, 1h45 Directed byKenji Kamiyama OriginJapon GenresScience fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime, Animation ThemesFilms about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films ActorsAtsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Osamu Saka, Yutaka Nakano, Tōru Ōkawa Rating77% In 2034, two years after the events of 2nd GIG, Public Security Section 9 is investigating a string of mysterious suicides by refugees from the Siak Republic. Chief Aramaki conducts a raid to arrest the refugee dictator only to find him already dead. In retaliation, a Siak operative plans a terrorist attack with a micromachine virus. Batou is sent to intercept the Siak operative and encounters Kusanagi, who is conducting her own investigation. Before they can apprehend the operative, he dies while attacking them. Kusanagi takes a case of virus ampules and warns Batou to stay away from the Solid State Society before leaving.