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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Section 9
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 30 mins
A dangerous host body has escaped and must be recaptured.
Episode 2
Testation
Sun, Nov 14, 2004 30 mins
A state-of-the-art tank goes haywire, and Section 9 is called in to contain it.
Episode 3
Android and I
Sun, Nov 21, 2004 30 mins
The team investigate android suicides and a possible link to another dangerous case.
Episode 4
Interceptor
Sun, Nov 28, 2004 30 mins
Togusa gets a tip from an old friend about something strange going on in a task force formed to catch a cybercriminal.
Episode 5
C: The Inviting Bird Will Chant - Decoy
Tue, Oct 29, 2002 30 mins
Laughing Man causes chaos with his threats, but Aramaki thinks his actions are a diversion from the real target.
Episode 6
Mohousha wa Odoru/Meme
Sun, Dec 12, 2004 30 mins
A virus outbreak targets a specific victim. Meanwhile, Tagusa and Bato search for Nanao=A.
Episode 7
Idolater
Sun, Dec 19, 2004 30 mins
Section 9 track a revolutionary who has come to Japan. Their task is difficult, though, because the man employs lookalikes to evade potential captors.
Episode 8
Missing Hearts
Sun, Jan 2, 2005 30 mins
Black-market organ dealers are investigated after a young girl receives a new heart that was given to her without permission from the donor's family.
Episode 9
Chat! Chat! Chat!
Sun, Jan 9, 2005 30 mins
Motoko peruses chat rooms to gather information on the Laughing Man.
Episode 10
Mitsurin-Kouro ni Uttetsuke no Hi/Jungle Cruise
Sun, Jan 16, 2005 30 mins
The group go after a rogue CIA agent who's murdering people in a brutal fashion. Batou takes a special interest in the case and becomes determined to catch the killer.
Episode 11
Portraitz
Sun, Jan 23, 2005 30 mins
Togusa works undercover at a hospital where patients cannot communicate with outsiders, a condition that leads them to excel at hacking defense systems.
Episode 12
Escape From
Sun, Jan 30, 2005 30 mins
Batou's Tachikoma activates by itself to explore the outside world.
Episode 13
Not Equal
Sun, Feb 6, 2005 30 mins
A kidnapped girl surfaces when the Maritime Safety Team spots her on a radiation scrubbing station, and Section 9 is called in to rescue her and find members of the original SST sent to find her.
Episode 14
Yes
Sun, Feb 13, 2005 30 mins
Section 9 stops cabal thieves planning to rob a bank before being called away due to an assassination attempt by Chinese Socialists.
Episode 15
Machine Desirantes
Sun, Feb 20, 2005 30 mins
Kusanagi's concerns come to a head when she becomes disturbed by Section 9's behavior.
Episode 16
AG20
Sun, Feb 27, 2005 30 mins
Sensitive information is stolen from a U.S. Naval base and Batou is ordered to spy on the primary suspect, who happens to be a paralympic swimmer that Batou admires.
Episode 17
Mikansei Love Romance no Shinsou/Angels' Share
Sun, Mar 6, 2005 30 mins
A friend asks Armaki for help to break up a mafia money laundering scheme involving a bank and an unknown third party.
Episode 18
Lost Heritage
Sun, Mar 13, 2005 30 mins
The Chinese vice foreign minister visits the Kagoshima War Memorial in Japan, but a death threat puts him in danger. Also: Armaki visits the grave of a deceased comrade and encounters his daughter, who voices concern about her brother.
Episode 19
Captivated
Sun, Mar 20, 2005 30 mins
A former prime minister's daughter is abducted and Section 9 is called to investigate.
Episode 20
Kesareta Kusuri/Re-view
Sun, Mar 27, 2005 30 mins
Togusa investigates new information on the Laughing Man.
Episode 21
Eraser
Sun, Apr 3, 2005 30 mins
Section 9 is on the hunt for doctor Imakurusu.
Episode 22
Gigoku/Scandal
Sun, Apr 10, 2005 30 mins
Major Kusanagi is transferred into a new host body.
Episode 23
Zen-Aku no Higan/Equinox
Sun, Apr 17, 2005 30 mins
The director of Serano Genomics is abducted again.
Episode 24
Kojou Rakujitsu/Annihilation
Sun, Apr 24, 2005 30 mins
The government descends on Section 9, and Motoko assembles what's left of the team to stage a fight.
Episode 25
Shouendan-u/Barrage
Sun, May 1, 2005 30 mins
Batou is ambushed while visiting Motoko's apartment, but he finds Motoko's weapons and is able to put up a fight.
Episode 26
Stand Alone Complex
Sun, May 8, 2005 30 mins
Togusa is released from jail and told that Section 9 is gone, so he plots to assassinate the person responsible.
