Episode
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
Overview
The Major has become worried about the Tachikomas. It appears that their AIs have developed much more quickly and in ways that were not anticipated; they have begun speaking about their "individuality".
Details
- Series
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2003-05-01
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES is Episode 15 in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It aired on 2003-05-01. The runtime is 25 min.
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