Episode 3 - A Modest Rebellion: ANDROID AND I Original Air Date: October 24th, 2002 (Japan) Spoiler Free Summary: Why would a handful of obsolete androids commit suicide? A computer virus and a lovesick computer-hacker hold the key to the mystery. Synopsis: A series of android suicides prompts Section 9 to investigate the manufacturer. While Aramaki questions the plant manager, Kusanagi [...]

Episode 2 – Runaway Evidence: TESTATION Original Air Date: October 17th, 2002 (Japan) Spoiler Free Summary: The Section 9 team gets more than they bargained for when they try to stop a rogue tachikoma tank from wreaking havoc. Synopsis: In a plot-device similar to Mamoru Oshii’s Patlabor 1: The Movie, a heavy-assault Tachikoma tank goes AWOL under the control of [...]

Episode 1 – Public Peace, Section 9 Original Air Date: October 10th, 2002 (Japan) Spoiler Free Summary: Major Kusanagi and Section 9 are called in to resolve a hostage crisis at a Geisha house staffed by android geisha. While the crisis is averted, the military thinks there might be more to it…and of course there is. Synopsis: After a short [...]

Note: this is an updated and expanded version of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episode guide which was hosted for several years at our previous site, Destroy-All-Monsters.com. Since the switch to Yellow-Menace.com, the GitS:SAC episode guide has been unavaialable while I devoted my energies toward running the new site through several iterations. Even now we still receive [...]