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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex S1E16 — SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex•Season 1•Episode 16

SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O

7.5/10 · 316 votesMay 1, 200325 min

Ranked #18 of 26 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a man named Zaitsev who was an Olympic silver medalist. Now, however, he's under suspicion of espionage. Batou befriends him easily, and the two really seem to get along--which is unusual

Directed byMasaki Tachibana

Written byNobutoshi Terado

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Seasons2

Season 1 Episodes26

SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9 still

SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9

SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION still

SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION

SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I still

SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I

C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER still

C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY still

C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY

C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME still

C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME

SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR still

SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR

SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS still

SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS

C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT! still

C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!

SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE still

SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE

C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ still

C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ

SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM still

SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM

SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL still

SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL

SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$ still

SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$

SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES still

SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES

SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O still

E16 7.5Now viewing

SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O

SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE still

SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE

SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE still

SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE

SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED still

SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED

C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW still

C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW

C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER still

C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER

C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL still

C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL

C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX still

C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX

C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION still

C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION

C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE still

C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE

C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX still

C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX

Cast18

Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Taimei Suzuki

Taimei Suzuki

Kubota (voice)

Takashi Onozuka

Takashi Onozuka

Paz (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Taro Yamaguchi

Borma (voice)

Toru Okawa

Toru Okawa

Saito (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Tachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)

Yuko Sumitomo

Yuko Sumitomo

Nasami Kurta (voice)

Yutaka Nakano

Yutaka Nakano

Ishikawa (voice)

Yoji Matsuda

Yoji Matsuda

MacLachlan Marshall (voice)

Miyu Tsuzurahara

Miyu Tsuzurahara

Moe (voice)

Crew12

Masaki Tachibana

Masaki Tachibana

Director

N

Nobutoshi Terado

Writer

K

Koichi Hatsumi

Key Animation

T

Theresia Whinkler

Key Animation

T

Toru Okubo

Key Animation

Kenji Kamiyama

Kenji Kamiyama

Storyboard Artist

T

Toshiyuki Yahagi

Key Animation

S

Shinsuke Hamaura

Key Animation

Y

Yuki Nakajima

Key Animation

Y

Yasutaka Kubota

Key Animation

R

Ryota Niino

Animation Director

Koji Komurakata

Koji Komurakata

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O" is episode 16 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex season 1. It scored 7.5/10 from 316 votes, ranking #18 of 26 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Masaki Tachibana and written by Nobutoshi Terado, it aired on May 1, 2003.

Next: E17 · SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE Best of Season 1