“Six years after Laughing Man kidnaps Serano Genomics president, the ghost-hacker resurfaces, killing a detective and threatening new crimes.”
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
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Six years after Laughing Man kidnaps Serano Genomics president, the ghost-hacker resurfaces, killing a detective and threatening new crimes.
In 2024, the terrorist incident known as "The Laughing Man Incident" occurred in which Ernest Serano, president of the groundbreaking micromachine company, Serano Genomics, was kidnapped and ransomed. One day, the case having remained unsolved for six years, Detective Yamaguchi, who has been investigating "The Laughing Man Incident," sends word that he wants to meet with Togusa from Public Safety Section 9. However, soon after sending this message, Yamaguchi, crucial to the success of the case, dies in an accident. Many days pass and in the midst of a police interview relay concerning suspicions behind interceptors, a forewarning is received from "The Laughing Man" of his next crime. The incorporeal hacker begins to move once again. (Source: ANN)
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What 4 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.55 · split reception
5.5 pts
Recommenders 9.5 · others 4.0
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Oct 2007 → Jan 2025
- 10 “Stand Alone Complex was based on Yoshiki Sakurai’s 2001 Media Ecology dissertation “The Whereabouts of the Other in the Future of Human-Robot Interaction” (「他我を宿す条件 ~人間・ロボット間コミュニケーションの行方~」). It is...”
- 9 “Story: Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX: The Laughing Man OVA is taken directly from Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex ~1st Gig~ story arc of the same name. It is mostly a retelling of the...”
- 5 “it used clips from the show but all of the voice acting was redone, most of the time with different actors, for example in the show the laughing man sounds like a kid but in this he sounds like an...”
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- Format 1 × 160′ eps × min
- Total runtime 2h 40m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2005 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-2245 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Animax Producer
- Kodansha Producer
- Fonishia Producer
Licensed by
- Bandai Entertainment Licensor
- Manga Entertainment Licensor