Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG | Films

Synopsis

In the year 2030, six months after the resolution of the ""Laughing Man Incident,"" approximately 3 million foreign refugees were brought into the country to compensate for the labor shortage. With the presence of these refugees increasing by the day, a growing conflict between the refugees and the Individualists, advocates for the nation's isolation, has led to an increase in terrorism. Amid this situation, a group calling themselves the ""Individual Eleven"" carries out acts of terror and self-destruction.
However, there was something larger at work behind the actions of the ""Individual Eleven"" pulling the strings, and the group was merely being manipulated. Realizing this, Public Security Section 9 began hunting the mastermind behind these events.
At the same time, a survivor of the self-destructed Individual Eleven, a charismatic man named Kuze, became the leader among the refugees, further deepening their conflict with the government. Amidst this, Motoko Kusanagi begins to sense a strange connection to Kuze.

Screening
Episode 11: Affection
Episode 16: Another Chance

Director

Kenji Kamiyama

Born on March 20, 1966, in Saitama, Japan.
After working on such films as Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Sequence Director / 2000) and Blood: The Last Vampire (Screenplay / 2000), Kamiyama made his directorial debut with MiniPato (2002). He later served as director and series writer on the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series (2002–2005).
Beginning in 2017, he also began directing full 3DCG animation, working on titles including ULTRAMAN (2019) and Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020).
In 2024, he worked with Hollywood on The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, which combined hand-drawn animation with 3D CGI and received a worldwide theatrical release. In August 2026, Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, a series based on The Ninth Jedi, the episode he created for the 2021 anthology series Star Wars: Visions on Disney+, began streaming worldwide, with Kamiyama serving as story creator and supervising director.
Selected works include the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Eden of the East, and Napping Princess.

Staff: Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Link: https://theghostintheshell.jp/