


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.

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26 episodes • 2002Avg: 7.1Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9 | Oct 1, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 2 | SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION | Oct 1, 2002 | 7.5 |
| 3 | SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I | Nov 1, 2002 | 6.7 |
| 4 | C: The Visual Device will Laugh; INTERCEPTER | Nov 1, 2002 | 6.9 |
| 5 | C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY | Dec 1, 2002 | 7.0 |
| 6 | C: The Copycat will Dance; MEME | Dec 1, 2002 | 7.3 |
| 7 | SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR | Jan 1, 2003 | 6.8 |
| 8 | SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS | Jan 1, 2003 | 7.0 |
| 9 | C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT! | Feb 1, 2003 | 7.0 |
| 10 | SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE | Feb 1, 2003 | 7.7 |
| 11 | C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ | Mar 1, 2003 | 7.2 |
| 12 | SA: Tachikoma Runaway, The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM | Mar 1, 2003 | 7.1 |
| 13 | SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL | Apr 1, 2003 | 6.8 |
| 14 | SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$ | Apr 1, 2003 | 6.9 |
| 15 | SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES | May 1, 2003 | 7.1 |
| 16 | SA: Chinks in the Armour of the Heart; Ag2O | May 1, 2003 | 7.0 |
| 17 | SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE | Jun 1, 2003 | 6.9 |
| 18 | SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE | Jun 1, 2003 | 6.8 |
| 19 | SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED | Jul 1, 2003 | 6.7 |
| 20 | C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW | Jul 1, 2003 | 7.3 |
| 21 | C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER | Aug 1, 2003 | 7.5 |
| 22 | C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL | Aug 1, 2003 | 6.8 |
| 23 | C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX | Sep 1, 2003 | 6.9 |
| 24 | C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION | Sep 1, 2003 | 7.5 |
| 25 | C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE | Oct 1, 2003 | 7.8 |
| 26 | C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX | Oct 1, 2003 | 7.2 |

26 episodes • 2004Avg: 6.8
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY | Jan 1, 2004 | 6.7 |
| 2 | DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE | Jan 1, 2004 | 6.4 |
| 3 | DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE | Feb 7, 2004 | 6.8 |
| 4 | DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY | Feb 7, 2004 | 6.8 |
| 5 | IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE | Mar 6, 2004 | 6.3 |
| 6 | DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION | Mar 6, 2004 | 6.5 |
| 7 | DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94 | Apr 3, 2004 | 6.8 |
| 8 | DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD | Apr 3, 2004 | 6.5 |
| 9 | DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE | May 8, 2004 | 6.4 |
| 10 | DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL | May 8, 2004 | 7.0 |
| 11 | IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection | Jun 5, 2004 | 7.5 |
| 12 | IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON | Jun 5, 2004 | 6.6 |
| 13 | DI: Face; MAKE UP | Jul 3, 2004 | 6.5 |
| 14 | DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE | Jul 3, 2004 | 7.0 |
| 15 | DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT. | Aug 7, 2004 | 6.6 |
| 16 | IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE | Aug 7, 2004 | 6.5 |
| 17 | DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA | Sep 4, 2004 | 7.3 |
| 18 | DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT | Sep 4, 2004 | 7.3 |
| 19 | IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION | Oct 2, 2004 | 6.6 |
| 20 | IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG | Oct 2, 2004 | 6.5 |
| 21 | IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT | Nov 6, 2004 | 7.0 |
| 22 | DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS | Nov 6, 2004 | 6.5 |
| 23 | IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW | Dec 4, 2004 | 6.9 |
| 24 | IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER | Dec 4, 2004 | 7.3 |
| 25 | IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE | Jan 8, 2005 | 7.5 |
| 26 | IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG | Jan 8, 2005 | 7.6 |