03 July 2004 - 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 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.

Episode 14

03 July 2004 - 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 9.

Episode 15

07 August 2004 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.

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.

Episode 16

07 August 2004 - 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 on what he found out about Kuze's past.

Episode 17

04 September 2004 - 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 from the Mafia.

Episode 18

04 September 2004 - 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, Batou attracts the attention of a young girl in a wheelchair.

Episode 19

02 October 2004 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION

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.

Episode 20

02 October 2004 - 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 the body of a dead addict.

Episode 21

06 November 2004 - 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 camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.

Episode 22

06 November 2004 - 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 suspects, the government sends the Self-Defense Forces into the city.

Episode 23

04 December 2004 - 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 gain independence. When the refugees' connection to Kuze is cut off, one shot begins a bloody war.

Episode 24

04 December 2004 - 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 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.

Episode 25

08 January 2005 - 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 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.

Episode 26

08 January 2005 - 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.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Story	Mamoru Oshii
	Original Concept	Shirow Masamune
Editing	Assistant Editor	Taeko Hamauzu
	Editor	Junichi Uematsu
Production	Production Coordinator	Shoutarou Suga Dai Sato Taiki Sakurai
	Executive Producer	Shigeru Watanabe
	Producer	Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Art	Art Designer	Akiko Ohba
	Art Direction	Yusuke Takeda Kazuki Higashiji
Sound	Music	Graziano Ilaria
	Songs	Steve Conte Origa Scott Matthew
	Sound Engineer	Noboru Haraguchi
	Original Music Composer	Yoko Kanno
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Tetsuya Nishio Makoto Shimomura
	Mechanical Designer	Shinobu Tsuneki
	3D Director	Makoto Endo
Camera	Director of Photography	Koji Tanaka
Directing	Series Director	Kenji Kamiyama
Department	Role	Name

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