Episodes
Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - 2nd Gig
Episode 1: Reembody
Armed terrorists have taken over the Chinese Embassy in New Port City. Holding an unknown number of hostages, the group, calling themselves the Individual Eleven, are demanding that the government cease accepting Asian refugees and dissolve the five Asian refugee camps situated throughout Japan. The members of Section 9 have mobilized and are in positon to move in. However, due to the events of the Laughing Man Incident (1st GIG), Section 9 technically no longer exists. The unit must wait for an official order from Chief Aramaki, who is busy making his case in front of the new Prime Minister of Japan.
Night Cruise
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is put on full display. A Japanese National named Gino, who suffered through the horrors of Non-Nuclear World War IV, the Second Vietnam War, now passes his days as a helicopter pilot for the chairman of a media conglomerate. His cushy job, however, does not take away the sheer internal pain that Gino is facing. As he moves through his isolated existence, Gino leaps between reality and fantasy. However, he keeps his dementia solely to himself. Having no one to help him, his condition continues to worsen.
Cash Eye
A cat thief named Cash Eye has infiltrated a building owned by Federation of Economic Organizations Chairman Tsutomu Tadokoro. The cat burglar made quick work of the top-notch security system and left a calling card on the Chairman's desk saying that Cash Eye will be infiltrating his vault during an upcoming party. Albeit reluctant to get Section 9 involved, Aramaki has no choice but to assist Tadokoro. Prime Minister Kayabuki has requested that his unit go undercover in order to prevent the burglary.
Natural Enemy A joint training exercise between the Japanese Ground and Maritime Self-Defence Armies that takes place within the sealed sector of New Port City's Refugee District goes awry, putting the Asian refugees in danger. Section 9 Chief Aramaki takes the matter up with Kubota, his friend at the Ministry of Defence. While there, Aramaki is approached by a man from the Cabinet Intellingence Service: Kazunoto Goda. Acting as a representative for his superior, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, Goda requests that Aramaki bring the full force of Section 9 to bear on the situation. There's just one catch...
Plot of Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd Gig (ANN)
In a futuristic world where the internet and cybernetics has blurred the borders between societies; the members of Public Security Section 9 are reinstated to assist in solving numerous cases of cyber crime. A spate of similar crimes committed by separate suicidal groups known as "The Individual Eleven" becomes the core focus for Section 9 as war approaches in the form of refugees flooding into the country.
In the future, life between the digital and physical world has been blurred. The boundary of technology and humanity has been stretched beyond imagination with lives being led in both the electronic and physical worlds. With the melding of man and machine, a new cybernetic level of existence is being created - An existence that continues to redefine mankind.
Plot of Ghost in the Shell SAC - 2nd Gig (Brief Version)
Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of Major (Motoko) Kusanagi, a member and group leader of a covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission known as Section 9. The unit specializes in fighting technology-related crimes.
Reembody
Night Cruise
Cash Eye
Natural Enemy
Inductance
Excavation
Pu239
Fake Food
Ambivalence
Trial
Affection
Selecon
Make-Up
Poker Face
Pat.
Another Chance
Red Data
Trans Parent
Chain Reaction
Fabricate Fog
Embarrassment
Reversal Process
Martial Law
Nuclear Power
This Side of Justice
Endless Gig
1. Reembody
2. Night Cruise
3. Cash Eye
4. Natural Enemy
5. Inductance
6. Excavation
7. Pu239
8. Fake Food
9. Ambivalence
10. Trial
11. Affection
12. Selecon
13. Make-Up
14. Poker Face
15. Pat.
16. Another Chance
17. Red Data
18. Trans Parent
19. Chain Reaction
20. Fabricate Fog
21. Embarrassment
22. Reversal Process
23. Martial Law
24. Nuclear Power
25. This Side of Justice
26. Endless Gig