Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (Manga) is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Yū Kinutani.
Ghost in the Shell: 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.”
Note: This Manga series is an adaptation of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex television series. Meanwhile, the novels by Junichi Fujisaku accompany the television series and expand its universe through original stories.