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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

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  Episode Information  
Title: DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
Episode Number: 41
Season: 2
Season Episode #.: 15
Original Airdate: Saturday March 11th, 2006
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Episode Crew
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Kenichi Takeshita
Writer: (Unknown)
Story: Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
  Episode Summary  
The Tachikomas decide to skip a scheduled maintenance exam and investigate the Individual Eleven on their own. Batou learns about this and can't help but feel uneasy about it. Meanwhile, a Professor Asuda turns up missing after an explosion at the A.I. lab. While investigating the explosion, the Tachikomas experience an odd feeling of déjà vu; this, in spite of the fact that they had no prior memories of Asuda.
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Barbara GoodsonvoicedKayabukiRecurring (7th appearance)
Michelle RuffvoicedAnnouncerRecurring (8th appearance)
  Episode Notes  
Japanese Title: 「機械たちの午後」 - 「Kikaitachi no Gogo」
 
This episode marks the first appearance of the Tachikoma mechanic Proto. He will appear for the rest of the series.
 
  Cultural References  
SPring-8: Harima Science Garden City
SPring-8 is once again visited here. The facility that houses SPring-8, called Harima Science Garden City, is located near the city of Kōbe. Harima, which is also not far from New Port City, was last shown in the Season One episode "TESTATION".
 
Freedom: Ghost in the Shell
The Major's talk about the concept of freedom, being a luxury that members of Section 9 can not afford, is a reference to Mamoru Oshii's 1995 classic Ghost in the Shell. On the boat with Batou, Motoko remarks that if they ever left Section 9, they'd have to give back their cybernetic bodies. Considering the organic material remaining, "there wouldn't be much left," of Motoko and Batou. Of course, the members of Section 9 wouldn't be free to discuss their lives within the unit to anyone. Otherwise, they'd be brought up on the same charges that Dr. Asuma will be.
 
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