Corre el año 2019. Un estado policial, políticos tramposos, sectas religiosas, revolucionarios y un proyecto científico secreto se combinan para causar una atmósfera explosiva en Neo-Tokyo. Todos los grupos rivales quieren controlar a Akira, un chico con extraños poderes psíquicos que ha sido mantenido bajo custodia criogénica por más de 30 años. En medio de esta tensa atmósfera, un joven psíquico llamado Tetsuo libera a Akira.
Es el año 2034, han pasado dos años desde que Motoko Kusanagi dejó la Sección 9. Ahora, Togusa, como nuevo líder del equipo, ha considerado necesario el incremento de personal. Esta ampliada nueva Sección 9 se enfrentará a una serie de complicados incidentes, detrás de los cuales se encuentra un ultra-hacker conocido con el nombre de El Marionetista. Durante la investigación que lleva a cabo Batou, este se cruzará de nuevo con Motoko, que dejará un mensaje: "Manteneos alejados de la Solid State Society". Película especial que cierra el argumento de la serie “Stand Alone Complex”, estando considerada en algunos sitios como la tercera temporada no oficial.
Going through life without legs, 12-year-old Kenny is active and enthusiastic, resisting the pressure to wear prosthetic limbs. He also finds himself the subject of a documentary made by a visiting French film crew. As the production unfolds, Kenny’s parents, brother, and absentee sister bring long-simmering tensions to the surface, shaking Kenny’s delicate sense of balance. Determined to better understand his place in the world, he hits the road for a daring journey of self-discovery.
The now 50 year old Scientific Boys Club decides to build a ship with which they plan to sail to Mars on the "Ethereal Current", curious to see if there is life on Mars.
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.