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攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX (Kōkaku Kidōtai STAND ALONE COMPLEX) |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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 (攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX? Kōkaku Kidōtai STAND ALONE COMPLEX) 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 (攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG? Kōkaku Kidōtai S.A.C. 2nd GIG) 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.