Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex

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.”

(Source: Kodansha)

Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex was published in English as Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex by Kodansha Comics USA from May 24, 2011, to March 6, 2012. It was also released in Spanish by Planeta Cómic from July 2, 2019, to October 6, 2020.