Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEXRomajiKoukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone ComplexNative攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex has 6 seasons, 11 movies, 5 OVAs, 4 web series, 13 specials and 4 manga, 1989–2026. Watch order: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002), then Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004), then Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (2006), with 2 optional entries along the way.
Each stop is a release, in order: season film OVA or special. Filled once you’ve watched it; gray is not out yet. Numbers match the list below.
Synopsisあらすじ
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
Next season次のシーズンStory complete
The manga ended in 1991; the anime's last release was in 2026
How to watch視聴順
The 2002 television continuity, which is its own thing — it does not follow the 1995 film and contradicts it happily. Two seasons and a film, and the best place to start with Ghost in the Shell.
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTV攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing ManOVAOptional攻殻機動隊 ＳＴＡＮＤ ＡＬＯＮＥ ＣＯＭＰＬＥＸ Ｔｈｅ Ｌａｕｇｈｉｎｇ Ｍａｎ
A feature-length recut of the first season’s main arc. An alternative to a rewatch, not a sequel.
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIGTV攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual ElevenOVAOptional攻殻機動隊 Ｓ.Ａ.Ｃ. ２ｎｄ ＧＩＧ Ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ Ｅｌｅｖｅｎ
The same treatment for the second season’s arc.
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State SocietyFilm
Solid State Society, set two years after 2nd GIG. The end of this continuity.
Release
As it aired.
- Ghost in the ShellFilmGHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTV攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Tachikomatic DaysSPOptional攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX: タチコマな日々
- Tachikomatic DaysOVAOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIGTV攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG
- Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceFilmイノセンス
- Innocence no Joukei: Animated ClipsSPOptional
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi - IntervalSPOptional
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Tachikoma na HibiSPOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing ManOVAOptional攻殻機動隊 ＳＴＡＮＤ ＡＬＯＮＥ ＣＯＭＰＬＥＸ Ｔｈｅ Ｌａｕｇｈｉｎｇ Ｍａｎ
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man - Tachikoma na HibiSPOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual ElevenOVAOptional攻殻機動隊 Ｓ.Ａ.Ｃ. ２ｎｄ ＧＩＧ Ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ Ｅｌｅｖｅｎ
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven - Tachikoma na HibiSPOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State SocietyFilm
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State SocietySPOptional攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi (TV)TV
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society - Uchikoma na HibiSPOptional攻殻機動隊 ウチコマナ日々
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0FilmGHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊 2.0
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3DFilm攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D - Tachikoma na HibiSPOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost PainFilm攻殻機動隊ARISE border:1 Ghost Pain
- Ghost in the Shell: AriseOVAOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: AriseSPOptional攻殻機動隊 ARISE
- Ghost in the Shell: AriseSPOptional攻殻機動隊ARISE
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost WhispersFilm攻殻機動隊ARISE border:2 Ghost Whispers
- Koukaku Kidoutai Arise [.jp]SPOptional
- Koukaku Kidoutai Nyuumon AriseTV攻殻機動隊入門 あらいず
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost TearsFilm攻殻機動隊ARISE border:3 Ghost Tears
- Channel 5.5 2nd SeasonONAOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands AloneFilm攻殻機動隊ARISE border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative ArchitectureTV攻殻機動隊ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE
- Ghost in the Shell: The New MovieFilm攻殻機動隊 新劇場版
- Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 5 - Pyrophoric CultOVAOptional
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Virtual Reality DiverSPOptional
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Ghost ChaserFilm
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045ONAOptional攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045ONAOptional
- Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 Season 2ONAOptional攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045
- The Ghost in the ShellTV攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Other
The 1995 film and its sequel: a separate, much colder continuity, and the one everything from The Matrix onwards was copying. Ninety minutes each and no prerequisites.
- Ghost in the ShellFilmGHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊
- Ghost in the Shell 2.0FilmOptionalGHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊 2.0
A 2008 remaster of the 1995 film with the computer graphics redone. Watch one or the other.
- Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceFilmイノセンス
Innocence, 2004. A direct sequel to the 1995 film.
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All seasonsシーズン一覧
- 01Ghost in the ShellFilm1995 · 1 ep
GHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊
- 02Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexTV2002 · 26 ep
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
- 03Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIGTV2004 · 26 ep
攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG
- 04Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceFilm2004 · 1 ep
イノセンス
- 05Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing ManOVASide story2005 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 ＳＴＡＮＤ ＡＬＯＮＥ ＣＯＭＰＬＥＸ Ｔｈｅ Ｌａｕｇｈｉｎｇ Ｍａｎ
- 06Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual ElevenOVASide story2006 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 Ｓ.Ａ.Ｃ. ２ｎｄ ＧＩＧ Ｉｎｄｉｖｉｄｕａｌ Ｅｌｅｖｅｎ
- 07Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State SocietyFilm2006 · 1 ep
- 08Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi (TV)TV2007 · 12 ep
- 09Ghost in the Shell 2.0Film2008 · 1 ep
GHOST IN THE SHELL / 攻殻機動隊 2.0
- 10Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3DFilm2011 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. Solid State Society 3D
- 11Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost PainFilm2013 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊ARISE border:1 Ghost Pain
- 12Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost WhispersFilm2013 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊ARISE border:2 Ghost Whispers
- 13Koukaku Kidoutai Nyuumon AriseTV2014 · 26 ep
攻殻機動隊入門 あらいず
- 14Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost TearsFilm2014 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊ARISE border:3 Ghost Tears
- 15Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands AloneFilm2014 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊ARISE border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
- 16Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative ArchitectureTV2015 · 10 ep
攻殻機動隊ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE
- 17Ghost in the Shell: The New MovieFilm2015 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 新劇場版
- 18Koukaku Kidoutai: Ghost ChaserFilm2018 · 1 ep
- 19The Ghost in the ShellTV2026 · 10 ep
攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Tachikomatic DaysSPSide story2002 · 26 ep
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX: タチコマな日々
- Tachikomatic DaysOVASide story2002 · 52 ep
- Innocence no Joukei: Animated ClipsSPSide story2004 · 9 ep
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi - IntervalSPSide story2004 · 3 ep
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Tachikoma na HibiSPSide story2004 · 26 ep
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man - Tachikoma na HibiSPSide story2005 · 1 ep
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven - Tachikoma na HibiSPSide story2006 · 1 ep
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State SocietySPSide story2006 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX Solid State Society
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society - Uchikoma na HibiSPSide story2007 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 ウチコマナ日々
- Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D - Tachikoma na HibiSPSide story2011 · 3 ep
- Ghost in the Shell: AriseOVASide story2013 · 4 ep
- Ghost in the Shell: AriseSPSide story2013 · 4 ep
攻殻機動隊 ARISE
- Ghost in the Shell: AriseSPSide story2013 · 4 ep
攻殻機動隊ARISE
- Koukaku Kidoutai Arise [.jp]SPSide story2013 · 1 ep
- Channel 5.5 2nd SeasonONASide story2014 · 4 ep
- Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 5 - Pyrophoric CultOVASide story2015 · 1 ep
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Virtual Reality DiverSPSide story2016 · 1 ep
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045ONASide story2020 · 12 ep
攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045ONASide story2022
- Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 Season 2ONASide story2022 · 12 ep
攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable WarFilm2021 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 持続可能戦争
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 The Last HumanFilm2023 · 1 ep
攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 最後の人間
Source material原作
- 01The Ghost in the ShellMangaFinished1989 · 12 ch · 1 vol
攻殻機動隊 THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
- 02Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexMangaFinished2010 · 42 ch · 5 vol
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX
- 03Ghost in the Shell Arise: The Man with Sleepless EyesMangaFinished2013 · 42 ch · 7 vol
攻殻機動隊ARISE 〜眠らない眼の男 Sleepless Eye〜
- 04Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing ManMangaFinished2014 · 4 ch · 4 vol
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX ~The Laughing Man~
