C: The Visual Device Will Laugh; INTERCEPTER

Season 1, Episode 4, Aired
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A former colleague of Togusa's named Yamaguchi calls and asks him to look at some sensitive data related to the Laughing Man case. Before Yamaguchi can arrive with the material, however, the car he is driving swerves off of the road and explodes. ''''Aramaki allows Togusa to investigate Yamaguchi's death and Togusa is able to retrieve the information that his colleague wanted him to look at. Information that could implicate high-ranking officials within Police HQ.moreless
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    • Trivia

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      • Kanji outside door at Police Headquarters: 笑い男事件特別捜査本部 (Warai Otoko Jiken Tokubetsu Sōsa Honbu) - Laughing Man Case Special Investigation Headquarters Edit
      • While talking to Motoko at his desk, Aramaki doodles a few Laughing Man logos and then writes out and underlines twice the Japanese kanji 笑い男 which says Warai Otoko or "Laughing Man". Edit
      • Steve Bulen, who voices Fukami, voiced the Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist/Coroner in Mamoru Oshii's 1995 movie Ghost in the Shell. Edit

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      • Japanese Title: 「視覚素子は笑う」 - 「Shikaku Soshi wa Warau」 The DVD translates the title as 「The Visual Elements Will Laugh」 Edit
      • Original Japanese Airdate: October 22nd, 2002. Edit
      • The Laughing Man arc begins here. Edit

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      • Saitou: Hm? Hey, what's in the box? Ishikawa: This? Batou ordered some new weight-training equipment. Saitou: More? How much does he need? Ishikawa: Since his body's cybernetic, I got no idea what he thinks pumping iron's going to do for him. Saitou: No joke. You think he could find something better to spend his money on. Edit
      • Buranemov: Leaving already? You could at least stay and have a drink with me. Motokov: I would if you had anything that wasn't watered down. Buranemov: That was uncalled for. Edit
      • Superintendent Daidō: Looks like Aramaki is pulling the strings on this one. Yeah, he's a hard-headed old dog. Edit

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      • Intercepters: "VIRUS>IMMUNE" Intercepters, also spelled as interceptors, as used in the world of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, are first mentioned in Chapter 4, "VIRUS>IMMUNE", in the 2001 manga Ghost in the Shell: Man-Machine Interface by Shirō Masamune. Edit
      • Laughing Man Logo: The Catcher in the Rye The words that encircle the Laughing Man logo, "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes", is taken from Chapter 25 of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Edit

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