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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG

Poster for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2

26 episodes · premiered Jan 1, 2004

The story continues to follow the adventures of Section 9's top members, Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, and Togusa. The series maintains an episodic format and portrays Section 9 dealing with political issues such as invited refugees and nuclear intrigue. Another government institution, the Information Bureau of the Cabinet, comes up head-to-head against them. And a terrorist entity who calls itself the "Individual Eleven" joins the set.

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  1. Episode 1: DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY Jan 1, 2004 · 25m 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…
  2. Episode 2: DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE Jan 1, 2004 · 25m 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?
  3. Episode 3: DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE Feb 7, 2004 · 25m =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…
  4. Episode 4: DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY Feb 7, 2004 · 25m 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…
  5. Episode 5: IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE Mar 6, 2004 · 25m 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…
  6. Episode 6: DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION Mar 6, 2004 · 25m 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…
  7. Episode 7: DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 Apr 3, 2004 · 25m 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…
  8. Episode 8: DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD Apr 3, 2004 · 25m 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.
  9. Episode 9: DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE May 8, 2004 · 25m 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.
  10. Episode 10: DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL May 8, 2004 · 25m 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.
  11. Episode 11: IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection Jun 5, 2004 · 25m While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.
  12. Episode 12: IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON Jun 5, 2004 · 25m 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…
  13. Episode 13: DI: Face; MAKE UP Jul 3, 2004 · 25m 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…
  14. Episode 14: DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE Jul 3, 2004 · 25m Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
  15. Episode 15: DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. Aug 7, 2004 · 25m 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…
  16. Episode 16: IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE Aug 7, 2004 · 25m 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.
  17. Episode 17: DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA Sep 4, 2004 · 25m Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.
  18. Episode 18: DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT Sep 4, 2004 · 25m 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.
  19. Episode 19: IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION Oct 2, 2004 · 25m 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…
  20. Episode 20: IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG Oct 2, 2004 · 25m 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.
  21. Episode 21: IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT Nov 6, 2004 · 25m 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…
  22. Episode 22: DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS Nov 6, 2004 · 25m 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.
  23. Episode 23: IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW Dec 4, 2004 · 25m 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…
  24. Episode 24: IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER Dec 4, 2004 · 25m 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…
  25. Episode 25: IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE Jan 8, 2005 · 25m 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…
  26. Episode 26: IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG Jan 8, 2005 · 25m The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.