Episode
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
Overview
Motoko's friend Courtin asks her to come to the hospital where she works. It seems a little girl just received a heart transplant, but the donor's family doesn't remember ever agreeing to donate the heart. When Motoko mentions this story to Aramaki, he tells them to determine if this is tied to a ring of black-market organ smugglers supposedly run by the mafia.
Details
- Series
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2003-01-01
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS is Episode 8 in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. It aired on 2003-01-01. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 7: SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
Section 9 is on the trail of Marcelo Jarti, a South American revolutionary hero who has arrived in Japan. However, Jarti is a hard man to catch because he employs look-alikes to deceive people. Nevertheless, Section 9 is convinced that the one they're tracking is the real thing, and after a rather out-of-control gunbattle in an upscale hotel, they track him to an old warehouse.
Episode 9: C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
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 discovers is a spirited debate among the self-proclaimed "fans" of the Laughing Man, but very little hard evidence.
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Episode 5: C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
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Episode 11: C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
Togusa goes undercover at a hospital for patients with Closed Cyberbrain Syndrome, a hospital completely cut off from communication with the outside world.
Episode 4: C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
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 something strange happening with the investigators in the Laughing Man Unit, a special task force formed to catch the infamous cyber criminal known only as the Laughing Man. But before he can meet with Togusa, he's killed in a car accident.
Episode 12: SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
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Episode 3: SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
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Episode 13: SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
In a briefing, Aramaki shows a photo of a girl who looks like Eka Tokura, the daughter of Tokura Electronics, who was kidnapped 16 years ago. But there's one problem–the photo was taken two days ago!
Episode 2: SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION
Kenbishi Heavy Industries has built a state-of-the-art multiped tank. There's only one problem–it's gone haywire and started moving on its own. Section 9 is called in to stop it, as the Self Defense Force will not get involved. Now, it's up to Motoko, Batou, and the rest of Section 9 to stop the tank and figure out what made it go berserk in the first place.
Episode 14: SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
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