Episode
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2003-07-01
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW is Episode 20 in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It aired on 2003-07-01. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 19: SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
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 the black market. As they research the case, they realize that time is running out.
Episode 21: C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
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.
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Episode 23: C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX
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.
Episode 16: SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O
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Episode 24: C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
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.
Episode 15: SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
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Episode 25: C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
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Episode 14: SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
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Episode 26: C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX
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!