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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex S1E4 — C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex•Season 1•Episode 4

C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

7.7/10 · 407 votesNov 1, 200225 min

Ranked #13 of 26 in Season 1•matches the season avg

While working late, Togusa gets a call from one of his colleagues from his days on the police force. It seems that he's uncovered something strange happening with the investigators in the Laughing Man Unit, a special task force formed to catch the infamous cyber

Directed byHideyo Yamamoto

Written byShoutarou Suga

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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

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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

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

Shoutarou Suga

Shoutarou Suga

Writer

H

Hideyo Yamamoto

Director

T

Takahiro Chiba

Key Animation

Hirofumi Suzuki

Hirofumi Suzuki

Key Animation

A

Atsuko Inoue

Key Animation

H

Hideki Takahashi

Key Animation

R

Ryo Inoguchi

Key Animation

S

Shingoji Hori

Key Animation

Kenji Kamiyama

Kenji Kamiyama

Storyboard Artist

Y

Yoshiaki Tsubata

Key Animation

T

Toshiyuki Yahagi

Key Animation

Kosuke Kawatsura

Kosuke Kawatsura

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER" is episode 4 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex season 1. It scored 7.7/10 from 407 votes, ranking #13 of 26 episodes this season (season average 7.7). Directed by Hideyo Yamamoto and written by Shoutarou Suga, it aired on November 1, 2002.

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