Editing Ghost in the Shell (section)

====''Stand Alone Complex'' TV series, film and ONA====
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In 2002, ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' premiered on [[Animax]], presenting a new telling of ''Ghost in the Shell'' independent from the original manga, focusing on Section 9's investigation of the [[Laughing Man (Ghost in the Shell)|Laughing Man]] hacker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?code=NN00015576|title=Animax's official GitS:SAC webpage|access-date=2011-09-02|publisher=[[Animax]]|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019005947/http://animax.co.jp/feature/index.php?code=NN00015576|archive-date=2010-10-19|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was followed in 2004 by a second season titled ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'', which focused on the [[Individual Eleven]] terrorist group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/39_/s08_/index.html|title=Into the Network: The Ghost in the Shell Universe|publisher=[[Production I.G]]|access-date=2011-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517181546/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/39_/s08_/index.html|archive-date=2011-05-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> The primary storylines of both seasons were compressed into OVAs broadcast as ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex The Laughing Man'' in 2005 and ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Individual Eleven'' in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/38_/index.html|title=Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex The Laughing Man|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115015005/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/38_/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/39_/index.html|title=Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Individual Eleven|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=25 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125202252/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/39_/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2006, ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society]]'', featuring Section 9's confrontation with a hacker known as the Puppeteer, was broadcast, serving as a finale to the anime series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/47_/index.html| title=Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society|publisher=Production I.G|access-date=14 January 2014|archive-date=19 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119072322/http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/47_/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Music of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex|The extensive score]] for the series and its films was composed by [[Yoko Kanno]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/yoko-kanno-the-greatest-composer-youve-never-heard-of-b452f64acc72|title=Yoko Kanno: The Greatest Composer You've Never Heard Of|last=Bull|first=John|date=2018-03-08|website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|access-date=2019-02-22|archive-date=2019-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151852/https://medium.com/lapsed-historian/yoko-kanno-the-greatest-composer-youve-never-heard-of-b452f64acc72|url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 7, 2017, Kodansha and Production I.G announced that [[Kenji Kamiyama]] and [[Shinji Aramaki]] would be co-directing a new ''Kōkaku Kidōtai'' anime production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-06/ghost-in-the-shell-gets-new-anime-from-kenji-kamiyama-shinji-aramaki/.114481|title=Ghost in the Shell Gets New Anime From Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki|website=Anime News Network|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-date=2017-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408012856/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-04-06/ghost-in-the-shell-gets-new-anime-from-kenji-kamiyama-shinji-aramaki/.114481|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 7, 2018, it was reported by [[Netflix]] that they had acquired the worldwide streaming rights to the [[original net animation]] (ONA) anime series, titled ''[[Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045]]'', and that it would premiere on April 23, 2020. The series is in 3DCG and Sola Digital Arts collaborated with Production I.G on the project. [[Ilya Kuvshinov]] handled character designs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-11/ghost-in-the-shell-sac_2045-3dcg-anime-characters-designed-by-birthday-wonderland-ilya-kuvshinov/.147749|title=Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 3DCG Anime's Characters Designed by Birthday Wonderland's Ilya Kuvshinov|website=Anime News Network|access-date=12 June 2019|archive-date=2019-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613195015/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-06-11/ghost-in-the-shell-sac_2045-3dcg-anime-characters-designed-by-birthday-wonderland-ilya-kuvshinov/.147749|url-status=live}}</ref>  The series had two seasons of 12 episodes each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-07/new-ghost-in-the-shell-3dcg-anime-project-to-premiere-on-netflix-in-2020/.140540|title=New Ghost in the Shell 3DCG Anime Project to Premiere on Netflix in 2020|website=Anime News Network|access-date=7 December 2018|archive-date=2019-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108072126/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-07/new-ghost-in-the-shell-3dcg-anime-project-to-premiere-on-netflix-in-2020/.140540|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to the anime, a series of published books, two separate manga adaptations, and several video games for consoles and mobile phones have been released for ''Stand Alone Complex''.