

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2002-10-01 · 25 min / episode · ★ 8.2
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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- Production companies
- Production I.G, Bandai Visual, dentsu, Victor Entertainment, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokuma Shoten, Bandai Entertainment, Manga Entertainment
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Status
- Ended
Top Cast
Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
Osamu SakaDaisuke Aramaki (voice)
Taimei SuzukiKubota (voice)
Takashi OnozukaPaz (voice)
Rikiya KoyamaHideo Kuze (voice)
Taro YamaguchiBorma (voice)
Toru OkawaSaito (voice)
Sakiko TamagawaTachikoma (voice) / Uchikoma (voice) / Togusa's Wife (voice)
Yuko SumitomoNasami Kurta (voice)
Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)
Eiji SekiguchiAkafuku (voice)
Ayako ItoRan (voice)
Nobuyuki HiyamaSugi (voice)
Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice)
Ooki SugiyamaProto (voice)
Yoko SoumiKawashima Kaori (voice)
Keiji FujiwaraRod (voice)
Masanori TakedaSnow (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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