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Season 2

2nd GIG

2nd GIG

Season 2

2nd GIG

  • Air date:2004-01-01
  • User score:
    6.8
  • Number of episodes:26
Set in 2032 AD. The truth is revealed through the appearance of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, which is hostile to Section 9 from the background of the resurrection of Public Security Section 9, starting with the case of a terrorist who claims to be "11 individual people", and the appearance of the individual 11-person case and Kuze. Becomes. The information manipulation and crafting activities of the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office will increase the distrust and opposition of the refugees, and the consolation refugees will be armed and uprising all at once.

List of Episodes

DI:  Reactivation; REEMBODY
S2E1
6.6

Air date: 2004-01-01

Runtime: 25 min

A group of terrorists identifying themselves as the "Individual Eleven" barricade themselves within the Chinese Embassy. Section 9 is called in to eliminate the terrorists without any civilian casualties, all before the scheduled police raid.

DI:  Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
S2E2
6.1

Air date: 2004-01-01

Runtime: 25 min

A refugee living in Japan has plans to "reset the world" and change things. But are his plans merely violent daydreams, or something more sinister?

DI:  Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
S2E3
6.9

Air date: 2004-02-07

Runtime: 25 min

=A hacker and thief by the name of Cash Eye plans on infiltrating a vault during a party, and Section 9 is called in to prevent it. But there are a number of strange elements in this case that don't all add up.

DU:  Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
S2E4
6.7

Air date: 2004-02-07

Runtime: 25 min

A routine live-fire exercise goes wrong, leaving a fleet of AI controlled helicopters flying above a refugee area, firing on anyone who comes near. And a mysterious and creepy man known as Gohda arrives to tell Section 9 how to handle it.

IN:  Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
S2E5
6.2

Air date: 2004-03-06

Runtime: 25 min

An assassination threat has been made against Prime Minister Kayabuki; Section 9 is called to serve as bodyguards Meanwhile, investigation on the Individual Eleven turns up some interesting history.

DI:  Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
S2E6
6.6

Air date: 2004-03-06

Runtime: 25 min

A seemingly run-of-the mill hit-and-run turns into anything but when Togusa investigates. While in Tokyo, he discovers a secret from the past the GSDF is trying to keep hidden deep underground.

DU:  Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239/94
S2E7
6.8

Air date: 2004-04-03

Runtime: 25 min

Plans have been leaked to terrorists that the plutonium recovered from the underground nuclear facility in Tokyo is to be moved. Section 9 is called in to ensure the plutonium reaches its destination, and Gohda is there again.

DI:  Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
S2E8
6.4

Air date: 2004-04-03

Runtime: 25 min

While on a stakeout of a Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant, Section 9 finds out that someone is pulling strings and feeding misinformation to the Public Safety Sections.

DU:  The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
S2E9
6.3

Air date: 2004-05-08

Runtime: 25 min

The Tachikomas and the Major continue to investigate Gohda and his motives, while the rest of Section 9 are out to stop a string of suicide bombings.

DI:  One Angry Man; TRIAL
S2E10
6.9

Air date: 2004-05-08

Runtime: 25 min

Togusa is brought up on charges after he becomes involved with a murder while off duty. But during the course of the trial, it becomes clear who the attorney is really after.

IN:  Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection
S2E11
7.8

Air date: 2004-06-05

Runtime: 25 min

While field testing new recruits, the Major finds herself hacked, and an old woman tells her a story from her past.

IN:  To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
S2E12
6.6

Air date: 2004-06-05

Runtime: 25 min

The Tachikomas, Ishikawa, and Borma locate a suspicious file believed to be the Individual Eleven virus, The Major, Batou, Saito go after Kuze, and the Individual Eleven prepare to put their plan into action.

DI:  Face; MAKE UP
S2E13
6.4

Air date: 2004-07-03

Runtime: 25 min

With the latest Individual 11 incident still fresh in the public's mind, Section 9 discovers that only a skilled face sculptor could have created Kuze's prosthetic face. Since only two artists fit that description, they quickly locate the craftsmen and go to question them.

DI:  Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
S2E14
7.1

Air date: 2004-07-03

Runtime: 25 min

Saito recounts his first run-in with the Major, and how he became part of the group that would eventually become Section 9.

DI:  Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
S2E15
6.6

Air date: 2004-08-07

Runtime: 25 min

During a scheduled maintenance, the Tachikomas begin to chat away about the Individual Eleven. While talking in their new "forum", Batou and Togusa appear and take one of the Tachikomas - who just happens to be Batou's pet - with them to Spring-8 to look at the scientific evidence gathered on the Individual Eleven.

IN:  The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
S2E16
6.4

Air date: 2004-08-07

Runtime: 25 min

The Prime Minister is alerted to the existence of "hub cyberbrains," while Ishikawa returns from the peninsula to report on what he found out about Kuze's past.

DI: Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA
S2E17
7.1

Air date: 2004-09-04

Runtime: 25 min

Following a tip, the Major conducts an undercover investigation of Kuze in Taiwan. While there, she saves a boy running from the Mafia.

DI:  Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT
S2E18
7.5

Air date: 2004-09-04

Runtime: 25 min

The Major and Batou are flown to Berlin in an effort to track down a terrorist called "Angel's Feathers". While there, Batou attracts the attention of a young girl in a wheelchair.

IN: Chain of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION
S2E19
6.8

Air date: 2004-10-02

Runtime: 25 min

Despite close scrutiny by the authorities, the Dejima refugees declare their independence. Kuze is suspected to be the mastermind behind this new resistance and Section 9 is sent to detain him.

IN:  Confusion at the North End;  FABRICATE FOG
S2E20
6.5

Air date: 2004-10-02

Runtime: 25 min

Section 9 heads to Etorofu in search of Kuze. During their investigations, the Major finds an interesting floppy disk on the body of a dead addict.

IN:  Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT
S2E21
7.1

Air date: 2004-11-06

Runtime: 25 min

Much to the chagrin of Batou, Motoko, and the rest of the team, Kuze and the refugees manage to escape in one of the camouflaged boats. They are further hampered when an explosion causes heavy losses, leaving them unable to follow the fleeing boat.

DU:  Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS
S2E22
6.6

Air date: 2004-11-06

Runtime: 25 min

The city of Fukuoka is evacuated when a live nuclear bomb is found. With the Dejima Refugees targeted as the prime suspects, the government sends the Self-Defense Forces into the city.

IN:  The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW
S2E23
7.0

Air date: 2004-12-04

Runtime: 25 min

The government declares martial Law in Dejima, believing that the refugees have a nuclear device and plan to use it to gain independence. When the refugees' connection to Kuze is cut off, one shot begins a bloody war.

IN:  Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
S2E24
7.6

Air date: 2004-12-04

Runtime: 25 min

The Prime Minister is taken into custody, and the military begins its strike on Dejima. The Major and part of Section 9 head to Dejima to try to hand over the nuclear device to the military there, in order to defuse the situation, while Ishikawa heads to SPring-8 to deliver the rest of the plutonium.

IN:  To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE
S2E25
7.7

Air date: 2005-01-08

Runtime: 25 min

Kuze manages to take down the jamming plane, but becomes trapped in rubble with the Major. The Tachikomas begin discussing what to do about the nuclear submarine they have spotted, and Batou manages to convince the special forces that have been sent to kill them to listen to him.

IN:  Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG
S2E26
7.9

Air date: 2005-01-08

Runtime: 25 min

The tables seem to be turning in favor of Section 9, but the nuclear missile is still being prepared for launch.

Top Cast

Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Taimei Suzuki

Taimei Suzuki

Kubota (voice)

Takashi Onozuka

Takashi Onozuka

Paz (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Hideo Kuze (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Taro Yamaguchi

Borma (voice)

Toru Okawa

Toru Okawa

Saito (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Tachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)

Yuko Sumitomo

Yuko Sumitomo

Nasami Kurta (voice)

Yutaka Nakano

Yutaka Nakano

Ishikawa (voice)

Eiji Sekiguchi

Eiji Sekiguchi

Akafuku (voice)

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