Seasons & episodes
S1 · E20C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW 2003-07-01 · 25 min
Togusa is on the trail of the Laughing Man again, and this time, his investigations lead him towards both a leading micromachine corporation and an NGO called the Sunflower Society.
S1 · E21C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER 2003-08-01 · 25 min
After being shot, Togusa's in the hospital and about to go into surgery, but he is desperate to pass on what he's learned to the rest of Section 9. As Togusa fights for his life, the rest of Section 9 takes over the case, but others within the government have learned of the investigation and are not happy.
S1 · E22C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL 2003-08-01 · 25 min
Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's clear that she has no intent of letting Motoko out alive. Meanwhile, Aramaki receives a disturbing message that his brother has been kidnapped.
S1 · E23C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX 2003-09-01 · 25 min
The Laughing Man returns! And, just as he did six years ago, he kidnaps the president of Serano Genomics without being detected. Section 9 arrives at Serano's house too late, and sets out to find him.
S1 · E24C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION 2003-09-01 · 25 min
The government orders Section 9 disbanded. Aramaki is taken away, and Togusa is arrested. Motoko assembles the remaining team members at HQ for one final mission. They prepare for a full-scale assault while Elite troopers and Armed Suits descend on Section 9 HQ.
S1 · E25C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE 2003-10-01 · 25 min
Despite their best efforts, the remaining members of Section 9 are rounded up one by one by the government forces; only Batou and Motoko are left.
S1 · E26C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX 2003-10-01 · 25 min
Togusa has been released from jail and he's given papers showing the dissolution of Section 9. Out of work and depressed, he tries to find information on the others, but there is nothing available. Thinking that he has nothing left to lose, he goes to assassinate the man responsible when he is stopped by–Batou!
S2 · E1DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY 2004-01-01 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E2DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE 2004-01-01 · 25 min
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?
S2 · E3DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE 2004-02-07 · 25 min
=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.
S2 · E4DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY 2004-02-07 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E5IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE 2004-03-06 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E6DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION 2004-03-06 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E7DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 2004-04-03 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E8DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD 2004-04-03 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E9DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE 2004-05-08 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E10DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL 2004-05-08 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E11IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection 2004-06-05 · 25 min
While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.
S2 · E12IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON 2004-06-05 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E13DI: Face; MAKE UP 2004-07-03 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E14DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE 2004-07-03 · 25 min
Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.
S2 · E15DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. 2004-08-07 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E16IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE 2004-08-07 · 25 min
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.
S2 · E17DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA 2004-09-04 · 25 min
Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.