Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

A comprehensive watch order of the Ghost in the Shell series, which includes every entry of the Ghost in the Shell franchise.
Original Guide:https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1864302

Note the difference between Movies section and TV series section.

AEGC Interest Stack index: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2017008

A compilation of anime that began airing during the month of September.

The month is most well known for A Silent Voice, the Violet Evergarden Movie, Shinsekai Yori and the Beginning of the Rebuild of Evangelion films.

See Also:

January: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15005
February: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15006
March: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15017
April: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15029
May: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15033
June: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15041
July: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15044
August: ttps://myanimelist.net/stacks/15051
October: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15101
November: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15102
December: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15104

Works directed by Kenji Kamiyama. Commercials/ads excluded.

More anime dubbed by Ocean Productions Part 2.

This stack includes the remaining TV Shows as well as the OVA and specials they dubbed.

> Alternate Versions/Summaries:
Koukaku Kidoutai 2.0 (Remade version of the 1995 movie made to commemorate the release of The Sky Crawlers)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (Summary)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (Summary)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D (The movie was converted into stereoscopic 3D)
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War (Summary)
Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 Movie (Summary)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture (Alternate Version) (Includes New Arc)


> Not Included: (Short Specials)
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Tachikoma na Hibi
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma na Hibi (TV)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Tachikomatic Days Fan Disc
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man - Tachikomatic Days
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven - Tachikomatic Days
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society: Uchikomatic Days
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society 3D: Tachikomatic Days
Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Ghost in the Shell - Logicoma Specials
Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Another Mission
Koukaku Kidoutai Arise [.jp]
Koukaku Kidoutai Nyuumon Arise

Every cinema or direct to video anime film that came out in 2005.

2004: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34949
2006: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34953

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34952

Anime where Yoko Kanno is credited with Music.

as of january 22nd, 2025

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