Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002 · TV Series · TV-MA · 30 min
★ 8.2(432)unSUB Rating
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 (input)
- 8.2/10 (432 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
- cybercrime
- anime
- near future
- computer networking
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Excellence Award
Cast & crew
Atsuko Tanaka
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
as Batou (voice)
Osamu Saka
as Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Taimei Suzuki
as Kubota (voice)
Takashi Onozuka
as Paz (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
as Hideo Kuze (voice)
Taro Yamaguchi
as Borma (voice)
Toru Okawa
as Saito (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa
as Tachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)
Yuko Sumitomo
as Nasami Kurta (voice)
Directed by Masayuki Yoshihara, Kazunobu Fuseki, Masaki Tachibana +9 more
Episodes2 seasons · 52 episodes
Season 126 episodes
- S1E1SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-925mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E2SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E3SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E4C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E5C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E6C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E7SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E8SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E9C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E10SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E11C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E12SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E13SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E14SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E15SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E16SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E17SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E18SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E19SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E20C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E21C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E22C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E23C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E24C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E25C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE25mThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S1E26C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX25mThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
Season 226 episodes
- S2E1DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E2DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E3DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E4DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E5IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E6DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E7DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/9425mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E8DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E9DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E10DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E11IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E12IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E13DI: Face; MAKE UP25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E14DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E15DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E16IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E17DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E18DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E19IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E20IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E21IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E22DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E23IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E24IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER25mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E25IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE25mThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+
- S2E26IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG25mThe Roku ChannelTubiApple TV+