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 are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 52
- Latest aired
- S02E25
- Total runtime
- 21h 40min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 October 2002 – October 2003 26 episodes
- Season 2 January 2004 – January 2005 26 episodes
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S02E01 DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
January 1 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E02 DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
January 1 · 25min find the promo
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A refugee living in Japan has plans to "reset the world" and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams, or something more sinister?
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S02E03 DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
February 7 · 25min find the promo
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=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.
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S02E04 DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
February 7 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E05 IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
March 6 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E06 DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
March 6 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E07 DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94
April 3 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E08 DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
April 3 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E09 DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
May 8 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E10 DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL
May 8 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E11 IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection
June 5 · 25min find the promo
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While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.
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S02E12 IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
June 5 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E13 DI: Face; MAKE UP
July 3 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E14 DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
July 3 · 25min find the promo
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Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
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S02E15 DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
August 7 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E16 IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
August 7 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E17 DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA
September 4 · 25min find the promo
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Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.
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S02E18 DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT
September 4 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E19 IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION
October 2 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E20 IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG
October 2 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E21 IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT
November 6 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E22 DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS
November 6 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E23 IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW
December 4 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E24 IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
December 4 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E25 IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE
January 8 · 25min find the promo
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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.
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S02E26 IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG
January 8 · 25min find the promo
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The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.