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Ghost in the Shell:
Stand Alone Complex
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攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
(Kōkaku Kidōtai Sutando Arōn Conpurekkusu)
Anime television series
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Produced by Charles McCarter
Kaoru Mfaume
Yuichiro Matsuka
Atsushi Sugita
Written by Kenji Kamiyama
Music by Yoko Kanno
Studio Production I.G
Licensed by
Original network NTV
English network
Original run October 1, 2002 – October 1, 2003
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Anime television series
S.A.C. 2nd GIG
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Produced by Charles McCarter
Kaoru Mfaume
Yuichiro Matsuka
Hisanori Kunisaki
Written by Kenji Kamiyama
Music by Yoko Kanno
Studio Production I.G
Licensed by
Original network NTV
English network
Original run January 1, 2004 – January 8, 2005
Episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Novel series
Written by Junichi Fujisaku
Published by Tokuma Shoten
English publisher
Original run January 2004 – February 2005
Volumes 3
Original video animation
The Laughing Man
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Music by Yoko Kanno
Studio Production I.G
Licensed by
Released September 23, 2005
Runtime 160 minutes
Original video animation
Individual Eleven
Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Music by Yoko Kanno
Studio Production I.G
Licensed by
Released January 27, 2006
Runtime 160 minutes
Manga
Written by Yu Kinutani
Published by Kodansha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Magazine
Original run December 2009 – present
Volumes 5
Manga
Tachikomatic Days
Written by Yoshiki Sakurai
Mayasuki Yamamoto
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Magazine
Original run December 2009 – present
Volumes 5
Anime film
Video games
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, known in Japan as Mobile Armored Riot Police: Stand Alone Complex (攻殻機動隊 Stand Alone Complex（スタンド・アローン・コンプレックス）,, Kōkaku Kidōtai Sutando Arōn Conpurekkusu), is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell. It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, with original character design by Hajime Shimomura and a soundtrack by Yoko Kanno. The first season aired from October 2002 to October 2003 and was positively received by critics. A second season titled Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, known in Japan as Mobile Armored Riot Police: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG（エス・エー・シー セカンド ギグ）,, Kōkaku Kidōtai Esu Ē Shī Sekando Gigu), aired from January 2004 to January 2005.

The series centers on the members of an elite cybernetic law enforcement unit known as Public Security Section 9 as they investigate cyber-crime and terrorism cases; these cases often are connected to their pursuit of an elite "Super Class A" hacker and corporate terrorist known as "The Laughing Man". A series of associated short comic animations, titled Tachikomatic Days, aired after each episode. These shorts star the Tachikoma "think-tanks" from the main series, and they typically relate directly to the story of the preceding Stand Alone Complex episode.

The first season was adapted into a feature-length OVA titled The Laughing Man, which was released in 2005. The series had also received video game spin-offs for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and mobile phones. 2nd GIG was also later adapted into a feature-length OVA entitled Individual Eleven, which was released in 2006.Solid State Society, a TV-film sequel to the Stand Alone Complex series, was also released in that year.


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