The BEST episodes written by Junichi Fujisaku

#1 - C: The Copycat will Dance – MEME

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 6

The Superintendent-General's press conference quickly descends into chaos after the Laughing Man's assassination threat. Kusanagi suspects that the Laughing Man has inserted a virus into the police units assigned to guard the event. As Section 9 members struggle to evacuate the Superintendent-General to safety, the anti-virus team at HQ races to develop a vaccine to protect against it. However, random civilians begin joining in the assassination attempt as well, without any sort of external influence. After escorting the Superintendent-General to safety and apprehending all of the assassins, the police are left wondering about what caused dozens of completely unrelated people to attempt to murder a single man. After the immediate threat is averted, Aramaki orders Section 9 to open their own investigation into the Laughing Man case

#2 - SA: Runaway Evidence – TESTATION

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 2

A heavy-assault multi-ped tank runs amok, under the control of an unknown hijacker using the "recognition code" of the tank's designer, Takeshi Kago, who died a week earlier. After going on a destructive spree at the testing facility, the tank heads towards the urban area of Niihama. Section 9 is called in to stop the tank, as no terrorist group has claimed responsibility, and the JSDF refuses to involve itself unless terrorism is the clear motive.

#3 - SA: Idolatry – IDOLATOR

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 7

The Ministry of Home Affairs learns that Jenoma revolutionary leader Marcelo Jarti has been visiting Japan regularly every five months. Jarti is a drug trafficker and one of the world’s most wanted men, and has been targeted for assassination by commandos of the United States Delta Force and United Kingdom Special Air Service (SAS) a total of six times and has survived each of these attempts. When Jarti returns to Japan following the most recently failed assassination attempt, Section 9 is called in to follow him and determine why Jarti has been visiting their country. They discover that the real Jarti had died several months ago after using a ghost-dubbing device to create dozens of cybernetic clones of himself, and the Yakuza running the cloning facility had kept releasing duplicates to prevent the Jenoma government from learning of their national hero's death.

#4 - C: The Other Side of Good and Evil – EQUINOX

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 23

The Laughing Man returns to kidnap Ernest Serano, the CEO of Serano Genomics, just as he did six years before. Returning to the café where Serano was first kidnapped, he and the Laughing Man share the story of the events leading up to the kidnapping and the events following it. During the conversation, the Laughing Man asks Serano why he never fulfilled his promise to tell the truth about the Murai Vaccine, and in response Serano informs the Laughing Man that the whole time, he was under house arrest. Meanwhile, Section 9 determines the Secretary General Yakushima to be the man behind the Laughing Man scandal, and resolve to take Serano into protective custody to obtain his testimony. When the team discovers that Serano has been kidnapped by the Laughing Man again, they mount a frantic search to find and secure him.

#5 - C: Corporate Graft – SCANDAL

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 22

The Head of the DEA is arrested for murder in connection with the raid at the Sunflower Society building. Aramaki orders Section 9 to go through all of the facility's records to determine who are the remaining members of the Narcotics Suppression Squad. As Aramaki leaves the building he shares an elevator ride with former prime minister Kanzaki, who privately discloses that the prime suspect "pulling the strings" has a lot of friends in high places and strong connections to the navy. Elsewhere, the remaining members of the Narcotic Suppression Squad attempt to frame Aramaki with drug trafficking, concocting a story about his homeless brother to lure him to the refugee district and arrest him, but their plan fails when Batou rescues the chief before the police arrive on the scene. Meanwhile, Kusanagi seeks to repair her prosthetic body after incurring severe damage in a battle against the government's latest prototype power armor.

#6 - SA: The Fortunate Ones – MISSING HEARTS

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 8

Kurutan calls the Major to the hospital where she works to look into the source of a young girl's heart transplant. The heart she received was given without consent of the owner's parents. The girl's doctors feared she might have had to be given a full-cyborg conversion, a thought that stirs painful memories for Kusanagi. Aramaki, believing that the culprits may be tied to a mass kidnapping ring, orders Section 9 to look into the case for connections between the organs, the company that sold them, and a local refugee camp set up at an abandoned oil refinery. Finally, the culprits are revealed to be a gang of rich medical students. Before arresting them, Kusanagi decides to scare and humiliate the students by posing as a murderous Yakuza enforcer.

#7 - SA: Assassination Duet – LOST HERITAGE

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Season 1 - Episode 18

After a five-year wait, Chinese vice foreign minister Jin has been allowed access to the Kagoshima War Memorial in Japan. Jin is the first Chinese dignitary to be granted access to the site, but not everyone is happy with the decision, and before long a death threat is made against Jin. Elsewhere, Aramaki visits the grave of one of his deceased comrades, a Colonel in the GSDF. While at the cemetery, Aramaki encounters the Colonel’s daughter, who voices her concern over her brother Yu’s sudden behavioural changes. When Section 9 determines Yu to be the prime suspect in the assassination attempt, Kusanagi and Togusa are sent to apprehend him, but arrive too late to arrest Yu. Soon after, Aramaki receives a disturbing phone call from his dead friend, who has cheated death by merging his own ghost with his son's, and intends to avenge his wife's death during the war by assassinating Jin.

#8 - The Last Blue Sky

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 6

Takeuchi and Suwa follow the mysterious vampire units. Meanwhile, Yamagami and Kurusu return to base, where they are surprised to find Maeda. How will each of them react as Nakajima reveals his true plan?

#9 - Dark Wings

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 11

Maeda appears before Defrott and Aoi in Rufus's trap on Tsukishima Island. With Aoi losing blood fast, Kurusu will have to cross Tokyo in broad daylight if her hopes to reach her in time. Meanwhile, Ltg. Nakajima receives an unexpected summons.

#10 - Till Death Do Us Part

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 2

Maeda meets the vampires under his command for the first time, including an old classmate. Their first mission: Hunting down a vampire couple who have been attacking humans in Tokyo.

#11 - Persona Non Grata

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 5

While Maeda convalesces, officials move to disband Code Zero and replace them with a force of British vampires. With less than a month until the deadline, Code Zero tracks the barrels of Ascra to Yokohama.

#12 - A Midsummer Night's Dream Gone By

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 10

The reunited members of Code Zero plan their next move. Meanwhile, Aoi convinces Defrott to return to the stage for a charity performance. But will any of them be prepared for Rufus's latest scheme?

#13 - Dawn

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 1

Early summer, 1923. Major Yoshinobu Maeda arrive in Tokyo to question an actress who revived as a vampire after being crushed by a falling prop. Will he be able to communicate with the confused woman, who only recites lines from her last performance?

#14 - Unknown Song

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 4

Kurusu still struggles to use his vampire powers in combat as Code Zero investigates a series of strange deaths in the Yoshiwara red-light district.

#15 - His Dream

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 3

Yamagami and Kurusu reflect on their new vampiric lives as it sinks in that they are now legally dead. Meanwhile, the army brass pressure Maeda and Nakajima for results, aiming to cut funding for Code Zero.

#16 - Purgatory

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 8

In the aftermath of the earthquake, Kurusu wanders the decimated cityscape in search of the other members of Code Zero. The military steps up its measures against vampires, who attack the people in increasing numbers, but is their help what it seems?

#17 - The Letter

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 7

Defrott appears before Maeda as he lies injured in the rubble. The sight of Maeda prompts Defrott to reflect on the time he spent with Misaki. What events led up to her death, and how did she become a vampire?

#18 - Frailty, Thy Name Is...

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 13

The remaining vampire units gather as Kurusu and Maeda face off in front of Tokyo Station. Does Kurusu have the strength, or the will, to overcome his former leader? And how will Aoi react to the outcome?

#19 - Suspicion

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 9

Kurusu heads to Tsukishima Island, drawn by rumors that someone who looks like Suwa is killing child vampires. What he finds there, however, shocks him and tests his faith in the other members of Code Zero.

#20 - King of Fools

Mars Red - Season 1 - Episode 12

Rufus finally reveals the full scope of his ambitions and moves to eliminate the remaining members of Code Zero. How will they each respond to the threat, and will Defrott confront Rufus openly after the failed attempt on his life?

#21 - Fortress

Garo - Season 5 - Episode 15

#22 - War

Garo - Season 5 - Episode 16