Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
English title: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Japanese title: 攻殻機動隊 Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Type: OVA
Source: Manga
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 23, 2005
Duration: 2 hr 40 min
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Production I.G
Producers: Bandai Visual, Animax, Kodansha, Fonishia
Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Manga Entertainment
Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Suspense
Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Psychological
Demographics: Seinen

In 2024, the terrorist incident known as "The Laughing Man Incident" occurred in which Ernest Serano, president of the groundbreaking micromachine company, Serano Genomics, was kidnapped and ransomed. One day, the case having remained unsolved for six years, Detective Yamaguchi, who has been investigating "The Laughing Man Incident," sends word that he wants to meet with Togusa from Public Safety Section 9. However, soon after sending this message, Yamaguchi, crucial to the success of the case, dies in an accident. Many days pass and in the midst of a police interview relay concerning suspicions behind interceptors, a forewarning is received from "The Laughing Man" of his next crime. The incorporeal hacker begins to move once again.

(Source: ANN)