Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D

Two years after Motoko Kusanagi leaves Section 9, the expanded unit investigates a wave of suicides by former government officials and the abduction of thousands of children. Every trail points toward an elusive hacker known as the Puppeteer, whose influence appears inside systems that should be secure.

The Major returns as the conspiracy reaches cyberbrains, elderly citizens, and a political plan hidden behind social care. Batou, Togusa, and their team must identify whether the Puppeteer is a criminal, a collective will, or something created by the network itself before another generation is silently controlled.