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The action takes place in the fictional Japan of the year 2030, where the members of the special unit "Section 9" are entrusted with solving various cases of crime, espionage and terrorism. This also includes the case of the "Laughing Man", which caused a stir some time ago, but was never cleared up by the responsible police department. In the course of their own investigation, Section 9 members discover that the Laughing Man case is far more complex than it first appears.
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Part 1 · Sep 23, 2005
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content.

Part 2 · Jan 27, 2006
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
The year is 2030, and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the "Individual Eleven." With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gloomy pitfalls of defeat?

Part 3 · Sep 1, 2007
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber-warfare, which has expanded to a team of 20 field operatives with Togusa acting as the field lead.