1st GIG (2002)

SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9
7.1

October 1, 2002 • 25m

Public Security Section 9 is an elite special ops unit that works directly under the control of the Prime Minister. They've been c...Read more

SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION
7.7

October 1, 2002 • 25m

Kenbishi Heavy Industries has built a state-of-the-art multiped tank. There's only one problem–it's gone haywire and started movin...Read more

SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
6.8

November 1, 2002 • 25m

A certain type of android, the GA07_JL, nicknamed Jeri by its users, has been affected by a virus. Recently, all Jeri model androi...Read more

C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
7.0

November 1, 2002 • 25m

While working late, Togusa gets a call from one of his colleagues from his days on the police force. It seems that he's uncovered ...Read more

C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
7.1

December 1, 2002 • 25m

The Laughing Man, having returned after a six-year absence, threatens to assassinate the Superintendent-General of the police. Ara...Read more

C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME
7.3

December 1, 2002 • 25m

As Togusa and Bato track down Nanao, Motoko and Paz are attempting to protect the Superintendent-General at a press conference abo...Read more

SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
6.8

January 1, 2003 • 25m

Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero who has arrived in Japan. However, Jarti is a hard...Read more

SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
7.1

January 1, 2003 • 25m

Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It seems a little girl just received a heart transplant,...Read more

C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
7.0

February 1, 2003 • 25m

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 dis...Read more

SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE
7.8

February 1, 2003 • 25m

Marco Amoretti, a former Navy Petty Officer from the American Empire, has come to Japan and is committing heinous acts of brutalit...Read more

C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
7.2

March 1, 2003 • 25m

Togusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrome, a hospital completely cut off from communicatio...Read more

SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
7.2

March 1, 2003 • 25m

One of the Tachikomas decides to take a little stroll through the city. It meets a little girl, Miki, who is searching for her los...Read more

SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
6.8

April 1, 2003 • 25m

In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the daughter of Tokura Electronics, who was kidnapped 16...Read more

SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
6.9

April 1, 2003 • 25m

The Chinese government contacts Section 9 to let them know that an assassin may have entered Japan to kill a famous reclusive mill...Read more

SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
7.2

May 1, 2003 • 25m

The Major has become worried about the Tachikomas. It appears that their AIs have developed much more quickly and in ways that wer...Read more

SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
7.1

May 1, 2003 • 25m

Batou goes undercover on a military base to shadow one of his former heroes, a man named Zaitsev who was an Olympic silver medalis...Read more

SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
6.9

June 1, 2003 • 25m

While at an international police conference in London, Aramaki drops by to visit an old flame who's now in the wine brokering busi...Read more

SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
6.7

June 1, 2003 • 25m

Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and is greeted by his departed friend's daughter. Later, Section 9 is assigned th...Read more

SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
6.7

July 1, 2003 • 25m

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 ...Read more

C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW
7.4

July 1, 2003 • 25m

Togusa is on the trail of the Laughing Man again, and this time, his investigations lead him towards both a leading micromachine c...Read more

C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
7.6

August 1, 2003 • 25m

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 r...Read more

C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
7.0

August 1, 2003 • 25m

Motoko is about to be fitted for her new prosthetic body. But when the doctor arrives and begins the procedure, it's clear that sh...Read more

C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX
7.0

September 1, 2003 • 25m

The Laughing Man returns! And, just as he did six years ago, he kidnaps the president of Serano Genomics without being detected. S...Read more

C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
7.7

September 1, 2003 • 25m

The government orders Section 9 disbanded. Aramaki is taken away, and Togusa is arrested. Motoko assembles the remaining team memb...Read more

C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
8.0

October 1, 2003 • 25m

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.

C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX
7.3

October 1, 2003 • 25m

Togusa has been released from jail and he's given papers showing the dissolution of Section 9. Out of work and depressed, he tries...Read more