Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002 · TV Series · TV-MA · 30 min · ★ 8.2
In a near-future world where cybernetic upgrades and robotics are everyday life, an elite public security team tackles cases beyond the reach of ordinary police. Their investigations blend counterterror work, hacking, and high-stakes field operations as they pursue dangerous cybercriminals and protect the public from emerging threats.
Based on Ghost in the Shell
Also known as Gits: SAC · Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG · Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG · Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd GIG
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Details
- Original title
- 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
- Years
- 2002–2005
- Release date
- 2002-10-01
- Network
- Perfect Choice
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TMDB rating
- 8.2/10 (424 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a mature, cyberpunk police-procedural with big ideas about technology and identity, similar in spirit to Cowboy Bebop or Ergo Proxy; Not for you if you want simple, fast action with minimal dialogue.
Pros: smart cyberpunk cases; thought-provoking ideas; strong overarching mysteries | Cons: dense political talk; uneven standalone episodes; characters feel distant
Themes
- cyborg
- police
- organized crime
- internet
- cyberpunk
- robot
- crime investigation
- network
- anime
- near future
- computer networking
- public security
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Excellence Award
Cast & crew
Atsuko Tanaka
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
as Batou (voice)
- YF
Yuzuru Fujimoto
as Nibu Kunihiko (voice)
- HI
Hiroshi Ito
as Litton (voice)
- IJ
Ikkyu Juku
as Wang (voice)
- FT
Fumihiko Tachiki
as Spy Leader (voice)
- YK
Yumi Kakazu
as Eka's Daughter (voice)
Osamu Saka
as Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Taimei Suzuki
as Kubota (voice)
Takashi Onozuka
as Paz (voice)
Directed by Kazunobu Fuseki, Atsushi Wakabayashi, Jun Matsumoto +9 more
Episodes2 seasons · 52 episodes
Season 126 episodes
- S1E1SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-925mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E2SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E3SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E4C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E5C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E6C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E7SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E8SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E9C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E10SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E11C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E12SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E13SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E14SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E15SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E16SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E17SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E18SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E19SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E20C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E21C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E22C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E23C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E24C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E25C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE25mApple TV+
- S1E26C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX25mApple TV+
Season 226 episodes
- S2E1DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E2DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E3DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E4DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E5IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E6DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E7DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/9425mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E8DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E9DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E10DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E11IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E12IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E13DI: Face; MAKE UP25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E14DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E15DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E16IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E17DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E18DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E19IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E20IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E21IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E22DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E23IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E24IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER25mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S2E25IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE25mApple TV+
- S2E26IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG25mApple TV+