Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
English title: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Japanese title: 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG
Alternative titles: Ghost In The Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG
Type: TV
Source: Manga
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 1, 2004 to Jan 8, 2005
Broadcast: Unknown
Duration: 25 min per ep
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Production I.G
Producers: Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Victor Entertainment, Kodansha, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Fonishia
Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Manga Entertainment
Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military
Demographics: Seinen

Following the closure of the "Laughing Man" case, Section 9 is re-established by Japan's newly elected Prime Minister, Youko Kayabuki, to combat the persistent threat of cyber-terrorism.

A group calling themselves "The Individual Eleven" has begun committing acts of terror across Japan. While Motoko Kusanagi, Daisuke Aramaki, Batou, and the other members of Section 9 investigate this new menace, the Japanese government faces a separate crisis, as foreign refugees displaced by the Third World War seek asylum in Japan. But as the members of the special-ops team continually encounter Gouda Kazundo—a leading member of the Cabinet Intelligence Service—in their hunt, they begin to suspect that he may be involved, and that the events of the refugee crisis and The Individual Eleven may be more connected than they realize...

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