List of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes

Japan

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ese animated

Anime

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television series, based on Masamune Shirow

Masamune Shirow

is an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and...

's manga

Manga

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Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (manga)
is a Japanese science fiction manga created by Masamune Shirow originally released in 8 separate issues. He followed it up by Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface and Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processor....

. The episodes were directed by Kenji Kamiyama, animated by Production I.G, and produced by Bandai Visual

Bandai Visual

, is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...

, Bandai Entertainment, Dentsu

Dentsu

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, Nippon Television Network, Tokuma Shoten

Tokuma Shoten

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, Victor Entertainment

Victor Entertainment

is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...

, and Manga Entertainment

Manga Entertainment

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. Stand Alone Complex was first licensed and broadcast in 2002 by anime television network Animax

Animax

is a Japanese anime satellite television network, dedicated to broadcasting anime programming. A subsidiary of Japanese media conglomerate Sony, it is headquartered in in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, with its co-founders and shareholders including Sony Pictures Entertainment and the noted anime studios...

across most of Asia, as well as Latin America. It was subsequently licensed in the United States and Canada by Bandai Entertainment/Bandai Visual, in the United Kingdom by Manga Entertainment, and in Australia by Madman Entertainment

Madman Entertainment

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. It continues to be broadcast in the United States as of January 2011 on Adult Swim

Adult Swim

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, and was broadcast in Canada and the United Kingdom by YTV and AnimeCentral

AnimeCentral

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, respectively.

The opening theme for each episode is "Inner universe" (lyrics: Origa

Origa

Origa is a Russian singer who works mostly in Japan....

, Shanti Snyder

Shanti Snyder

Shanti is a half Japanese/French lyricist, singer, songwriter, and music TV host based in Japan. She performs with a few different formations in the Tokyo area in some of the best clubs and has also appeared with many top artists....

; music: Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements...

; vocals: Origa

Origa

Origa is a Russian singer who works mostly in Japan....

), and the ending theme for each episode is "Lithium Flower" (lyrics: Tim Jensen

Tim Jensen

Tim Jensen is a long-time collaborator with anime soundtrack producer/composer Yoko Kanno and her group The Seatbelts, as an original member. He is the voice on "Tank", the opening song of Cowboy Bebop...

; music: Yoko Kanno

Yoko Kanno

is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements...

; vocals: Scott Matthew

Scott Matthew

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). The original soundtrack, containing the opening and closing themes in addition to other tracks from the series, was released by Victor Entertainment on January 22, 2002 in Japan, and by Bandai Visual on November 7, 2004 in the United States.

Thirteen DVD

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compilations, each containing two episodes, were released by Bandai Visual between December 21, 2002 and December 21, 2003. The English adaptation of the anime was released in seven DVD compilations, each containing four episodes, by Manga Entertainment and Anchor Bay Entertainment between July 27, 2004 and July 26, 2005. Complete DVD collection boxes were released by Bandai Visual as a Limited Edition on July 27, 2007 in Japan, and by Manga Entertainment on October 31, 2006 in the United States.

Stand Alone Complex contains 14 "Stand Alone" (SA) episodes and 12 "Complex" (C) episodes. Stand Alone episodes take place independently of the main plot and focus on Public Security Section 9

Public Security Section 9

is a fictional intelligence department from Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell anime and manga series. In the story, it exists under the Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs. In some translations, the name is given as Public Safety Section 9...

's investigation of isolated cases. Complex episodes advance the main plot, which follows Section 9's investigation of the Laughing Man

Laughing Man (Ghost in the Shell)

The is a fictional character in the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. His voice actor is Kōichi Yamadera, while he is voiced in Bandai Entertainment's English dub by Steven Blum.-Background:...

incident: the kidnapping and subsequent release of a Japanese CEO by a sophisticated hacker.

Episodes

No.	Title	Original airdate	English airdate

Tachikomatic Days

Tachikomatic Days are a series of comedic shorts attached to the end of every episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
is an 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...

featuring the Tachikoma

Tachikoma

A is a fictional artificial intelligence, walker/roller in the Ghost in the Shell universe; appearing in the manga, created by Masamune Shirow, and the Stand Alone Complex sub-universe. Nine of them are assigned to Section 9's use originally. They are spider like multi-legged combat vehicles,...

think tanks of Section 9.

Episodes

Tachikomatic Days

See also