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Synopsis

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

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For the second season, Mamoru Oshii contributed with his ideas to the concept of the entire series and initial planning stages.

In an interview, Oshii described his role in 2nd Gig as supervising the entire series and writing the plots for each episode.

Dai Sato stated that they were initially going to concentrate on how Japan was going to participate in war after 9/11 as intended to portray a fictional future.

The first season's opening theme is "Inner Universe" performed by Origa (written by Origa and Shanti Snyder).

The first season's ending theme is "Lithium Flower" performed by Scott Matthew (written by Tim Jensen).

When the series was later re-broadcast on terrestrial television in Japan, "Inner Universe" was replaced with "GET9", performed by jillmax (written by Tim Jensen), while "Lithium Flower" was replaced with "I Do", written and performed by Ilaria Graziano.