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Format
TV
Episodes
26
Episode Duration
25 min per ep
Status
Finished Airing
Premiered
Winter 2004
Aired
2004-01-01 to 2005-01-08
Source
Manga
Rating
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
Genres
Action
Mystery
Mecha
Sci-Fi
Military
Detective
Seinen
Adult Cast
Studios
Production I.G
Producers
Bandai Visual
Dentsu
Victor Entertainment
Kodansha
Tokuma Shoten
Nippon Television Network
Licensors
Bandai Entertainment
Manga Entertainment
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG (攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG)
Following the closure of the "Laughing Man" case, Section 9 is re-established by Japan's newly elected Prime Minister, Youko Kayabuki, to combat the persistent threat of cyber-terrorism. A group calling themselves "The Individual Eleven" has begun committing acts of terror across Japan. While Motoko Kusanagi, Daisuke Aramaki, Batou, and the other members of Section 9 investigate this new menace, the Japanese government faces a separate crisis, as foreign refugees displaced by the Third World War seek asylum in Japan. But as the members of the special-ops team continually encounter Gouda Kazundo—a leading member of the Cabinet Intelligence Service—in their hunt, they begin to suspect that he may be involved, and that the events of the refugee crisis and The Individual Eleven may be more connected than they realize... [Written by MAL Rewrite]