Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
English title: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Japanese title: 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society
Alternative titles: GitS SAC SSS, GitS: SAC 3, gits sac3, gitssac3, sac3, sss, Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Solid State Society
Type: TV Special
Source: Manga
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Sep 1, 2006
Duration: 1 hr 48 min
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Studios: Production I.G
Producers: Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Victor Entertainment, Nippon Television Network, Fonishia
Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Manga Entertainment
Genres: Action, Award Winning, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military
Demographics: Seinen

A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new Section 9 confronts a rash of complicated incidents, and investigations reveal that an ultra-wizard hacker named the Puppeteer is behind the entire series of events.

In the midst of all, Batou, who was stalking the case on a separate track, encounters Motoko. She goes away after saying, "Stay away from the Solid State Society." Batou is left with a doubt in his mind. Could Motoko be the Puppeteer?

The series of intriguing incidents that Section 9 faces gradually link together almost artistically. Who is the Puppeteer? What will happen to Batou's relationship with Motoko? What is the full truth behind this carefully planned perfect crime? And what will the outcome be? Mysteries surround the Solid State Society...

(Source: Production I.G.)

Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society won the Packaged Work Award at the 2007 Animation Kobe Awards.