Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG

Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG is the second season of the anime series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell. It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama. 2nd GIG premiered in Japan on Animax on January 1, 2004.

Plot
The Story takes place two years since Section 9 helped topple the corrupt Japanese government.The new Prime Minister, restores them to their position as an official law enforcement unit. Section 9 are later recruited by Kazundo Goda, head of the Cabinet Intelligence Service, to intercede in an incident involving social refugees. The operation ends badly, straining tensions between the refugees and the government to breaking point. Over time, it becomes increasingly clear that Goda is manipulating Section 9 to suit his own personal agenda. Undertaking a risky plan to infiltrate the CIS's computer database, Major Kusanagi uncovers evidence implicating the CIS in terrorist activity. Shortly thereafter, a terrorist organization called the "Individual Eleven" (responsible for a string of violent attacks on Japanese citizens and an attempt to assassinate the Prime Minister) commit mass suicide live on television news. Believing that he was responsible for the horrific incident, Section 9 turns its full attention on Goda. Meanwhile Hideo Kuze,the only member of the "Individual Eleven" that didn't commit suicide,leads the refugee population to rebel from the Japanese authority.Section 9 spends time,on Goda's orders,to attempt to track down and stop Kuze before he leads a mass rebellion against the government.