In 2030 AD, even if the intention to run around as light and electrons is concentrated in one direction as the computerization becomes generalized and the information network becomes more sophisticated, by the time the "lonely person" becomes an "individual" as a complex. Is an era when it is not computerized. It depicts the activities of the "Public Security Section 9" (commonly known as "Ghost in the Shell"), which was established as an independent counterintelligence unit under the direct control of the Ministry of Home Affairs to counter complicated crimes. There are a wide variety of top-secret missions such as cybercrime investigation, terrorism deterrence / arrest, VIP protection, and corruption detection, but one incident emerges as it is carried out.

《攻壳机动队SAC 2nd GIG》是根据士郎正宗漫画原作改编的第二季日本动画影集。
2004年1月1日于日本SKY电视播映。每集制作费高达3000万日元。
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故事内容延续第一部TV版攻壳机动队STAND ALONE COMPLEX的剧情继续发展。但TV版的2部作品与剧场版无甚联系，可以看做是两个平行世界里发生的事情。
这次TV版第2季的制作班底与第一部相同，同时剧情表达上和第一季一样，每话由不同故事构成，各自独立成章，却贯穿着同一条主线。在剧情上同时电影版导演押井守也参与了协力，不过电影版中凄凉的气氛没有在TV版第二季中体现。

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.

神山健治和荒牧伸志拓展标性科幻系列《攻壳机动队》的视野，带大家想像不久之后 2045 年的未来世界。
电子脑罪案再次来袭，全义体人造人草薙素子带领公安九课见招拆招。
万众期待的第二季将于五月起全球上线，Netflix 独家！

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.

『攻殻機動隊』を横断的にまとめた完全ガイド&設定集。1995年(初映画)~2017年(ハリウッド版実写)の全アニメ・劇場版シリーズを完全網羅する。
『GHOST IN THE SHELL/攻殻機動隊』『イノセンス』『S.A.C』シリーズから『ARISE』『新劇場版』まで、ストーリー・キャラクター・メカ・美術などを紹介しながら、各作品世界の魅力に迫る。
また、活字メディアでは初となる3名の監督(押井守、神山健治、黄瀬和哉)による貴重な鼎談も掲載。さらに、”攻殻”史上初となる、主役草薙素子の声優、田中敦子×坂本真綾の「W素子」スペシャル対談も実現。すべての攻殻ファンに送る、超保存版の1冊。