Synopsis
In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible. This allows for great increases in both physical and cybernetic prowess and blurring the lines between the two worlds. However, criminals can also make full use of such technology, leading to new and sometimes, very dangerous crimes. In response to such innovative new methods, the Japanese Government has established Section 9, an independently operating police unit which deals with such highly sensitive crimes. Led by Daisuke Aramaki and Motoko Kusanagi, Section 9 deals with such crimes over the...
Episodes (26)
26 episodes
EP 01 1. SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9
Public Security Section 9 is an elite special ops unit that works directly under...
EP 02 2. SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION
Kenbishi Heavy Industries has built a state-of-the-art multiped tank. There's on...
EP 03 3. SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been af...
EP 04 4. C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
While working late, Togusa gets a call from one of his colleagues from his days ...
EP 05 5. C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
The Laughing Man, having returned after a six-year absence, threatens to assassi...
EP 06 6. C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME
As Togusa and Bato track down Nanao, Motoko and Paz are attempting to protect th...
EP 07 7. SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero ...
EP 08 8. SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It see...
EP 09 9. C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
Motoko enters into an online chat room devoted to the Laughing Man to see if she...
EP 10 10. SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE
Marco Amoretti, a former Navy Petty Officer from the American Empire, has come t...
EP 11 11. C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
Togusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrom...
EP 12 12. SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
One of the Tachikomas decides to take a little stroll through the city. It meets...
EP 13 13. SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the da...
EP 14 14. SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
The Chinese government contacts Section 9 to let them know that an assassin may ...
EP 15 15. SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
The Major has become worried about the Tachikomas. It appears that their AIs hav...
EP 16 16. SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a m...
EP 17 17. SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit...
EP 18 18. SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed ...
EP 19 19. SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
Section 9's next case is a rash of mass-kidnappings. Rumor has it that a crime s...
EP 20 20. C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW
Togusa is on the trail of the Laughing Man again, and this time, his investigati...
EP 21 21. C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
After being shot, Togusa's in the hospital and about to go into surgery, but he ...
EP 22 22. C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor ar...
EP 23 23. C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX
The Laughing Man returns! And, just as he did six years ago, he kidnaps the pres...
EP 24 24. C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
The government orders Section 9 disbanded. Aramaki is taken away, and Togusa is ...
EP 25 25. C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
Despite their best efforts, the remaining members of Section 9 are rounded up on...
EP 26 26. C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX
Togusa has been released from jail and he's given papers showing the dissolution...