Other names:
Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex ; 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX; Koukaku Kidoutai S.A.C.; Koukaku Kidoutai - STAND ALONE COMPLEX; 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C.; Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.; Mobile Armored Riot Police Stand Alone Complex; Mobile Armored Riot Police S.A.C.
Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city of New Port. The story follows the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives. The manga presents individual cases that Section 9 investigates, along with an ongoing, more serious investigation into the serial killer and hacker known only as “The Laughing Man.”