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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Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)
Osamu Saka
Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Taimei Suzuki
Kubota (voice)
Takashi Onozuka
Paz (voice)
Rikiya Koyama
Hideo Kuze (voice)
Taro Yamaguchi
Borma (voice)
Toru Okawa
Saito (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa
Tachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)
Yuko Sumitomo
Nasami Kurta (voice)
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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 |
