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Format
Special
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
2 hr 40 min
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Aired
2005-09-23 to ?
Source
Manga
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
Action
Mystery
Mecha
Sci-Fi
Detective
Psychological
Seinen
Adult Cast
Studios
Production I.G
Producers
Bandai Visual
Animax
Kodansha
Licensors
Bandai Entertainment
Manga Entertainment
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (攻殻機動隊 Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man)
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)