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.
The remaining members of Section 9 are rounded up one by one; Batou fights back.
The government orders Section 9 disbanded; Aramaki is taken away; Togusa arrested.
Togusa is on the trail of the Laughing Man again.
Section 9 searches for people responsible for a rash of mass-kidnappings.
Section 9 is assigned to protecting the Chinese Foreign Minister from being assassinated.
Aramaki and an old flame are kidnapped.
Batou goes undercover to shadow one of his former heroes.
The Major worries when AIs begin speaking about their individuality.
Section 9 is assigned to protect a reclusive millionaire.
Section 9 is assigned to investigate a missing heiress.
Kusanagi does some soul-searching.
Togusa goes undercover.
Section 9 knows why American CIA were sent to Tokyo.
Kusanagi is worried about someone in a chat room.
Kurutan is worried about a heart transplant.
Section 9 trails a South American revolutionary hero.
Motoko and Paz attend a press conference to protect the Superintendent General from attack.
Togusa receives a call from an old friend.