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Season 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9 (Nov/07/2004) | | The female android servants at a geisha house have gone out of control, taking as their hostages the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister's secretary, the head of the Minister's Support Association, and three members of a North American business alliance. The situation is complicated by a feud over authority between the police and the military. Section 9 Chief Aramaki lends a helping hand and brings in his unit to resolve the crisis. | | Guest Stars: Michael Forest (1) as Kubota, Simon Prescott as Old Man, Barry Stigler as Foreign Affairs Minister, Dave Wittenberg as Terrorist, Bob Papenbrook as Terrorist, Doug Stone as Matsuoka, Michael McConnohie as Takekawa | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Cream」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, HIDE -- 「Run Rabbit Junk」, Yōko Kanno (as Gabriela Robin) -- 「Stamina Rose」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Train Search」, Yōko Kanno -- 「We're the Great」 | | | |
| 2 :01x02 - SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION (Nov/14/2004) | | During a test run of a new tank, one of the prototype multipeds goes rogue. Escaping the facility, it heads for the urban area of Niihama. Since the tank's driver is unknown, as are their motives, Section 9 is quickly mobilized to deal with the threat. Using their own multipeds, the Tachikomas, the Major and her unit move in to make sure the tank driver and his deadly weapon do not make it to Niihama. | | Guest Stars: Richard Miro as Ooba, Carolyn Hennesy as Kago's Mother, Doug Rye as Litton, Steve Kramer as Churnow | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Home Stay」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Yōko Kanno (as Gabriela Robin) -- 「Stamina Rose」 | | | |
| 3 :01x03 - SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I (Nov/21/2004) | | Several androids have recently been employing various methods of self-termination. Coincidentally, all the androids are of the same model: The Genesis Andross GA_07JL or Jeri. Since a similar incident has occurred at the National Assembly Building with an android translator, Section 9 has been called in to assess the threat. The Major and Aramaki begin their investigation, with the help of a Tachikoma, by visiting the plant where the Jeris were produced. | | Guest Stars: Matt K. Miller (1) as Announcer, Murphy Dunne as Abe, Anthony Pulcini as Marshall McLachlan, Peggy O'Neal as Jeri, Michelle Ruff as Togusa's Wife | Directors: Masayuki Yoshihara, Kenji Kamiyama
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」 | | | |
| 4 :01x04 - C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER (Nov/28/2004) | | A former colleague of Togusa contacts him to ask for help with a case he has been working on. Unfortunately, before his colleague can meet with Togusa, his car plunges off of a road and explodes. Togusa is suspicious of the death because his colleague had been part of the special unit at police headquarters assigned to the Laughing Man investigation. Since it is a high profile case, Togusa is sure that his colleague's death was no accident. | | Guest Stars: Stephen Apostolina as Announcer, Mike Reynolds as Nibu, Kirk Bailey as Yamaguchi, Christopher Carroll (2) as Daidou (Superintendent-General), Steve Bulen as Fuukami, Michael McConnohie as Takekawa, Michelle Ruff as Yamaguchi's Wife, Doug Stone as Matsuoka (as Paul Carr) | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hideyo Yamamoto
Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Silent Cruise」, Y!ko Kanno -- 「Spotter」 | | | |
| 5 :01x05 - C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY (Dec/05/2004) | | With the recent death threat on the Superintendent-General's life that had been aired during a press conference about the illegal use of intercepters, Section 9 steps up their own investigation into the Laughing Man Incident. Aramaki briefs his team on a man named Nanao=A who has for some time been at the center of the investigation by the Laughing Man Unit at police headquarters. The Chief assigns Batou and Togusa to keep tabs on the man while he has the rest of the team dig deeper into Nanao's background to see if he is really the Laughing Man. | | Guest Stars: John Rubinstein as Ernest Serano, Doug Stone as Plainclothesman, Skip Stellrecht as Plainclothesman, Julie Ann Taylor as Ran, Amanda Winn Lee as Kurutan, Daran Norris as Nanao=A, Steve Bulen as Fukami, Tom Wyner as Home Affairs Minister, | Uncredited: Steven Jay Blum (1) as Laughing Man | Directors: Ryuutarou Nakamura, Kenji Kamiyama
Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Silent Cruise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Smile」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」 | | | |
| 6 :01x06 - C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME (Dec/12/2004) | | Section 9 attempts to arrest Nanao, but the room they had thought that Nanao was in turns out to be a dummy room. As they realize this, Nanao releases a modular, delayed action virus just as a press conference with the Superintendent-General is about to begin. The Major along with Satiou and Pazu are at the conference to make sure that the Laughing Man does not make good on his threat to kill the Superintendent-General. With the virus being able to manifest at the last possible minute, the Major and her team have their work cut out for them. | | Guest Stars: Paul Mercier as Fake Laughing Man, Liam O'Brien (3) as Fake Laughing Man, Kevin Brief as Policeman, R. Martin Klein (1) as Reporter, Kirk Thornton as Officer, Daran Norris as Nanao=A, Christopher Carroll (2) as Daidou (Superintendent-General), Kim Strauss as Commander, Jamieson Price as Fuukami | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Stamina Rose」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」, Ilaria Graziano -- 「Velveteen」 | | | |
| 7 :01x07 - SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR (Dec/19/2004) | | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asks Section 9 to help them with a strange case. Marcelo Jiarti, a South American revolutionary leader, has had several attempts made on his life by such units as the U.S. Delta Force and the British SAS. However, he has survived each of these assassination attempts. For reasons unknown, Jiarti regularly visits Japan about once every five months for a total of twelve times in the past five years. The Ministry has requested that Section 9 surveil Jiarti and discover why the revolutionary enters the country so often. | | Guest Stars: Brad Sergi as Kanekichi Gondo, Jay Lerner as Inspector, Rafael Antonio Oliver as Announcer, Bob Papenbrook as Doorman, Debra Jean Rogers as Waitress | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Atsushi Wakabayashi
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Dear John」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, HIDE -- 「Run Rabbit Junk」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Scott Matthew -- 「The End of All You'll Know」 | | | |
| 8 :01x08 - SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS (Jan/02/2005) | | Motoko’s friend Kurutan, who works as a nurse in a hospital, asks her to help her sort out a tricky situation. One of Kurutan's charges is a little girl, who needed a new heart. The girl, Moe, was fortunate enough to receive a new heart from a donor instead of a mechanical one. For the little girl and her parents, it all seemed to good to be true. Unfortunately, it is too good to be true. | | Guest Stars: Liam O'Brien (3) as Med Student, Amanda Winn Lee as Kurutan, Chris Smith (1) as Med Student, Taliesin Jaffe as Med Student, Jamieson Price as Doctor, Sherry Lynn as Moe, Doug Rye as Meditech CEO/CEO's Secretary | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Scott Matthew -- 「Be Human」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Stamina Rose」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Tachikoma Out for a Walk」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Where does this Ocean Go?」 | | | |
| 9 :01x09 - C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT! (Jan/09/2005) | | Japan is once again transfixed with the recent reemergence of the Laughing Man after a six-year absence. With so much to talk about and little facts to go on, virtual chat rooms are abuzz with gossip. In one particular chat room, several people have stepped forward to air their opinions. As they begin, another participant appears. Forming herself out of digital information, she takes a chair at the virtual round table and listens in on the intense discussion to figure out the Laughing Man's identity and the reason why he has returned to the forefront. | | Guest Stars: Ezra Weisz as GuruGuru, Tina Carlisi as Kanabi, Joshua Seth as Omba, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Chroma, Johnny Yong Bosch as J.D., Steven Jay Blum (1) as Baby Ruth | Directors: Masaki Tachibana, Kenji Kamiyama
Screenplay: Dai Satou | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Fish」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Smile」, Scott Matthew -- 「Trip City」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Yakitori」 | | | |
| 10 :01x10 - SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE (Jan/16/2005) | | Several female bodies have been discovered with their torso skin cut off in the form of a t-shirt. The suspected murderer is a former American sailor named Marco Amoretti. Section 9 learned the suspect's name through the American Empire's CIA. While they investigate the case, Section 9 must allow two CIA agents to take part in the hunt for Marco. | | Guest Stars: Joey Camen as Watanabe, Michael McConnohie as Takekawa, Doug Stone as Matsuoka, Kirk Thornton as Satou, Bob Papenbrook as Marco | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Atsushi Matsumoto
Screenplay: Dai Satou | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Know Your Enemy」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Silent Cruise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Smile」 | | | |
| 11 :01x11 - C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ (Jan/23/2005) | | A high-level hack job has been instigated upon the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW). Breaching a huge array of defenses, the hacker needed less than two hours to break in and find what they were looking for. Luckily, their tracks were not concealed. The electronic trail leads to a Vocational Aid Centre within a mountainous region. However, the MHLW has not filed a police report on the matter. Section 9 Chief Aramaki sends Togusa on an undercover mission to gather info on the centre. | | Guest Stars: Dino Andrade as Child, Kate Higgins as Child, Rafael Antonio Oliver as Staff (as Tony Oliver), Barbara Goodson as Maruta, Joshua Seth as Omba, Mona Marshall as Kuroha, | Uncredited: Steven Jay Blum (1) as Aoi | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Smile」 | | | |
| 12 :01x12 - SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM (Jan/30/2005) | | In the storage hangar at Section 9, Batou's Tachikoma starts up on its own. The Tachikoma realises that the natural oil that Batou had been giving it has altered its program since all the other Tachikomas only received synthetic oil. Opening the hangar's bay door, it takes a journey into New Port City. There, it encounters a girl named Miki who is looking for her dog. Unbeknownst to the Tachikoma, someone is watching its actions from the roofs of the city. | | Guest Stars: William Bassett (1) as Wataru Kannazuki (Director), Fleet Cooper as Policeman, Michelle Ruff as Miki, Jonathan Fahn as Policeman | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Runaway Tachikoma」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Tachikoma Out for a Walk」, Yōko Kanno -- 「To Tell the Truth」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Where's Locky?」 | | | |
| 13 :01x13 - SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL (Feb/06/2005) | | The Japanese Coast Guard photographs Eka Tokura, a girl that had gone missing sixteen years ago, with the New World Brigade as they kept tabs on the anti-cyberisation group. Eka had volunteered to become cyberised to promote her father's technology. Shortly after, the New World Brigade kidnapped her. However, the recent pictures of Eka show a girl who looks exactly like Eka did on the day she was kidnapped sixteen years ago. | | Guest Stars: Barbara Goodson as Old Woman, Kate Higgins as Girl, Dino Andrade as Sakakibara | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, HIDE -- 「Run Rabbit Junk」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」 | | | |
| 14 :01x14 - SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$ (Feb/13/2005) | | Alerted to the threat of a robbery on a financial institution by a South China mafia group, Section 9 stakes out the group's hideout in a Chinese restaurant. Posing as garbage collectors, the Major and her team move in to arrest the group before they make good on their plans. | | Guest Stars: Fleet Cooper as SWAT, Loy Edge as Mr. Wang, Lia Sargent as Maid Android, Patricia Ja Lee as Fem (as Paddy Lee), Rafael Antonio Oliver as Gang Leader (as Tony Oliver) | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hideyo Yamamoto
Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Yōko Kanno (as Gabriela Robin) -- 「Stamina Rose」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」 | | | |
| 15 :01x15 - SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES (Feb/20/2005) | | Saitou tests out a new sniping device during a field exercise. Unfortunately, the device fails to make the grade. After the exercise is completed, the members of Section 9 hold a briefing session to discuss the device's usefulness. During the briefing, the Tachikomas take a look at the sniping device themselves. Finding that the problem with the device lies with its Artificial Intelligence, the Tachikomas hold their own briefing session. Worried about the Major's feelings towards them, the Tachikomas wonder if they have become too smart for their own good. | | Guest Stars: Peter Doyle as Radio Operator | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Bang Bang Banquet」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「PO'd Pod」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Runaway Tachikoma」 | | | |
| 16 :01x16 - SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O (Feb/27/2005) | | The Tachikomas have been returned to the lab for further study. Unfortunately for Batou, he will have little time to think about the loss of his pet. While away at a Security Conference in London with the Major, Chief Aramaki sends Batou orders to investigate one Pavlo Zaitsev. A Russian-born former boxing champ, and someone that Batou has looked up to, Zaitsev has been suspected of spying on Japan while working as a trainer for the Japanese Self-Defence Army. | | Guest Stars: Julie Ann Taylor as Miyahara (as Julie Taylor), John Snyder as Spy Leader, Cindy Robinson (1) as Zaitzev's Wife, John Rafter Lee (1) as Pavlo Zaitsev (as John Lee) | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Screenplay: Nobuhisa Terado | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Know Your Enemy」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」, Yōko Kanno -- 「To Tell the Truth」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Velveteen」, Yōko Kanno -- 「We're the Great」 | | | |
| 17 :01x17 - SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE (Mar/06/2005) | | After attending a Security Conference in London with the Major, Aramaki goes to a bank to visit an old friend who had emigrated to England to manage a wine fund. While he visits with his friend, he allows the Major a bit of free time to walk the streets of London. Before they catch up on old times, Aramaki's friend relates to him her suspicions of possible illegal activity within the bank. As she voices her concerns, two mafia hit men prepare to break into the bank. | | Guest Stars: Liam O'Brien (3) as Robber, Doug Erholtz as Robber, Loy Edge as SWAT Officer, Jamieson Price as Police Chief, Kirk Thornton as SWAT Leader, Rafael Antonio Oliver as SWAT Officer (as Tony Oliver), Jane Alan (1) as Seymour (as Mari Devon), John Rafter Lee (1) as Security Guard (as John Lee), Kari Wahlgren as Saleswoman | Directors: Yasuhiro Shimotsukasa, Kenji Kamiyama
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: HIDE -- 「Cream」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Siberian Doll House」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」 | | | |
| 18 :01x18 - SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE (Mar/13/2005) | | A Chinese dignitary has arrived in Kagoshima, a city on the southern tip of Japan, to attend a memorial service for Chinese war dead interred there. Protesters have staked out the area, and are making sure that their voices will be heard. At the behest of the Chinese Public Security representative, Aramaki mobilizes his team to provide security for the dignitary. Covering all the angles, they come to learn that an attempt on the dignitary's life is imminent. | | Guest Stars: Loy Edge as Wang, Michael Gregory as Hideo, Michael Forest (1) as Kubota, Steve Staley as Yuu, Kari Wahlgren as Saori | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Silent Cruise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」 | | | |
| 19 :01x19 - SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED (Mar/20/2005) | | Over the course of several days, a large number of girls have been kidnapped. All indications point to the Northern Territories Mafia. Employing a trick known as Blindfold Ivan, the mafia is able to kidnap the girls in broad daylight with no one witnessing the abduction. Unfortunately for the mafia, they have kidnapped the daughter of the former Prime Minister of Japan, who has always publicly denied the existence of the Northern Territories Mafia. Feeling betrayed, he requests help from the Home Affairs Minister, who calls in Section 9 to assist. | | Guest Stars: Peter Lurie as Paku, Carol Stanzione as Kruzkova, Mia Bradly as Abductee (as Karen Strassman), Kevin Brief as Kanzaki, Tom Wyner as Home Affairs Minister, | Uncredited: Bridget Hoffman as Reiko, Steven Jay Blum (1) as Man on Phone | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Minoru Oohara
Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Incomplete Love Story」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Spotter」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Surf」 | | | |
| 20 :01x20 - C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW (Mar/27/2005) | | Back on the trail of the Laughing Man, Togusa uses his investigative skills to bridge the gap between what Section 9 knows and what they don't know. After his recent failure to find the culprit of the hack job perpetrated at the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare ("PORTRAITZ"), Togusa is more determined than ever to bring all the facts to light. Using J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye to help with clues given by the Laughing Man, Togusa stumbles upon an event that took place several years before the infamous Laughing Man Incident. Digging further, he comes across information vital to the case. | | Guest Stars: Barry Stigler as Nogi (Sunflower Society Representative), George C. Cole (1) as Hisashi Imakurusu (as Paul St. Peter), Michelle Ruff as Togusa's Wife, Wendee Lee as Phoebe, Peter Spellos as Niimi (MHLW Chief), Kim Strauss as Gayle Yasuoka | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Screenplay: Dai Satou | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」 | | | |
| 21 :01x21 - C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER (Apr/03/2005) | | Togusa had been shot in the chest by the DEA's Narcotic Suppression Squad, but managed to send a distress call, which is answered. At the hospital, just before he is put under sedation to be operated on, the memories in his cyberbrain are retrieved so the rest of Section 9 can view the events that led up to Togusa's encounter with the NARC Squad. Upon learning what Togusa uncovered, Section 9 moves to find Hisashi Imakurusu, who has pertinent information about a massive cover-up. Time is of the essence as the NARC Squad is also on the trail of Imakurusu. | | Guest Stars: Rafer Weigel as Doctor, Jonathan Fahn as Bellboy, Ezra Weisz as Doctor, Michelle Ruff as Togusa's Wife, Mia Bradly as Niimi's Secretary (as Karen Strassman), Peter Spellos as Niimi (MHLW Chief), George C. Cole (1) as Hisashi Imakurusu (as Paul St. Peter), Kim Strauss as Gayle Yasuoka, | Uncredited: Steven Jay Blum (1) as Aoi | Directors: Kenichi Takeshita, Kenji Kamiyama
Screenplay: Dai Satou | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Silent Cruise」 | | | |
| 22 :01x22 - C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL (Apr/10/2005) | | The arrest of the NARC Squad members allows Section 9 to move in to arrest MHLW Bureau Chief Niimi. With Imakurusu dead, Niimi is the lead that Section 9 needs to crack the case. However, several well-trained NARC Squad members still remain to be dealt with. While Motoko goes to the hospital to be fitted with a new prosthetic body, Aramaki is presented with some very troubling news. | | Guest Stars: Kevin Brief as Kanzaki, Peter Spellos as Niimi (MHLW Chief), Mia Bradly as Niimi's Secretary (as Karen Strassman), Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Sanou (as Dorothy Fahn), Amanda Winn Lee as Kurutan, Steve McGowan as MHLW Personnel Chief, Richard Cansino as Reporter, Chris Smith (1) as Homeless Man A, Doug Stone as Homeless Man B, | Uncredited: William Knight (2) as Yosuke Aramaki, Steven Jay Blum (1) as Aoi | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Origa -- 「Flashback Memory Plug」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Security Off」 | | | |
| 23 :01x23 - C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX (Apr/17/2005) | | Bureau Chief Niimi has committed cyberbrain suicide, leaving Section 9 once again with no credible lead. Aramaki now decides to work on the last link to the Laughing Man Incident: Ernest Serano, CEO of Serano Genomics and the man who was kidnapped by the Laughing Man six years ago. During the past six years, Serano has continued to run his company under the protection of the Niihama Metropolitan Police. Aramaki makes an appointment to meet with Serano, but, before the interview can take place, Serano is once again kidnapped by the Laughing Man. | | Guest Stars: Taliesin Jaffe as Plainclothesman, Jay Lerner as Plainclothesman, John Rubinstein as Ernest Serano, Michael McConnohie as SWAT Chief, | Uncredited: Steven Jay Blum (1) as Aoi | Directors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Kenji Kamiyama
Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Smile」, Yōko Kanno -- 「To Tell the Truth」 | | | |
| 24 :01x24 - C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION (Apr/24/2005) | | With all the evidence they need, Aramaki and a healthy Togusa head over to the Prime Minister's residence with enough proof to bring down the man who has pulled the strings from the shadows: Secretary-General Kaoru Yakushima. However, before they can even leave the building, the Home Affairs Minister tells Aramaki that Section 9 is suspected of being the group behind the kidnapping of Ernest Serano. Those in high places, once again, conspire to move against Section 9. | | Guest Stars: Steve Cassling as Investigator, Kim Mai Guest as Nurse, Lex Lang as Commander, Tom Wyner as Home Affairs Minister, Michael McConnohie as Umibouzu Captain, Doug Stone as Prime Minister | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Yasuhiro Shimotsukasa
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Access All Areas」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」 | | | |
| 25 :01x25 - C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE (May/01/2005) | | Section 9 is no more. Having disbanded the unit, the Major scatters her troops to the wind. They are all wanted criminals, hunted by the elite Special Forces unit known as the Umibouzu who will stop at nothing until every member of Section 9 is apprehended. Aramaki meets with the Minister of Justice to make his case for his unit to be brought back. Meanwhile, the remaining members of Section 9 make their final stand.. | | Guest Stars: Fleet Cooper as Pilot, Peggy O'Neal as Young Motoko, Mike Reynolds as Minister of Justice, Michael McConnohie as Umibouzu Captain | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「35.7°C」, Yōko Kanno -- 「East of the Peninsula」, Origa -- 「Inner Universe」, Scott Matthew -- 「Lithium Flower」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Sacred Terrorist」 | | | |
| 26 :01x26 - C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX (May/08/2005) | | Arrested, relentlessly questioned, and then mysteriously released, Togusa has returned home to stew. He is no longer a member of Section 9 and his record has been cleared to show that he is a security guard who has been put on indefinite leave. Having been told to wait for orders from his superiors, but not knowing when those instructions will come, and not about to sit idly while he is blind to the truth, Togusa begins to examine the fate of Section 9 and its members. | | Guest Stars: Debra Jean Rogers as Reporter, Rafael Antonio Oliver as Sugi-Chan, John Rafter Lee (1) as District Attorney Kusonoki, Mike Reynolds as Minister of Justice, John Rubinstein as Ernest Serano, Steve Bulen as Fukami, | Uncredited: Steven Jay Blum (1) as Aoi | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Screenplay: Dai Satou | | Songs: Origa -- 「Inner Universe」 | | | |
Season 2 |
| 27 :02x01 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY (Nov/19/2005) | | Terrorists have taken over the Chinese Embassy in New Port City. The Prefectural Police have their SWAT team in position and are in the process of gathering intel on the terrorists. At street level, Section 9's undercover van rolls up to the building that houses the Embassy. Due to the Laughing Man Incident, the Unit had technically been disbanded. However, with Aramaki making his case for his team in front of the new Prime Minister, that is about to change. | | Guest Stars: Barbara Goodson as Kayabuki, Tom Wyner as Home Affairs Minister | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Break Through」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Flying Low」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Gonna Rice」, Ilaria Graziano -- 「I Can't Be Cool」, Yōko Kanno -- 「To Tell the Truth」 | | | |
| 28 :02x02 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE (Nov/26/2005) | | Gino is a Japanese National who survived the horrors of World War IV, the Second Vietnam War. Returning to his country, he takes a job as the helicopter pilot/chauffeur for the chairman of a large media conglomerate. The war has had its affects on Gino's psyche. His perspective of the world has been altered for the worst as he has begun to have ideas about resetting the world. It is at this time that Gino meets an unlikely beauty in a world of eternal pain. | | Guest Stars: Liam O'Brien (3) as Gino, Robert Axelrod as Katakura | Directors: Kenichi Takeshita, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Idoling」, Ilaria Graziano -- 「Monochrome」 | | | |
| 29 :02x03 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE (Dec/03/2005) | | Infiltrating the Tadokoro Building with ease, a cat burglar named CASH EYE leaves her calling card on Chairman Tadokoro's desk. Written on the card is a thread to rob the powerful man during a very important social gathering. At the Prime Minister's request, and much to his chagrin, Aramaki readies his team to make sure that CASH EYE does not succeed in her heist. With his team in place, all that is needed now is their guest of honour. | | Guest Stars: Steve Kramer as Tadokoro, Stephen Apostolina as Guard, Kirk Bailey as Guard | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Dai Satou | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「3tops」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Pet Food」 | | | |
| 30 :02x04 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY (Dec/10/2005) | | While operating a helicopter during a joint training exercise between the Japanese Army and Navy over the sealed sector of the Niihama Refugee District, a pilot suffers a heart attack, which instantly kills him. The helicopter's Artificial Intelligence takes control of the helicopter and proceeds to hack into its sister ships. Having taken over ten other helicopters, which include one designed for refueling, the AI leads the deadly weapons to the radio tower in the Refugee District. Aramaki quickly mobilizes his team so that no harm will come to the refugees. While meeting with Kubota, his contact at the Ministry of Defence, he is approached by an intelligence operative named Kazunoto Gouda, who has a request to make... | | Guest Stars: John Snyder as Gouda, Michael Forest (1) as Kubota | Directors: Masayuki Yoshihara, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno (as Gabriela Robin) -- 「Cyberbird」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Go Da Da」, Yōko Kanno -- 「We Can't Be Cool」 | | | |
| 31 :02x05 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE (Dec/17/2005) | | Visiting the Refugee District on the island of Dejima, just off of the coast of Nagasaki, Prime Minister Kayabuki receives a death threat by the Refugee Liberation Organisation. On the card is the symbol last seen being planted in the dead pilot's house ("NATURAL ENEMY"). Aramaki is summoned to the Prime Minister's residence to be briefed on the situation. There, he is told that Section 9 will be acting as protection for the Prime Minister while others examine the death threat. | | Guest Stars: Beau Billingslea as Commissioner-General, Kirk Thornton as Kuze, Tom Wyner as Home Affairs Minister, John Snyder as Gouda, Barbara Goodson as Kayabuki | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Satou | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」 | | | |
| 32 :02x06 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION (Jan/07/2006) | | Togusa accompanies the Chief to investigate a freak accident that has left a man with a cybernetic body ripped apart. It so happens that the man had been at the center of an investigation into the blackmailing of the Energy Ministry. A tip from a reporter places the man's last known place of residence as the Shinjuku Ward of Tōkyō. While the other Section 9 members continue to pull security detail for the Prime Minster, Togusa is ordered by Aramaki to head to Tōkyō and find out the dead man's last known movements. | | Guest Stars: Derek Stephen Prince as Labourer | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Scott Matthew -- 「Dear John」 | | | |
| 33 :02x07 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 (Jan/14/2006) | | While Togusa is still trying to piece together the events that occurred in the Shinjuku Ward of Tōkyō from the previous episode, the Prime Minister summons Aramaki. He is briefed by Kayabuki about a batch of Plutonium that is to be transported out of an underground facility in the Shinjuku Ward, and told that Section 9 is to handle the transport. The other members of Section 9 are not happy about this, particularly Batou. He sees the Prime Minister's requests as interfering with the mission of Section 9. Carrying out their orders to transport the Plutonium goes from bad to worse when they are told that they have a guest who will be accompanying them... | | Guest Stars: John Snyder as Gouda, Barbara Goodson as Kayabuki, Tom Wyner as Home Affairs Minister | Directors: Itsurou Kawasaki, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」 | | | |
| 34 :02x08 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD (Jan/21/2006) | | After the events of the previous episode, the Major has Ishikawa do a thorough background check on CIS Agent Kazunoto Gouda. While Ishikawa digs into Gouda's past, Aramaki briefs Section 9 on their next mission. The Chief has obtained evidence of a man named Shou Kawashima who has been picked up on camera at many of the bombings by the Individual Eleven. He is a cook at a Taiwanese Vegetarian restaurant, but has not been seen there for several days. Aramaki assigns his team to stake out the restaurant, and if Kawashima appears, he orders Section 9 to arrest the man. | | Guest Stars: Michael Forest (1) as Kubota, John Snyder as Gouda | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Dai Satou, Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」 | | | |
| 35 :02x09 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE (Jan/28/2006) | | After issuing a warning to detonate five bombs within Niihama, an unknown group has set off four of those bombs, killing and wounding many bystanders. In each of the four instances, Section 9 arrives to late. The fifth bomb will go off soon, and Section 9 sans the Major are working non-stop to make sure there is no fifth explosion. Meanwhile, at the Central Intelligent Service Building, a master hacker has infiltrated the CIS's server. Making short work of its defence barriers, the hacker opens some secret files. | | Guest Stars: John Snyder as Gouda, Doug Stone as CIS Security Chief, Michelle Ruff as Refugee | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama, Yuuichirou Matsuka, Dai Satou | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Flying Low」, Ilaria Graziano -- 「I Can't Be Cool」, Yōko Kanno (as Gabriela Robin) -- 「True Key」 | | | |
| 36 :02x10 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL (Feb/04/2006) | | Togusa aids a woman who has been chased by a man through the streets of Niihama. With his Mateba, Togusa is able to disable the man's prosthetic body. Unfortunately, he does not secure the man's pistol. When Togusa helps the woman up, the man has enough movement left in his body to aim his gun and fire at the woman, killing her instantly. The murderer is brought to trial. However, due to the events that occurred immediately following the murder, Togusa is brutally cross-examined by the murderer's lawyer. | | Guest Stars: Michelle Ruff as Togusa's Wife, Mona Marshall as Justice | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Ilaria Graziano -- 「I Can't Be Cool」 | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 :02x13 - DI: Face; MAKE UP (Feb/25/2006) | | In a new investigation to find a witness, Section 9 pursues the lead that few specialists could create Kuze's unique facial features. They finally locate the craftsman and rush to collect him, only to find that he has been murdered. Upon reviewing the security tapes to find his killer, they discover that the murderer resembles one of their own. | | Guest Stars: Peter Spellos as Inspector, Wendee Lee as Kaori, Kirk Thornton as Kuze | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Itsurou Kawasaki
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yutaka Oomatsu, Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Know Your Enemy」, Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Emily Curtis -- 「What's It For」 | | | |
| 40 :02x14 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE (Mar/04/2006) | | While on an assignment guarding the Prime Minister, Saitou and the Tachikomas pass the time playing poker with a few policemen who are also assigned to the case. Much to chagrin of the other men, Saitou wins hand after hand. The Tachikomas take notice of Saitou's uncanny accuracy and start to comment. Their constant chattering quickly gets on the other player's nerves, so to smooth things over Saitou recounts his time working as a sniper for mercenaries in Mexico. | Directors: Masayuki Yoshihara, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai, Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Yōko Kanno -- 「Flying Low」, Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 :02x21 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT (Apr/22/2006) | | With the Major not far behind, Batou orders Saitou after Coil and then jettisons from his Tachikoma, who is battling an Armed Suit, and goes after Kuze. Upon catching up with the refugee leader, Batou tries to take Kuze in with brute force. Unfortunately, Kuze's body is made to take such a beating. | | Guest Stars: Kirk Thornton as Kuze, Lex Lang as Refugee, Michael McConnohie as Boat Captain | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Sacred Terrorist」 | | | | | | | | | |
| 50 :02x24 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER (May/13/2006) | | With the felling of Dejima Bridge by the refugees, a rumor circulates around the Cabinet that the refugees plan a mass suicide bombing using nuclear bombs. Unbeknownst to the populace, Prime Minister Kayabuki has been secretly arrested and taken to an unknown location. Aramaki, Togusa and Proto, in trying to help the P.M. are also taken into custody and secured nearby. At the same time, the rest of Section 9 enter Dejima and are promptly cut off from any outside help. | | Guest Stars: Barbara Goodson as Kayabuki, Kirk Thornton as Kuze, John Snyder as Gouda, Michael Forest (1) as Kubota, Lex Lang as Refugee, Kim Strauss as Ranger Leader | Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Yōko Kanno (as Gabriela Robin) -- 「Cyberbird」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Know Your Enemy」, Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「We Can't Be Cool」 | | | |
| 51 :02x25 - IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE (May/20/2006) | | Having just attacked and destroyed the plane that had been jamming communication over Dejima, Kuze and some refugees come under fire from the Jigabachi helicopters. Seeing this, the Major moves closer to apprehending Kuze. Meanwhile, the Rangers of Section 4 begin their hunt for Batou, Bouma, Saitou, and Pazu, who are carrying one half of the plutonium. | | Guest Stars: Barbara Goodson as Kayabuki, Kirk Thornton as Kuze, John Snyder as Gouda, Lex Lang as Refugee, Kim Strauss as Ranger Leader | Directors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama | | Songs: Steve Conte -- 「Living Inside the Shell」, Origa -- 「Rise」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Run Rabbit Junk (Remix)」, Yōko Kanno -- 「Sacred Terrorist」 | | | | | | | | | |
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