7.1/10335 votesLoading...#1 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2002
A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androids have been committing "suicide". Section 9 is called in as it may be related to a virus detected in an android at the National Assembly Building.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.1/10228 votesLoading...#2 - SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 7/1/2003
Section 9's next case is a rash of mass-kidnappings. Rumor has it that a crime syndicate is harvesting organs and selling them on the black market. As they research the case, they realize that time is running out.
Director: Minoru Ohara
Writer: Shoutarou Suga
7.2/10265 votesLoading...#3 - C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2003
Motoko enters into an online chat room devoted to the Laughing Man to see if she can find any new information on him. What she discovers is a spirited debate among the self-proclaimed "fans" of the Laughing Man, but very little hard evidence.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Dai Sato
7.2/10233 votesLoading...#4 - SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/2003
The Chinese government contacts Section 9 to let them know that an assassin may have entered Japan to kill a famous reclusive millionaire. Despite their considerable efforts, however, Section 9 is unable to contact him to warn him, so they go directly to his residence.
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.3/10416 votesLoading...#5 - SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2002
Public Security Section 9 is an elite special ops unit that works directly under the control of the Prime Minister. They've been called in to rescue a high-ranking government official from a hostage situation. But something doesn't seem right to Major Motoko Kusanagi.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.3/10262 votesLoading...#6 - SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/1/2003
Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It seems a little girl just received a heart transplant, but the donor's family doesn't remember ever agreeing to donate the heart. When Motoko mentions this story to Aramaki, he tells them to determine if this is tied to a ring of black-market organ smugglers supposedly run by the mafia.
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.3/10178 votesLoading...#7 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/3/2004
While Ishikawa begins to dig deeper into the background of CIS Representative Kazunoto Gouda, the rest of Section 9 are instructed to arrest one Shou Kawashima, a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant chef who has been seen at three locations where the Individual Eleven have claimed responsibility for attacking. The Taiwanese restaurant where he works is near the Nanyou Shimbun (Newspaper) building that had received an earlier threat against it by the Individual Eleven. Section 9 moves into position around the Taiwanese restaurant and commences their stakeout.
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Sato
7.3/10177 votesLoading...#8 - DI: Face; MAKE UP
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/3/2004
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.
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Oomatsu
7.3/10173 votesLoading...#9 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 8/7/2004
Ishikawa returns from the Peninsula with the latest intel on Kuze, but is surprised to learn of a possible refugee uprising. The Major and Aramaki are sent to see the Prime Minister to discuss this matter and the existence of "hub cyberbrains". While they wait, the rest of the team listens to Ishikawa's report on Kuze's past.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama
7.4/10245 votesLoading...#10 - SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/1/2003
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 for Batou. But when Batou learns the truth behind his hero, he must make a very difficult decision.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Nobutoshi Terado
7.4/10230 votesLoading...#11 - SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 6/1/2003
While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit an old flame who's now in the wine brokering business. She asks him to help her put a stop to the corruption in her company, but he tells her that it's out of his jurisdiction. Just then, however, two thieves break into the building and take them hostage.
Director: Yasuhiro Geshi
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.4/10231 votesLoading...#12 - SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 6/1/2003
Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed friend's daughter. Later, Section 9 is assigned the task of protecting the Chinese Foreign Minister from being assassinated.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
7.4/10232 votesLoading...#13 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/2004
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is put on full display. A Japanese National named Gino, who suffered through the horrors of Non-Nuclear World War IV, the Second Vietnam War, now passes his days as a helicopter pilot for the chairman of a media conglomerate. His cushy job, however, does not take away the sheer internal pain that Gino is facing. As he moves through his isolated existence, Gino leaps between reality and fantasy. However, he keeps his dementia solely to himself. Having no one to help him, his condition continues to worsen.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Shoutarou Suga
7.4/10217 votesLoading...#14 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/7/2004
A cat thief named Cash Eye has infiltrated a building owned by Federation of Economic Organizations Chairman Tsutomu Tadokoro. The cat burglar made quick work of the top-notch security system and left a calling card on the Chairman's desk saying that Cash Eye will be infiltrating his vault during an upcoming party. Albeit reluctant to get Section 9 involved, Aramaki has no choice but to assist Tadokoro. Prime Minister Kayabuki has requested that his unit go undercover in order to prevent the burglary.
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki
Writer: Dai Sato
7.4/10178 votesLoading...#15 - DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 9/4/2004
Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia. After being saved, the boy follows her, making sure that she finishes what she started. The mafia will continue to pursue the boy and the Major has to protect him.
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Writer: Shoutarou Suga
7.5/10287 votesLoading...#16 - C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/1/2002
The Laughing Man, having returned after a six-year absence, threatens to assassinate the Superintendent-General of the police. Aramaki, however, thinks it's a cover-up. He briefs Section 9 on the prime suspect, Nanao=A, an incredibly gifted programmer who developed the micro-machines that are currently the foundation of Serano Industries.
Director: Ryutaro Nakamura
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
7.5/10266 votesLoading...#17 - SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/1/2003
Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero who has arrived in Japan. However, Jarti is a hard man to catch because he employs look-alikes to deceive people. Nevertheless, Section 9 is convinced that the one they're tracking is the real thing, and after a rather out-of-control gunbattle in an upscale hotel, they track him to an old warehouse.
Director: Atsushi Wakabayashi
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
7.5/10244 votesLoading...#18 - SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/1/2003
In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the daughter of Tokura Electronics, who was kidnapped 16 years ago. But there's one problem–the photo was taken two days ago!
Director: Kazunobu Fuseki
Writer: Shoutarou Suga
7.5/10231 votesLoading...#19 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2004
Armed terrorists have taken over the Chinese Embassy in New Port City. Holding an unknown number of hostages, the group, calling themselves the Individual Eleven, are demanding that the government cease accepting Asian refugees and dissolve the five Asian refugee camps situated throughout Japan. The members of Section 9 have mobilized and are in position to move in. However, due to the events of the Laughing Man Incident (1st GIG), Section 9 technically no longer exists. The unit must wait for an official order from Chief Aramaki, who is busy making his case in front of the new Prime Minister of Japan.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai
7.5/10184 votesLoading...#20 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2004
During a visit to the Dejima Refugee Residential District off the coast of Nagasaki, Prime Minister Kayabuki receives a bouquet of flowers that is accompanied by an envelope stamped with the diamond seal seen in "NATURAL ENEMY". The envelope contains a letter that promises an attempt to take the Prime Minister's life. At a meeting of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, Aramaki is shown the letter and told that so far the stamp on the envelope has turned up in eight other terrorist incidents. The Cabinet calls for Section 9's assistance. However, much to the unit members' chagrin, Section 9 will not be deployed in an offensive role.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Sato
7.5/10183 votesLoading...#21 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/2004
A highway accident involving a large commercial truck has left a fully prostheticized man dead, his body torn apart from the impact. Togusa is summoned by Aramaki to delve deeper into the matter as the dead man had recently tried to blackmail the Energy Ministry. The dead man's name was Kanji Kotan and he had recently arrived to Niihama by way of Tōkyō. Due to the rest of Section 9 guarding the Prime Minister ("INDUCTANCE"), Aramaki can only send Togusa, with a Tachikoma as protection, to dig up what he can about the man's recent activities before he died.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Junichi Fujisaku
7.5/10183 votesLoading...#22 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/2004
A botched arms deal reveals that the government's plans to remove Plutonium from the Shinjuku dig site ("EXCAVATION") by sea have been compromised. Section 9 is called in to take the Plutonium out of Old Tōkyō by land. The members of Section 9 are not happy being used by the government. Batou is especially incensed since Section 9 is supposed to be an offensive organization. His patience will be further tried when he and Section 9 find out who will be accompanying them on their mission...
Director: Itsuro Kawasaki
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Junichi Fujisaku
7.5/10180 votesLoading...#23 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 5/8/2004
Several bombings have occurred throughout New Port City. Each time, Section 9 arrives too late to stop their detonations. With a fifth and final bomb set to go off somewhere in the city, the unit puts all of the information they have found from the first four bombings together. Even the Cabinet Intelligence Service is having their fair share of difficulties. A hacker has infiltrated its incredibly advanced computer security system. The hacker enters the vast array of information stored at the CIS and begins to collect data...
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Sato, Yuichiro Matsuka
7.5/10190 votesLoading...#24 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 5/8/2004
Togusa aids a woman who has been chased by a man through the streets of Niihama. With his Mateba, Togusa is able to disable the man's prosthetic body. However, he does not secure the man's pistol. When Togusa helps the woman up, the man has enough movement left in his body to aim his gun and fire at the woman, killing her instantly. The murderer is brought to trial. However, due to the events that occurred immediately following the murder, Togusa is brutally cross-examined by the murderer's lawyer.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
7.5/10176 votesLoading...#25 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 8/7/2004
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.
Director: Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: Kenji Kamiyama, Taiki Sakurai
The Worst Episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
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Worst Episodes Summary
"SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I" is the worst rated episode of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex". It scored 7.1/10 based on 335 votes. Directed by Masayuki Yoshihara and written by Taiki Sakurai, it aired on 11/1/2002. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED".