Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG
Synopsis
Following the closure of the "Laughing Man" case, Section 9 is re-established by Japan's newly elected Prime Minister, Youko Kayabuki, to combat the persistent threat of cyber-terrorism. A group calling themselves "The Individual Eleven" has begun committing acts of terror across Japan. While Motoko Kusanagi, Daisuke Aramaki, Batou, and the other members of Section 9 investigate this new menace, the Japanese government faces a separate crisis, as foreign refugees displaced by the Third World War seek asylum in Japan. But as the members of the special-ops team continually encounter Gouda Kazundo—a leading member of the Cabinet Intelligence Service—in their hunt, they begin to suspect that he may be involved, and that the events of the refugee crisis and The Individual Eleven may be more connected than they realize... [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Characters

Kusanagi Motoko
Main

Batou
Main

Togusa
Main

Pazu
Supporting

Saitou
Supporting

Borma
Supporting

Ishikawa
Supporting

Aramaki Daisuke
Main

Kazundo Gouda
Supporting

Tachikoma
Supporting

Kuze Hideo
Supporting

Proto
Supporting

Section 9 Operator
Supporting

Kayabuki Youko
Supporting

Nasami Kurta
Supporting

Kubota
Supporting

Azuma
Supporting

Uchikoma
Supporting

Togusa's Wife
Supporting

Tadashi Gino
Supporting
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- 1: "Rise" by Origa
- 2: "Christmas in the Silent Forest" by Ilaria Graziano (Japanese Terrestrial Broadcast)
Endings
- 1: "Living Inside the Shell" by Steve Conte
- 2: "Christmas in the Silent Forest" by Ilaria Graziano (eps 26)
- 3: "Snyper" by Ilaria Graziano (Japanese Terrestrial Broadcast)