Synopsis:
The
first season of Stand Alone Complex focuses on the Laughing Man
incident, wherein a hacktivist ultimately reveals to Major Motoko
Kusanagi that he had discovered that several micromachine manufacturing
corporations, in association with the Japanese government, suppressed
information on an inexpensive cure to a debilitating cyberization
disease in order to profit from the more expensive micromachine
treatment. Following this, he abducted one of the owners of the company
and attempted to force him to reveal the truth on live television,
resulting in the hacker live-hacking everyone's vision and cameras at
the event to cover his face with the stylized laughing face logo that
became synonymous with his image.
His popularity spawned several
genuine imitators, resulting in the series' titular Stand Alone Complex.
After an investigation by the authorities causes him to resurface in
the present, Section 9 discovers these companies and several Japanese
politicians later used the Laughing Man's image to garner public support
and profit, and they begin a campaign, spearheaded by Togusa and the
Major, to disseminate the truth. This ultimately leads to the Cabinet
labeling them as domestic terrorists and forcibly disbanding them,
resulting in the capture of several members and Kusanagi's apparent
death. However, it is all a ruse to deceive the government, and the very
alive and well members of Section 9 regroup to bring the micromachine
corporations and corrupt politicians to justice, resulting in the
dissolution of the current Japanese government.
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