Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002 – 2005Show2 seasons · 52 episodesTV-MAEnded
Summary
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+24)
Critics 67Audiences 91GoodWatch 78
Time to watch it all
22 h
52 episodes, about 25 min each
An episode a night: about 7 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 24 countries
+14
First aired
2002
October 1, 2002
Ended 2005
Genres
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyCrimeLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
United States
Rated
- TV-MAUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
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Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice) · 52 episodes
Akio OtsukaBatou (voice) · 52 episodes
Osamu SakaDaisuke Aramaki (voice) · 52 episodes
Taimei SuzukiKubota (voice) · 52 episodes
Takashi OnozukaPaz (voice) · 52 episodes
Taro YamaguchiBorma (voice) · 52 episodes
Toru OkawaSaito (voice) · 52 episodes
Sakiko TamagawaTachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice) · 52 episodes
Yuko SumitomoNasami Kurta (voice) · 52 episodes
Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice) · 52 episodes
Eiji SekiguchiAkafuku (voice) · 52 episodes
Eri OonoOperator (voice) · 52 episodes
Ayako ItoRan (voice) · 52 episodes
Nobuyuki HiyamaSugi (voice) · 52 episodes
Minami TakayamaChai (voice), Kuroha (voice) · 52 episodes
Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice) · 52 episodes
Tomoyuki ShimuraMinimi (voice), Chief of Security Section (voice) · 52 episodes
Megumi HayashibaraTheresa (voice), Asagi Ruriko (voice) · 52 episodes
Rikiya KoyamaHideo Kuze (voice) · 26 episodes
Yoji MatsudaMacLachlan Marshall (voice) · 26 episodes
Miyu TsuzuraharaMoe (voice) · 26 episodes
Toshihiko MikiNiimi (voice) · 26 episodes
Kaho KoudaPhoebe (voice) · 26 episodes
Gotou AtsushiSuzuki Satou (voice) · 26 episodes
Directing · 10
- Toshiyuki Kono Director, Key Animation, Storyboard Artist
- Masaki Tachibana Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- Kenichi Takeshita Director, Storyboard Artist
- Masayuki Yoshihara Director, Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
- Itsuro Kawasaki Director, Storyboard Artist
- Yasuhiro Geshi Director, Storyboard Artist
Writing · 5
- Junichi Fujisaku Writer
- Yutaka Omatsu Writer
- Yuichiro Matsuka Writer
- Nobutoshi Terado Writer
- Mamoru Oshii Story
Production · 7
- Dai Sato Production Coordinator, Writer
- Taiki Sakurai Production Coordinator, Writer
- Shoutarou Suga Production Coordinator, Writer
- Shigeru Watanabe Executive Producer, Production Coordinator
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Production Coordinator, Producer
- Atsushi Sugita Producer
Camera · 1
- Koji Tanaka Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Junichi Uematsu Editor
- Taeko Hamauzu Assistant Editor
Sound · 5
- Yoko Kanno Original Music Composer
- Graziano Ilaria Songs, Music
- Scott Matthew Songs
- Origa Songs
- Steve Conte Songs
Art · 7
- Kazunobu Fuseki Storyboard Artist, Director
- Jun Matsumoto Storyboard Artist, Director, Key Animation, Layout
- Kazuki Higashiji Art Direction, Background Designer
- Yusuke Takeda Art Direction
- Junji Nishimura Storyboard Artist
- Masahiro Ando Storyboard Artist, Key Animation
Other crew · 235
- Kenji Kamiyama Series Director, Series Composition, Writer, Storyboard Artist
- Shirow Masamune Original Concept
- Makoto Endo 3D Director
- Shinobu Tsuneki Mechanical Designer
- Makoto Shimomura Character Designer
- Noboru Haraguchi Sound Engineer
Tropes
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes
2 seasons · 52 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 SA: Public Security Section 9 - Section-9, 7.3
- S1 E2 SA: Runaway Evidence - Testation, 7.7
- S1 E3 SA: A Modest Rebellion - Android and I, 7.1
- S1 E4 C: The Visual Device Will Laugh - Intercepter, 7.7
- S1 E5 C: The Inviting Bird Will Chant - Decoy, 7.5
- S1 E6 Mohousha wa Odoru/Meme, 7.9
- S1 E7 Guuzousuuhai/Idolater, 7.5
- S1 E8 Megumareshi Mono-tachi/Missing Hearts, 7.3
- S1 E9 Net no Yami ni Sumu Otoko/Chat! Chat! Chat!, 7.1
- S1 E10 Mitsurin-Kouro ni Uttetsuke no Hi/Jungle Cruise, 8.1
- S1 E11 Aseichuu no Mori de/Portraitz, 7.8
- S1 E12 Tachikoma no Iede, Eiga-Kantoku no Yume/Escape From, 7.9
- S1 E13 Terrorist/Not Equal, 7.5
- S1 E14 Zenjidou-Shihon-shugi/YES, 7.2
- S1 E15 Kikai-tachi no Jikan/Machines Desirantes, 7.6
- S1 E16 Kokoro no Sukima/Ag2O, 7.5
- S1 E17 Mikansei Love Romance no Shinsou/Angels' Share, 7.4
- S1 E18 Ansatsu no Nijuusou/Lost Heritage, 7.4
- S1 E19 Gisou-mou ni Dakarete/Captivated, 7.1
- S1 E20 Kesareta Kusuri/Re-view, 8.1
- S1 E21 Okizari no Kiseki/Eraser, 8.5
- S1 E22 Gigoku/Scandal, 8.0
- S1 E23 Zen-Aku no Higan/Equinox, 8.0
- S1 E24 Kojou Rakujitsu/Annihilation, 8.3
- S1 E25 Shouendan-u/Barrage, 8.8
- S1 E26 Kouan 9 ka, Futatabi/Stand Alone Complex, 8.2
- S2 E1 Reembody, 7.6
- S2 E2 Night Cruise, 7.4
- S2 E3 Cash Eye, 7.4
- S2 E4 Natural Enemy, 7.7
- S2 E5 Inductance, 7.6
- S2 E6 Excavation, 7.5
- S2 E7 Pu239, 7.5
- S2 E8 Fake Food, 7.3
- S2 E9 Ambivalence, 7.7
- S2 E10 Trial, 7.5
- S2 E11 Affection, 8.4
- S2 E12 Selecon, 8.0
- S2 E13 Make Up, 7.4
- S2 E14 Poker Face, 8.2
- S2 E15 Pat, 7.4
- S2 E16 Another Chance, 7.3
- S2 E17 Red Data, 7.4
- S2 E18 Trans Parent, 8.0
- S2 E19 Chain Reaction, 7.7
- S2 E20 Fabricate Fog, 7.9
- S2 E21 Embarrassment, 8.1
- S2 E22 Reversal Process, 7.7
- S2 E23 Martial Law, 8.0
- S2 E24 Nuclear Power, 8.3
- S2 E25 This Side of Justice, 8.3
- S2 E26 Endless Gig, 8.6
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