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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2005)

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex[b] is a Japanese 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. The first season aired from October 2002 to October 2003 and was positively received by critics. A second season, titled Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG,[c] aired from January 2004 to January 2005. A new ONA anime series installment titled Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045[d] was formally announced in December 2018 and the first season was released on Netflix on 23 April 2020. The second season will release at a later date.[5][6][7] Both seasons will consist of 12 episodes each, with Kenji Kamiyama directing one season, and Shinji Aramaki directing the other season.[8]

"The Laughing Man Incident" started off with a kidnap of Ernest Serano, the CEO of Serano Genomics in 2024, followed by blackmails targeting manufacturers of micromachines and medical equipment. It was just the first of a series of terrorist incidents aimed at corporations, and it's been speculated that the number of corporations targeted was the highest in the post-war period. Several conjectures circulated regarding the final purpose of the criminal: terrorism against cyber and prosthetics technology, a corporate conspiracy or simply a blackmailing scheme for money. But the reality was that nothing was identified concerning the incident: nothing about the criminal's nationality, sex, age, or even whether there was an accomplice or objective. The only clear fact was that the Laughing Man was a top-notch hacker.


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One day, Police Investigator Yamaguchi, who was tracking the Laughing Man Incident, calls Togusa in Section 9. Yamaguchi dies mysteriously immediately afterwards. A few days later, the Laughing Man hijacks the broadcast of a police news conference to express regrets about the incident. Section 9 is dispatched to investigate the intentions of the invisible hacker known as "Laughing Man," who finally broke his silence.