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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex
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27 :02x01 - DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY (Jan/01/2004)
With the Section 9 Incident still fresh in the minds of the Japanese public, Aramaki's team nonetheless assembles to address a hostage situation. While the newly-elected Prime Minister takes over her first negotiation with terrorists, the Major and the rest of her unit wait below as Aramaki makes his case for Section 9 to be mobilised to deal with the threat.
Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Yousuke Akimoto as Home Affairs Minister, Kenichi Mochizuki as Secretary, Koujirou Takahashi as SWAT, Yoshikazu Nagano as SWAT, Makoto Aoki as SWAT, Makoto Yasumura as Terrorist, Ikuji Nose as Terrorist, Kaori Mine as Embassy Staff
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai
 
28 :02x02 - DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE (Jan/01/2004)
A former combat veteran named Gino, who fought during World War IV, now spends his days as a helicoptor pilot for the chairman of a large television studio. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Gino slowly grows more dissatisfied with the world that he believes needs to be "reset."
Guest Stars: Hiroaki Hirata as Gino, Tomomichi Nishimura as Katakura, Yasuo Iwata as Dietwan, Koujirou Takahashi as Chief, Kazusa Murai as Reporter, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer, Makoto Yasumura as Colleague, Kenichi Mochizuki as Colleague, Souichirou Shibata as Colleague, Shuuhei Sakaguchi as Colleague, Shigeru Wakita as Colleague, Takehiro Murozono as Colleague, Akimitsu Takase as Colleague, Rin Kozue as Idol
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga
 
29 :02x03 - DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE (Feb/07/2004)
A lone cat burglar named Cash Eye breaks into a wealthy industrialist's building and leaves a calling card warning the company chairman to prepare to have all of his assets stolen by the thief. Section 9 is called in by the Prime Minister to stop Cash Eye.
Guest Stars: Tetsuo Mizudori as Tadokoro, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Guard
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Dai Satou
 
30 :02x04 - DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY (Feb/07/2004)
During a combat readiness exercise between the Maritime and Ground Self-Defence Forces in the Niihama Refugee Residential District, a helicopter pilot suffers a heart attack and dies. However, the helicoper's AI continues to operate and goes rogue when it is told to return to base. Section 9 heads to the refugee area while Aramaki has a meeting with his Defence MInistry contact Kubota. As the situation escalates over the refugees, a CIS agent named Gōda Kazunoto introduces himself to Aramaki and offers his services to help Section 9.
Guest Stars: Ken Nishida as Gouda, Taimei Suzuki as Kubota, Hirofumi Nojima as Pilot, Yuu Sugimoto as GCI, Yasushi Niko as GCI, Makoto Yasumura as GCI, Eisuke Asakura as Ranger, Masao Harada as Ranger, Kenichi Mochizuki as Flight Deck Crewman, Masako Inui as Support AI, Masaki Nakai as Ranger
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku
 
31 :02x05 - IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE (Mar/06/2004)
Prime Minister Yōko Kayabuki makes her first visit to the Dejima Refugee Residential District to commemorate the opening of the area for Asian Refugees displaced during the war. However, elements are conspiring against her in the form of the Individual Eleven, who leave her a calling card.
Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Ken Nishida as Gouda, Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Yousuke Akimoto as Home Affairs Minister, Yuzuru Fujimoto as Commissioner-General, Yoshinori Mutou as Takakura (Chief Cabinet Secretary), Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer, Kenichi Mochizuki as Secretary
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Dai Satou, Kenji Kamiyama
 
32 :02x06 - DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION (Mar/06/2004)
The grisly death of a cyborg leads Aramaki to send Togusa and a Tachikoma to the former Japanese capital of Tōkyō to find out why the man had been there. Arriving at the flooded metropolis, Togusa makes his way to the various flop-house districts that now take up most of the city.
Guest Stars: Megumi Hayashibara as Ruriko, Shinnosuke Furumoto as Labourer, Shinichi Kotani as Coordinator (as Shinpachi Tsuji), Kouichi Sakaguchi as Stallkeeper, Kenji Nomura as Mihashi, Emiko Fuku as Waitress
Director: Toshiyuki Kouno, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama
 
33 :02x07 - DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 (Apr/03/2004)
A possible leak in security has caused the Prime Minister to summon Aramaki and ask for Section 9 to protect the convoy taking the plutonium fuel rods out of Tōkyō by road from the nuclear power plant that Togusa had found in Shinjuku. Grumblings within the unit, however, have caused Section 9 to sense that someone is moving against them.
Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Ken Nishida as Gouda, Yousuke Akimoto as Home Affairs Minister, Yoshinori Mutou as Takakura (Chief Cabinet Secretary), Kenta Miyake as Terrorist, Daisuke Egawa as Platoon Leader, Chie Matsuura as Self-Defence Official, Eisuke Asakura as Self-Defence Official
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Itsurou Kawasaki
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama
 
34 :02x08 - DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD (Apr/03/2004)
The Major has Ishikawa and Bōma look into Kazunoto Gōda, but they have little luck save for learning of his college thesis. Meanwhile, Aramaki give his team new information about a man who has been linked to several of the Individual 11 terrorist attacks. Subsequently, Section 9 stakes out the restaurant where the man works.
Guest Stars: Ken Nishida as Gouda, Taimei Suzuki as Kubota, Mitsuaki Hoshino as Commentator, Makoto Yasumura as Dobashi, Eisuke Asakura as Kimura
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Satou
 
35 :02x09 - DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE (May/08/2004)
Several bombs have gone off in Niihama recently that are following a pattern of a similar incident in Fukuoka the week before: A warning is issued by a refugee liberation group that five bombs will go off in the city. With only one bomb left to be detonated, Section 9 tries to figure out where the final bomb will be placed. At the same time, the Major, along with the Tachikomas, performs a dive into the Cabinet Intelligence Service's mainframe.
Guest Stars: Ken Nishida as Gouda, Tomoyuki Shimura as Security Chief, Kenichi Mochizuki as Midori Yama, Yuu Sugimoto as CIS Operator, Sousuke Tenjin as Aojima, Chie Matsuura as Girl
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Satou, Yuuichirou Matsuka
 
36 :02x10 - DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL (May/08/2004)
When a woman, who is being chased by a man, runs in front of Togusa's car, Togusa gives chase and arrests the man. However, before he can disarm him, the man shoots the woman to death. In the aftermath, the attacker, through his attorney, claims that Togusa neglected his individual liberties and Togusa is brought to trial.
Guest Stars: Sakiko Tamagawa as Togusa's Wife, Mika Kanai as Togusa's Daughter, Yuuji Ueda (1) as Ueda, Mika Doi as Judge, Katsumi Suzuki as Mori, Shinji Kawada as Izumi, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer
Director: Toshiyuki Kouno, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yoshiki Sakurai
 
37 :02x11 - IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection (Jun/05/2004)
Section 9 begins training for new recruits. Batou and Togusa keep tabs on their charges' assignment to not lose their target. Unfortunately, their target happens to be the Major. Attempting to elude the last of the students, Motoko feels a force driving her to a certain area of Niihama. She heads towards where she thinks the presence is coming from and promptly vanishes.
Guest Stars: Ikuko Tani as Shop Proprietor, Ayako Itou as Ran, Yuu Sugimoto as Nurse, Masahiro Ogata as Trainee, Mitsuru Ogata as Trainee, Mantarou Iwao as Trainee
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Atsushi Matsumoto
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama, Yutaka Oomatsu
 
38 :02x12 - IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON (Jun/05/2004)
Attempting to find any information on the whereabouts of Shou Kawashima ("FAKE FOOD"), Section 9 comes across a data store left by Gouda that may trigger the virus that takes over an individual's cyberbrain and turns them into part of Gouda's Individual 11 group. Just as the Major readies herself to dive into the stream, she is contacted by the Chief, who has some information pertaining to the recent attack on Prime Minister Kayabuki ("INDUCTANCE").
Guest Stars: Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Kenta Miyake as Individual 11, Mitsuaki Hoshi as Individual 11, Yuuji Ueda (1) as Individual 11, Yonehiko Kitagawa as Professor, Kenji Nomura as Mihashi, Makoto Yasumura as Dobashi, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yutaka Oomatsu, Kenji Kamiyama
 
39 :02x13 - DI: Face; MAKE-UP (Jul/03/2004)
Reviewing the footage captured by NTV atop the Kyūshū Radio Tower in Fukuoka, showing the members of the Individual 11 decapitating themselves with samurai swords, the lab techs notice that Kuze's facial features are very specialised and there are only two people in Japan capable of creating such a face. When Batou and Togusa head to talk to one of the aritists, they find the man dead. Footage reveals that the killer happens to be a member of Section 9.
Guest Stars: Mitsuaki Hoshi as Individual 11, Kenta Miyake as Individual 11, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer, Tetsuo Komura as Inspector, Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Youko Soumi as Kaori
Director: Itsurou Kawasaki, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Yutaka Oomatsu, Kenji Kamiyama
 
40 :02x14 - DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE (Jul/03/2004)
While guarding Prime Minister Kayabuki as she meets with Imperial America's Secretary of State, Saitou sits in the surveillance van with some recruits and Tachikomas. Having not lost a game yet, Saitou tells his colleagues about a battle he was in during the last World War. Hiring himself out as a mercenary, he took up his bolt-action sniper rifle in Mexico, where a United Nations force enters into his kill zone.
Guest Stars: Ooki Sugiyama as Pickles, Masanori Takeda as Snow, Matsuo Matsuo as Mother, Keiji Fujiwara as Rod, Tomoyuki Shimura as Minimi, Masahiro Ogata as Azuma
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama, Yoshiki Sakurai
 
41 :02x15 - DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. (Aug/07/2004)
During a maintenance check for the Tachikomas, Batou and Togusa arrive to bring one of them along to SPring-8 to check out the bodies of the former Individual 11 members. Meanwhile, the Tachikomas have a debate using their new "chat room" as a forum.
Guest Stars: Eiji Sekiguchi as Lab Tech, Katsumi Chou as Analyst, Ooki Sugiyama as Proto, Takaya Hashi as Asuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kenichi Takeshita
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
42 :02x16 - IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE (Aug/07/2004)
Returning from the Korean Peninsula, Ishikawa prepares to brief the rest of Section 9 on Hideo Kuze, the man who has now been connected to several Individual 11 incidents. At the same time, Prime Minister Kayabuki forms a temporary committee to deal with the possible threat of a refugee uprising.
Guest Stars: Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Yoshinori Mutou as Takakura (Chief Cabinet Secretary), Masahiro Ogata as Azuma, Eisuke Asakura as Kimura, Yuzuru Fujimoto as Commissioner-General, Yasuo Muramatsu as Defence Minister, Kousei Hirota as Maritime Safety Chief
Director: Masaki Tachibana, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
43 :02x17 - DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA (Sep/04/2004)
Kusanagi flies to Taiwan to learn more about Kuze. While there, she saves a boy who was about to be killed by a local mafia group. The boy follows Motoko, telling her that he is not out of danger yet. Learning that the boy is a refugee, she gathers more info on Kuze from her new friend.
Guest Stars: Minami Takayama as Chai, Gorou Naya as Lead Elder, Mitsuaki Hoshino as Elder, Hiroshi Naka as Elder, Takuma Takewaka as Security Guard, Sayori Ishizuka as Clerk, Hirohiko Kakegawa as Guard (as Kimitake Kakegawa), Megumi Yamato as Chai's Partner, Kenichi Mochizuki as Boss
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Itsurou Kawasaki
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga
 
44 :02x18 - DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT (Sep/04/2004)
Motoko and Batou are handpicked to travel to Berlin, Germany, to aid in the capture of a terrorist who bombs world summits. Surviving the harsh cold of northern Europe becomes rough even for a fully prostheticised individual, but Batou's blood soon warms when he notices a wheelchair-bound girl who seems to sense his presence.
Guest Stars: Sayuri Sadaoka as Orphanage Director, Atsushi Goutou as MI6 Agent, Makoto Yasumura as MI6 Agent, Tetsuo Komura as Correspondent, Megumi Hayashibara as Theresia, Katsunosuke Hori as Angelica, Tamio Ooki as Roland
Director: Toshiyuki Kouno, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
45 :02x19 - IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION (Oct/02/2004)
In the CIS Building, Gōda and his subordinates prepare to capture Kuze before Section 9 does. Due to the fact that a Japanese national is helping the refugees, Section 9 is able to assemble in Dejima to locate Kuze and bring him in for questioning.
Guest Stars: Ken Nishida as Gouda, Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Masahiro Ogata as Azuma, Ooki Sugiyama as Proto, Kenichi Mochizuki as Yano, Eisuke Asakura as Kimura, Hiroshi Naka as Doctor, Takeshi Maruyama as Captain, Makoto Yasumura as Hooded Refugee, Daisuke Hirakawa as Policeman, Shizuka Itou as Policewoman
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuki Fusegi
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
46 :02x20 - IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG (Oct/02/2004)
Kuze's attack on the Major causes her to make a mistake and think that their target is in Dejima. Due to this, Section 9 is ambushed and loses one of their newest recruits. When her head clears, Motoko realises that Kuze's attack on her was done while he was in Etorofu. Section 9 quickly heads to the Northern Territories island to capture Kuze. Nipping at their heels is the CIS, who has a few surprises of their own in store for Section 9.
Guest Stars: Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Yuuichi Nagashima as Coil, Wataru Takagi as Man, Makoto Yasumura as Hooded Refugee, Kenichi Mochizuki as Refugee, Daisuke Hirakawa as Refugee, Ooki Sugiyama as Refugee
Director: Kenichi Takeshita, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
47 :02x21 - IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT (Nov/06/2004)
Batou confronts Kuze and demands that he surrender now. With Kusanagi on the way, Batou need only keep Kuze in check before he has superior numbers. At the same time, Saitou follows the Russian arms dealer Coil to prevent him from escaping with the laptop, which is the one link between Kuze and the seller of the plutonium.
Guest Stars: Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Katsumi Suzuki as Boat Captain, Makoto Yasumura as Hooded Refugee, Kenichi Mochizuki as Refugee, Daisuke Hirakawa as Refugee, Eisuke Asakura as Refugee
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
48 :02x22 - DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS (Nov/06/2004)
With the refugee issue reaching its climax, a threat of a nuclear detonation is sent out. The town of Fukuoka and the outlying areas, totalling nearly 35 million people, is evacuated. Section 9 heads to the Kyūshū Radio Tower where the bomb has been placed. There, they meet up with their old nemesis.
Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Ken Nishida as Gouda, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer, Kenichi Mochizuki as Secretary, Daisuke Egawa as Platoon Leader, Takeshi Maruyama as Self-Defence Official, Chie Matsuura as Self-Defence Official, Eisuke Asakura as Self-Defence Official
Director: Itsurou Kawasaki, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Dai Satou, Kenji Kamiyama
 
49 :02x23 - IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW (Dec/04/2004)
Although the nuclear incident in Fukuoka has been handled and Section 9 has the plutonium, when the refugees declare their independence the Prime Minister is left with no choice but to declare martial law in Nagasaki and its artificial island of Dejima. Meanwhile, the Chief Cabinet Secretary makes his intentions known to Kayabuki that her administration is finished once the situation in Dejima is handled.
Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Ken Nishida as Gouda, Yoshinori Mutou as Takakura (Chief Cabinet Secretary), Yasuo Muramatsu as Defence Minister, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer, Ooki Sugiyama as Proto, Daisuke Egawa as Self-Defence Official, Chie Matsuura as Self-Defence Official, Kenichi Mochizuki as Refugee, Daisuke Hirakawa as Refugee, | Uncredited: Osamu Saka as Yosuke Aramaki
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kouno
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
50 :02x24 - IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER (Dec/04/2004)
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Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Ken Nishida as Gouda, Taimei Suzuki as Kubota, Ooki Sugiyama as Proto, Yasuo Muramatsu as Defence Minister, Shigenori Souya as Self-Defence Head, Mitsuaki Hoshino as Ranger, Daisuke Hirakawa as Ranger, Kenichi Mochizuki as Ranger, Atsushi Kakehashi as Ranger
Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masaki Tachibana
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
51 :02x25 - IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE (Jan/08/2005)
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Guest Stars: Yoshiko Sakakibara as Kayabuki, Rikiya Koyama as Kuze, Ken Nishida as Gouda, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer, Ooki Sugiyama as Proto, Eisuke Asakura as Kimura, Mitsuaki Hoshino as Ranger, Kenichi Mochizuki as Ranger
Director: Atsushi Matsumoto, Kenji Kamiyama
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
52 :02x26 - IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG (Jan/08/2005)
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Director: Kenji Kamiyama, Masayuki Yoshihara
Story: Mamoru Oshii | Screenplay: Kenji Kamiyama
 
Solid State Society (Sep/01/2006)
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