Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

The Best Episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2

Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

Every episode of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2!

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that...
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
6.9
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
6.6
6.1
6.9
  1. 7.9/10(7 votes)

    #1 - IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG

    Loading...
    S2:E26

    The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.

    0 Comments
    View all
  2. 7.8/10(8 votes)

    #2 - IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection

    Loading...
    S2:E11

    While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.

    0 Comments
    View all
  3. 7.7/10(7 votes)

    #3 - IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE

    Loading...
    S2:E25

    Kuze manages to take down the jamming plane, but becomes trapped in rubble with the Major. The Tachikomas begin discussing what to do about the nuclear submarine they have spotted, and Batou manages to convince the special forces that have been sent to kill them to listen to him.

    0 Comments
    View all
  4. 7.6/10(7 votes)

    #4 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER

    Loading...
    S2:E24

    The Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9 head to Dejima to try to hand over the nuclear device to the military there, in order to defuse the situation, while Ishikawa heads to SPring-8 to deliver the rest of the plutonium.

    0 Comments
    View all
  5. 7.5/10(8 votes)

    #5 - DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT

    Loading...
    S2:E18

    The Major and Batou are flown to Berlin in an effort to track down a terrorist called "Angel's Feathers". While there, Batou attracts the attention of a young girl in a wheelchair.

    0 Comments
    View all
  6. 7.1/10(8 votes)

    #6 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE

    Loading...
    S2:E14

    Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.

    0 Comments
    View all
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

    READ
  8. 7.1/10(8 votes)

    #7 - DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA

    Loading...
    S2:E17

    Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.

    0 Comments
    View all
  9. 7.1/10(7 votes)

    #8 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT

    Loading...
    S2:E21

    Much to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.

    0 Comments
    View all
  10. 7.0/10(7 votes)

    #9 - IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW

    Loading...
    S2:E23

    The government declares martial Law in Dejima, believing that the refugees have a nuclear device and plan to use it to gain independence. When the refugees' connection to Kuze is cut off, one shot begins a bloody war.

    0 Comments
    View all
  11. 6.9/10(9 votes)

    #10 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE

    Loading...
    S2:E3

    =A hacker and thief by the name of Cash Eye plans on infiltrating a vault during a party, and Section 9 is called in to prevent it. But there are a number of strange elements in this case that don't all add up.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:Dai Sato
  12. 6.9/10(8 votes)

    #11 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL

    Loading...
    S2:E10

    Togusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.

    0 Comments
    View all
  13. 6.8/10(9 votes)

    #12 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94

    Loading...
    S2:E7

    Plans have been leaked to terrorists that the plutonium recovered from the underground nuclear facility in Tokyo is to be moved. Section 9 is called in to ensure the plutonium reaches its destination, and Gohda is there again.

    0 Comments
    View all
  14. 6.8/10(8 votes)

    #13 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION

    Loading...
    S2:E19

    Despite close scrutiny by the authorities, the Dejima refugees declare their independence. Kuze is suspected to be the mastermind behind this new resistance and Section 9 is sent to detain him.

    0 Comments
    View all
  15. 6.7/10(9 votes)

    #14 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY

    Loading...
    S2:E4

    A routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firing on anyone who comes near. And a mysterious and creepy man known as Gohda arrives to tell Section 9 how to handle it.

    0 Comments
    View all
  16. 6.6/10(14 votes)

    #15 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY

    Loading...
    S2:E1

    A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.

    0 Comments
    View all
  17. 6.6/10(9 votes)

    #16 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION

    Loading...
    S2:E6

    A seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run turns into anything but when Togusa investigates. While in Tokyo, he discovers a secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden deep underground.

    0 Comments
    View all
  18. 6.6/10(8 votes)

    #17 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON

    Loading...
    S2:E12

    The Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.

    0 Comments
    View all
  19. 6.6/10(8 votes)

    #18 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.

    Loading...
    S2:E15

    During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.

    0 Comments
    View all
  20. 6.6/10(7 votes)

    #19 - DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS

    Loading...
    S2:E22

    The city of Fukuoka is evacuated when a live nuclear bomb is found. With the Dejima Refugees targeted as the prime suspects, the government sends the Self-Defense Forces into the city.

    0 Comments
    View all
  21. 6.5/10(8 votes)

    #20 - IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG

    Loading...
    S2:E20

    Section 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on the body of a dead addict.

    0 Comments
    View all
  22. 6.4/10(9 votes)

    #21 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD

    Loading...
    S2:E8

    While on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 finds out that someone is pulling strings and feeding misinformation to the Public Safety Sections.

    0 Comments
    View all
  23. 6.4/10(8 votes)

    #22 - DI: Face; MAKE UP

    Loading...
    S2:E13

    With the latest Individual 11 incident still fresh in the public's mind, Section 9 discovers that only a skilled face sculptor could have created Kuze's prosthetic face. Since only two artists fit that description, they quickly locate the craftsmen and go to question them.

    0 Comments
    View all
  24. 6.4/10(8 votes)

    #23 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE

    Loading...
    S2:E16

    The Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report on what he found out about Kuze's past.

    0 Comments
    View all
  25. 6.3/10(9 votes)

    #24 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE

    Loading...
    S2:E9

    The Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda and his motives, while the rest of Section 9 are out to stop a string of suicide bombings.

    0 Comments
    View all
  26. 6.2/10(9 votes)

    #25 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE

    Loading...
    S2:E5

    An assassination threat has been made against Prime Minister Kayabuki; Section 9 is called to serve as bodyguards Meanwhile, investigation on the Individual Eleven turns up some interesting history.

    0 Comments
    View all

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG" is the best rated episode of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Masayuki Yoshihara and written by Kenji Kamiyama, it aired on 1/8/2005. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection".