Ghost in the Shell: Best Versions of Motoko Kusanagi, Ranked
Makoto Kusanagi has been a recurring character throughout the entirety of Ghost in the Shell, and these are the best iterations of her.
Alongside Akira and Gunm (aka Battle Angel Alita ), Ghost in the Shell became one of Japan’s seminal cyberpunk manga. Created by Shirow Masamune, it followed Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg who leads the intelligence department Section 9 against cyberterrorism threats. It delved into topics like identity, humanity, artificial intelligence, and more.
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It’s been adapted into a broad range of media, but they’ve each taken the Major and GITS into different directions. The 2017 live-action movie made her Scarlett Johanson’s Mira Killian to add a curious twist about race, and GITS 2: Innocence made her more of a digital presence. But what are the best versions of Motoko Kusanagi? Here are some choice selections.
This article contains spoilers, so readers should proceed with caution.
7 Man/Machine Interface
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface continued where the original manga left off, with the Major working as a security expert for Poseidon Industrial. She’s since merged her “ghost” with the Puppet Master AI, and lives as "Motoko Aramaki", taking her old boss' surname. But she has a whole range of different identities and personalities that she uploads to different bodies to take on different cases.
It’s an intriguing premise, but it didn’t quite work in practice. Masamune’s writing got drier, and his combo of drawn art with digital designs was bold but didn’t bear fruit. Kusanagi’s split personalities also made it hard to keep up with the plot. Still, her blonde/auburn look was a neat variation from her classic look. Maybe a stern and sturdy editor could take a look at GITS 2: M/MI and adapt it someday.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise was an interesting series, as it was kind of a prequel with a younger Kusanagi working under Chief Aramaki, Batou, Togusa, etc, before the official formation of Section 9. But it doesn’t precede the manga, movies, or the Stand-Alone Complex series. They all had similar-but-different backstories , and Kusanagi doesn’t technically “age” given her cyborg status.
Arise was its own thing, making its own tweaks to the mythos here and there. Kusanagi looks younger, with her shorter height and more pixie-like hair, because she acts younger. She’s more impatient and willing to take risks, though they don’t always pay off. In a way, it made her more human. This teenybopper take isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but it is one of the more interesting variations.
5 Arise: GHOST is ALIVE
The 2017 live-action Ghost in the Shell movie was ultimately a bust . The very questionable racial twist aside, its story was an unfocused jumble of the 1995 movie and SAC ’s plot points with some Innocence bits here and there. But, as of this writing, it’s the only way to see the franchise portrayed by real people on film. Well, unless someone managed to sneak into a theater and record this stage play.
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Ghost in the Shell Arise: GHOST is ALIVE ran for 10 days in November 2015 at the Tokyo Geijutsu Gekijō Playhouse, and essentially told a condensed part of Arise ’s story with 3D backdrops to enhance the action. It’s not exactly better than Arise , and it's practically impossible to find beyond a few video clips. But it got favorable reviews on release, and Kaede Aono (Tsugumi from the live-action Nisekoi film) is quite striking as the Major.
Arise had its reasons for making the Major look younger. But Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 was supposed to continue where SAC series ended, following up on the gang a decade later. So how does the Major look even younger here? Well, as mentioned, she doesn’t so much “age” as shift between different prosthetics a la M/MI . She even briefly aided Batou in the original SAC series via an even younger body template than her design here.
Still, when fans heard GITS was returning to the SAC continuity, they were likely expecting her more grown-up look. They were also probably expecting her to play a bigger part in the plot than her new sort-of successor Purin. Yet as flawed as it was, SAC_2045 ’s Major looks and acts like the classic Major, complete with SAC ’s Mary Elizabeth McGlynn returning to dub the role.
3 Manga & PS1 Game
Then again, the term “classic Major” can mean different things to different people. Especially as nearly none of GITS ’ adaptations faithfully recreate Shirow Masamune’s original Ghost in the Shell manga scene by scene. They usually use the 1995 movie or SAC as a basis, where she’s more stoic and contemplative. In the manga, she’s more expressive, giving big grins, taunting her coworkers, and is generally more outgoing.
It was almost more explicit about her sexuality, with her clothing (or lack thereof) coming from her confidence in her looks. The manga also confirmed her bisexuality, though that was more due to Masamune not wanting to “draw some guy’s butt” than progressivism. The only direct adaptation of Masamune’s GITS (sans adult content) was the PS1 game , where players worked alongside her to take on threats from the Fuchikoma tanks.
2 1995 Movie
The PS1 game had the same English voice cast as the 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie , yet their performances are night and day in difference. Since it follows the manga, Mimi Woods’ PS1 Major is vivacious, happy-go-lucky, and a little saucy. In the movie, she’s more serious, morose, and drastically less sexualized. Yet she became the definitive Motoko Kusanagi when the movie became a critical and popular hit worldwide.
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Director Mamoru Oshii dived more into the philosophical side of the manga and reflected that in the Major. How can she recognize herself in the mirror when her body is a run-of-the-mill prosthetic anyone can see on the street? What separates her from a dressmaker's dummy, let alone other cyborgs? With Oshii’s direction and Kazunori Itō’s writing, the Major became a more interesting figure than the original comic character.
1 Stand-Alone Complex
The 1995 movie is a classic that’s inspired a wide range of people from the Wachowskis to James Cameron, though it can be quite dry and slow for some. Which might be why the Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex series caught on so well. It hit a tone between the manga and the movie where it was more serious than the former, and more expressive than the latter.
The best example of this approach is in the Major herself. She can get as serious as her 1995 equivalent, musing on herself and the cases Section 9 handles. Yet she has more of the manga’s personality, being more willing to joke around and taunt back when taunted (e.g., making Batou punch himself). While the 1995 version may be the most famous interpretation, SAC is arguably the most engaging and thus the most popular one.
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Public Security Section 9
An anti-cyber-terrorism squad working under Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs, operating out of Niihama . Officially Section 9 does not exist, which allows them to operate with a greater degree of autonomy. Which, given the number of borderline illegal actions they commit to safeguard Japan, is very helpful to them.
- Anti-Hero : Section 9 is very dedicated in their mission to protect the population and fight injustice. However, doing their job according to the law seems to be an even lesser priority to them than for most of their enemies.
- Arrested for Heroism : The first season climaxes with Section 9 trying to avoid this as a leak to the public media of their existence set them up be used as scapegoats for a massive government scandal.
- Badass Crew : A team of Super Cops who work to fight crime and terrorism.
- Badges and Dog Tags : Many of Section 9’s operatives are former soldiers of the Japanese Self Defense Force.
- Black-and-Gray Morality : Section Nine may be the good guys, but they regularly hack private databases, engage in blackmail, are familiar with torture, kill people, and generally break the laws that would have applied if they weren't above them. It's referenced repeatedly that the only reason they get away with these actions is though Aramaki's brilliant diplomacy.
- Cowboy Cop : All of Section 9 can be considered an example, given the corrupt state of the Japanese government and the fact that Section 9 seems to spend more time fighting against rival national security and military forces loyal to other factions of the government than actually dealing with terrorists.
- Good Is Not Nice : While they’re ultimately a heroic organization, they’re more than willing to get blood on their hands if it means protecting Japan from foreign and/or domestic threats. None of them will hesitate to take a life in service of the greater good.
- Iconic Outfit : The black outfits they wear in the V-Formation Team Shot from the opening to the second season. The entire series has them in their gray ninja sneaking suits.
- No Such Agency : The section is not supposed to exist beyond the first season. They still continue to be so afterwards. They operate under the cover of a private security company.
- Secret Police : A secret organization dedicated to fighting dangerous criminals and terrorists.
- State Sec : A heroic version. Not the nicest folks and they'll happily murder anyone who tries to get in their way but they're genuinely motivated by a sense of justice and trying to do what is right.
- Super Cop : They have cyborg bodies, advanced weapons, super hacking skills, and the Tachikomas. It helps that many of them are former soldiers.
- To Be Lawful or Good : They try to work within the law whenever they can, but given the amount of corruption in the Japanese government they will often wind up in situations where breaking the law is the only way to protect the public. They never hesitate.
Major Motoko Kusanagi
Voiced by: atsuko tanaka (japanese), mary elizabeth mcglynn (english, tv series), alison matthews (english, ovas), andrea kwan (english, animax asia).
- The Ace : Inside Section 9, at least. She is either the best or top 3 in every area.
- Ace Custom : The Major's body is an ace custom. The base model is a civilian model that was fashionable a few years prior to the series but with red eyes and purple hair plus a ton of illegal mods.
- Action Heroine : The best there is in Section 9 at just about anything related to fighting.
- Adaptational Badass : Heavily downplayed, but in the manga, Motoko would occasionally have a bit of a comedic failure when it came to pulling off certain stunts or moves. She would also tend tend to lose her cool in the heat of combat or movement, leading to her making comedic reactions. Here, the Major hardly loses her cool no matter what she is doing and she always pulls off her stunts without any sort of mishap at all.
- Adaptational Curves : Inverted, She was redesigned to be more slender and shorter in SAC_2045 .
- Adaptational Dye-Job : In colored illustrations of the manga, Motoko's hair tends to be black with blue or orange highlights depending on the page. The 1995 movie would keep this color, but Stand Alone Complex would give her purple hair. Though unlike the 1995 movie, SAC would keep Motoko's red eyes from the manga illustrations, while the movie dropped them in favor of pale blue eyes.
- Adaptational Heroism : The Major has a stronger moral compass here then she did in the manga. In the latter she tended towards engaging in Comedic Sociopathy , and wasn't too concerned about doing the right thing as opposed to just doing what she was paid to do. Here, the Major has a rather strong, if unstated, sense of justice that guides her actions.
- Adaptational Seriousness : In the manga, Motoko started out with a wild and feisty personality that would fit with her being the protagonist of what was largely an irreverent sci-fi comedy. She was prone to exaggerated faces and wasn't above yelling in comedic anger. As the manga neared its end she became more serious. In Stand Alone Complex, on the other hand, the serious Motoko seen from the end of the manga, who at that point was already in the process of leaving Section 9, is already present at the beginning of the series. And while Motoko does have her comedic moments, here she is more dryly humorous compared to the almost slap-stickish nature of her manga counterpart.
- Adaptational Skimpiness : While Motoko tends to wear a fairly revealing and tight outfits in this series, this wasn't present in the original manga as she wore fairly practical clothing there.
- Kurutan later accompanies her to hospital, checks out her new cyborg body and comments on how excited it makes her to think of what she could do with all the illegal modifications her new body has.
- In 2nd Gig's first episode, she (jokingly) suggests the team goes to a nudie bar if they are told to stand down from their impending mission.
- Also in 2nd Gig, there's one episode where she ends up spending the night with a teenaged Taiwanese street boy. The kid asks her if she can still have sex in a full-prosthetic body and she practically pulls a Mrs. Robinson on him. He decides he's not interested after all, and she is very amused at that.
- In her childhood, the young Motoko did have a boy she was in love with.
- In the manga, she does seem to have a boyfriend. Sugi makes a brief appearance in FAKE FOOD , even asking if Batou and Togusa knows her. While this is not enough evidence to suggest he is her boyfriend in this continuity, he does use 'Motoko', her actual name, when referring to her and not 'The Major', unlike seemingly everyone else who's worked with her on a professional level. This probably means they know each other outside of work.
- In the first episode of 2045 , a trio of prostitutes look at her as a possible client while she's buying an apple from a local vendor. She does notice that they're trying to get her attention.
- A few times in 2nd Gig , she and Batou share a hotel room and are often both in various stages of undress when alone. Their conversation right after she reveals she's in a new body after an assassination attempt leans heavily on Batou's concern for her safety, and if he'll be able to continue seeing her. Without actually making anything explicit.
- And I Must Scream : She's Strapped to an Operating Table and finds out too late that the doctor is an assassin , who immobilizes her body, then her voice, then shuts down the vision of her eyes.
- Anti-Hero : The unscrupulous type.
- An Arm and a Leg : The Major loses her left arm when fighting Gayle.
- Badges and Dog Tags : Formerly with the JGSDF prior to joining Section 9, having done tours overseas.
- Badass Longcoat : The Major gets one in the opening credits of 2nd Gig to go along with her more modest dress for the sequel, but oddly, doesn't seem to wear it much in the show itself until the events of Solid State Society. She later ditches it near the end for her gray sneaking suit.
- Anyone that harms children . Note that she was cyberized as a child herself.
- She gets pretty pissed when the head of the goon squad trying to retake Imakurusu comes at her and her squad with what is essentially a mech suit. So much so that she repeatedly shoots at him at point blank range with an anti-tank rifle .
- Brain in a Jar : "GRASS LABYRINTH" reveals that Motoko underwent an experimental procedure that allowed cyberization and full prosthetic conversions to become commonplace in society. For most of her life, her brain has been housed in the jar that is an artificial body. Her appearance is that of a popular mass-produced model, but her work in the government allows the body to have illegal modifications.
- Motoko leaves Section 9 for reasons never fully fleshed out sometime after the events of 2nd Gig, but she returns a couple years later to help confront the Puppeteer.
- In a direct recreation of the final scene of both the original manga and the original anime movie, 2045 ends with Motoko heading off into the vast unknowns of the net yet again. She gives Batou a password so that they can recognize each other again, wherever and whenever they may meet again . Batou: You're heading off again, aren't you?
- By-the-Book Cop : Invoked in one episode when Togusa refers to her this way, although it's debatable how true this is.
- The Captain : She's Section 9's field leader.
- Combat Stilettos : She wears heels with her military uniform while protecting the Superintendent-General.
- First, while both Motokos used an identity called Chroma, Kusanagi's version dressed very different from Aramaki's. Here, Kusanagi's Chroma takes on the same appearance of Aramaki's.
- Then, in this iteration, Kusanagi has adapted Aramaki's habit of frequently using and stashing remote controlled bodies (especially by Solid State Society . Something that manga!Kusanagi didn't do to at such a high frequency.
- Cool Car : The Major herself has a green Ferrari F430 Solid State Society that she apparently modified herself. Her security mods are what tip Batou off that the car is hers, right before it gets wrecked during their fight with Ma Shaba's powered armor.
- Deadpan Snarker : A common expression of hers.
- Does Not Know Her Own Strength : During her early life in a highly enhanced prosthetic body, Motoko had difficulty controlling the prosthetics' strength. She mentions that she once smashed a doll by being unable to control her own limbs (a shot that appears in the opening credits of the first series).
- Dressing as the Enemy : The Major steals a British CO19 operator's uniform to rescue Aramaki in ANGELS' SHARE using nothing but her sex appeal .
- Drives Like Crazy : Including once while ghost-diving .
- Everyone Calls Her "Barkeep" : More so then in the manga or 1995 movie, Motoko is almost always called "The Major" by everyone around her, with her name only being used in formal situations and when shit is really hitting the fan.
- Fair Cop : The Major of Section 9 and very beautiful. However, as a Cyborg her attractiveness is artificial.
- Fearless Fool : While she doesn't do it the same way as a stereotypical Shonen hero, it becomes increasingly obvious as the series goes on that she is overconfident to the point of being suicidally brave and feels no fear in situations where ever her hardened comrades are inclined to back down. To the point it's almost a running joke that Batou tells her not to "do anything stupid" and she proceeds to do it anyway. Part of this is some definitely justified self-confidence, given she can demonstrably outperform almost any member of her highly skilled team in any given area, and is more resourceful than all of them combined, but she is still flesh and blood (albeit artificial) and can be taken by surprise and overwhelmed.
- Firing One-Handed : She fires Saito's anti-tank rifle single handed.
- Friends with Benefits : Seems to be the case with her relationship with Kurtan and Ran, although she's usually too busy to spend much time with them - clearly to Kurtan's frustration.
- Full-Conversion Cyborg : A full-conversion cyborg and entirely inorganic, save her brain and spinal column.
- Genius Bruiser : Every member of Section 9 has a speciality. Motoko specializes in the leadership of her team, hacking and net-diving, stealth and infiltration, and close quarters combat, among many other things. She's not as specialized with explosives as Borma is, or sharpshooting like Saito.
- Guns Akimbo : The Major wields twin pistols when fighting Gayle in ERASER .
- Hell-Bent for Leather : Frequently seen wearing a punkish leather jacket.
- Heroic BSoD : Undergoes ones after diving into Kuze's cyberbrain . She gets better after a short while.
- Heroic RRoD : Subverted. In the second episode of the series, there's a Shout-Out to the original movie, but she doesn't RROD; she's just not strong enough, and nothing happens.
- Indifferent Beauty : Completely indifferent about her looks. Despite her personal issues about retaining her individuality in society she has no objections about how her body and face itself is a mass-produced model that was rather popular from a few years back. When the subject about her appearance is brought up by coworkers and her roommates, she just tells them that she prefers the model she uses. All in all though, she'll flaunt it if she wants to, but otherwise just doesn't care.
- Kick Chick : Watch her take out Sano with a roundhouse kick to the head.
- The Lad-ette : She likes beer, drives very aggressively, loves to scare people, and is well known to the owners of some less reputable bars.
- Lady of War : She can be quite ladylike when she's conducting undercover investigations. Even when she's fighting she has an air of calm and grace.
- Majorly Awesome : Still a Major Bad-ass too.
- This is an example of Truth in Television ; Stephen Hawking was offered more realistic sounding voice synthesizers several times in the past. He refused them all because they were not "his" voice.
- Given her preference for a (modified) version of cyberbody popular 3 years prior to the events of the series, her hair and eye color may have been one of the few aesthetic options she could keep across bodies.
- The first opening and a comment made in an early episode of the first season suggests that she got the colour scheme from a favourite doll of hers; the one she broke while she was still getting use to her cyberbody.
- Mrs. Robinson : Invoked. She meets a teenage drug dealer in Taiwan by way of rescuing him from a group of thugs. When she gets a room for both of them in an upscale hotel; the receptionist's assumptions are quite clear. She even basically offers to take his virginity when he asks her if one can still have sex as a full cyborg.
- Ms. Fanservice : Something of an Innocent Fanservice Girl too, such as when she gets thrown in a garbage pile and has to change clothes. It's basically spelled out in the third novel that she has no nudity taboo because she is fully cyberized and there are thousands of others with her exact external body.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown : She absolutely flips out on Gayle. Considering that he blew off her arm, tried to crush her head in, and nearly killed Togusa , it's hardly surprising.
- No Name Given : "Motoko Kusanagi" is explicitly a pseudonym, as she admits to Hideo Kuze when they're trapped together in the final episode of 2nd Gig . "Motoko" means "plain woman", while Kusanagi , literally "grass-cutter", is a legendary sword; her name is something akin to "(plain) Jane Excalibur". Her actual birth name is never revealed.
- Not Distracted by the Sexy : Not even the prospect of a threesome with Kurutan and Ran can keep her from Laughing Man research. She has a wistful expression when she sees they've fallen asleep waiting for her to finish.
- Not So Above It All : Despite her reputation as a mystery and a hard woman who commands absolute respect from those around here, she does have an active social life, hobbies, and some kinks that she keeps from her colleagues. Also Played for Drama . Due to her utterly uncompromising sense of justice and right-and-wrong, she tends to see people purely in black-and-white. This gives her a judgmental streak a mile wide for those who she perceives as criminals, even if their intentions are noble. And yet when she comes face-to-face with these people, such as the Laughing Man and Hideo Kuze, she's hit with the uncomfortable reality check that she's no different after all. She finally comes to terms with this by Solid State Society when she leaves Section 9 and strikes out on her own as a vigilante, becoming the very same sort of cybercriminal she usually showed little sympathy to.
- Not So Stoic : Shown at times, such as when she involuntarily cries at a very sad movie, and she takes it personally with what the med students were doing in MISSING HEARTS . Major : HEY SAITO! FORK OVER THAT WEAPON NOW!!
- Officer And A Lady : Motoko can be an Officer or a Lady. She can be very kind and blend in perfectly with high society, but doesn't hold back her badassitude in combat.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business : The perpetually cool and collected Major has a Freak Out after diving into Patrick Huge's cyberbrain, finding it incomprehensibly alien and ghastly and immediately orders Saito to blow his brains out . She is still physically and mentally shaken after the experience.
- Power Fist : She uses concealed weapon that resembles nothing so much as a taser glove against cyborgs.
- Robot Girl : As a female Cyborg .
- Sci-Fi Bob Haircut : She is the main protagonist of a cyberpunk anime and has this haircut.
- Sexy Backless Outfit : In Cash-Eye , also with borderline Navel-Deep Neckline .
- She-Fu : Thanks to her cybernetic body, to the point where her first response in a reasonably close-combat situation is usually to roundhouse kick the guy to the face.
- Show Some Leg : Has used this to distract unsuspecting enemies a few times.
- The Smurfette Principle : The only woman in Section 9, up until Purin that is, and The Leader of seven men, not counting Tachikomas. Played for laughs once when she and Batou start trading jabs about who has a better cybernetic body: he argues that male bodies are physically superior, she challenges him to a sparring match on the spot... and then hacks his body in a fraction of a second and makes him punch himself out .
- Starring Smurfette : As explained below, she was the only woman in Section 9, and is the main protagonist of the whole series as the field leader of Section 9.
- Stocking Filler : Frequently, whether under her coat or just as outerwear (see Stripperiffic ).
- The Stoic : The Major rarely laughs, involuntarily cries only once, and it takes a hell of a lot to make her angry. If you do ever manage to piss her off, be very, very afraid. She is not unsympathetic, however, or unwilling to express where her sympathies lie.
- She gets slightly better civvies during the 2nd Gig - still Stripperific by conventional standards, but at least includes pants. She also gets a fairly modest, and very stylish black business dress for formal occasions where military garb is unsuitable.
- This is played for laughs in one SAC episode, where a raid goes wrong and the Major's normal outfit gets trashed. At the debriefing, she's wearing a much more revealing outfit (basically workout clothes) and is visibly uncomfortable about the humiliation she just went through (thrown to a garbage heap by run-of-the-mill combat android), and Aramaki Lampshades it by asking if she's trying to get his attention.
- By "SAC_2045",she wears an outfit that is a lot more conventional and no longer exposes more skin, at least more than what is out of the ordinary, meaning that this trope no longer applies to her.
- Super-Toughness : Courtesy of her bionics, she's survived explosions and bullets.
- Technicolor Eyes : The Major has red eyes.
- Tomboy : Batou teasingly calls her "major macho" for acting ruthless and aggressive on missions, and generally masculine off-duty.
- Took a Level in Jerkass : It's subtle, but the Major lost some of her social skills towards civilians in the years between in the time skip between the original series and SAC_2045 . She went from chiding Togusa for entering a civilian woman's room uninvited to being chided by him 15 years later for lacking tact when speaking with Takashi's mother, as she was pretty blunt that the boy was facing serious charges. Though she at least retained enough grace to forge a letter in Takashi's name that would reassure his mother that he would be fine.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension : There's hints dropped periodically that her feelings towards Batou and vice versa aren't entirely platonic, but they're never shown to act on it.
- Vapor Wear : She doesn't ever seem to wear a bra. Justified in that her body is a military grade cyborg and would most likely not require one anyway.
- Victoria's Secret Compartment : Averted. In Season 1, she has a gun holster on the back of her waist, hidden behind her jacket (she's shown pulling it out and firing in the opening credits, as well as in some episodes.) In 2nd Gig , she carries it high up between her shoulder blades on the back of her Leotard of Power underneath her jacket, in a position and orientation that only a contortionist (or a full body replacement cyborg) could effectively draw from.
- Batou shouts at her in Solid State Society when she waited until the last few second to let Togusa shoot his revolver after he got hacked by the Pupeteer. Batou : I can't believe that you would use Togusa as bait! Didn't you stop to think that it might put his family in their crosshairs?!
- Batou calls out her code of ethics in SAC_2045 when she reveals that she hacked the Tachikomas and gave them the suggestion to investigate and essentially clone Purin Esaki. Motoko justifies her decision by saying that Purin's abilities were too valuable to lose .
- Subsequently in the same scene, Ishikawa is subtly shown to do this to her when he looks at her as an emotional moment is occurring between Batou and Purin. It seems to hit her more visibly compared to the previous examples as she can only help but look down at the floor.
Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English, TV Series), David Kaye (English; OVAs), Russell Wait (English, Animax Asia)
- Adaptational Personality Change : The original manga portrays Batou as something of a dumbass and a Butt-Monkey due to the comedic tones presented. SAC keeps his jovial personality but makes him much more serious and focused.
- All Love Is Unrequited : He has this dynamic with the Major. Going by the Major's talk with Kuze in episode 26 of the 2nd gig, it may very well be mutual. Keeping that scene in mind, it's really more of a Will They or Won't They? that settled on the 'won't' side in a case of No Romantic Resolution .
- Apologetic Attacker : A variation happens when he fights a heavily armed Umbozu member. He apologises for using underhanded tactics, not for killing him.
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership : He's Kusanagi's lieutenant, and can kick as much ass as she can.
- The Big Guy : A giant muscled guy whose greatest asset is his sheer strength.
- Blood Knight : In the first two episodes of 2045 , Batou is decidedly a bit more gung-ho about the Sustainable War. He comments that if people are so eager to die, then he happily volunteers his services to help them with that. He also mentions that he isn't a mercenary for the money, but because he can put his skills to use for what he enjoys.
- Dark and Troubled Past : Batou constantly blames himself for not being able to stop Marco's unit from conducting PROJECT SUNSET with his fellow Rangers when deployed in a PKO in South America.
- Dogged Nice Guy : To the Major, and of the Longtime Friends variety.
- Electronic Eyes : Turns out to be a cyborg component common for many Ranger units.
- Fan of the Past : Discussed when he ribs Togusa for carrying a revolver; in return, he points out that Batou loves old cars instead. He also mentions laughing at Marx brothers movies, and "After the Long Goodbye" reveals he enjoys old jazz music.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking : He's frequently seen puffing on a cigarette. As he's a cyborg we can reasonably assume the health problems, well, aren't .
- Hardboiled Detective : Despite Togusa being the former cop, Batou often seems to play the resident version of this for Section 9.
- Hidden Depths : Anyone who's known him for more than five minutes assumes him to be Dumb Muscle based on his huge physique and hot-blooded, reckless personality. And then you find out that he's arguably the best hacker after the Major and Ishikawa, has a base grounding in sociology, religion, politics (even if he doesn't usually care, it's clear that he understands it when he explains things to Togusa), and is more than capable of keeping up with the Major in advanced philosophical debate, even if his stances tend to be more empirical and down-to-earth.
- Honor Before Reason : Why he doesn't shoot Marco Amoretti.
- In a Single Bound : The ultimate example is in Solid State Society when Batou jumps off the top of a skyscraper just because it's the fastest way for him to chase after his target. Even though cyborgs have theoretically limitless strength and durability, Batou should not have been able to survive that.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold : He even has one specific Tachikoma that he calls "his" and tends to spoil it which results in a rather interesting Plot Twist involving the Spider Tanks .
- Men Are Uncultured : Both subverted and played with, since Batou's interests range from classical philosophy to weight training and old cars.
- My Greatest Failure : Batou doesn't take it lightly when he realizes that he forgot who Purin Esaki was— the girl he rescued during the Project Sunset murders of "JUNGLE CRUISE" . If he had remembered, the events of 2045 would've played out differently.
- Number Two : To Kusanagi; he's generally the one that Section 9 defers to in combat when she's unavailable.
- Promoted to Love Interest : Never was hinted at having any romantic interest in the Major in the manga, but does in this anime. Like many other adaptational changes, this was carried on from the 1995 movie.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni : Subverted - He is normally Red to Togusa's blue as he has a boisterous personality, but on the scene he is actually much more collected and professional than Togusa.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran : To some extent. JUNGLE CRUISE shows that Batou still has flashbacks about Project Sunset (an extremely brutal covert operation in Central America that he stumbled across) but the end of the episode shows that he's gotten over his hatred of Marco.
Voiced by: Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English, TV Series), Trevor Devall (English, OVAs), Darren Pleavin (English, Animax Asia)
- Badass Longcoat : In Solid State Society , although he discard it after halfway through the OVA.
- Badass Normal : Being the only member of Section 9 save for Aramaki without any major cybernetic alterations doesn't stop Togusa from holding his own in battles with other cyborgs, and getting critical data on the Laughing Man case despite getting shot in the process.
- By-the-Book Cop : The reason he was recruited into Section 9 is because of how incorruptible he is as a police officer.
- On the flip-side, his revolver does allow him to reload and fire tracker bullets that semiautomatics cannot, which comes in useful when investigating a organ-selling case.
- '80s Hair : The character design is old enough to be the real deal on that action mullet.
- "Eureka!" Moment : Often what cracks cases and gets the team going again. He once has two in five on-screen minutes.
- Everyone's Baby Sister : Partly because he's the team's only non- Cyborg and partly because he has a family. This can be seen best when trying to drag Togusa's name through the mud leads a Domestic Abuser and his lawyer to suffer an unfortunate car accident .
- Forgotten Fallen Friend : Yamaguchi.
- Hand Cannon : His 2008M Mateba Autorevolver.
- Happily Married : He's the only member of Section Nine shown with a happy family. Being a family man actually gives him a uniqueintrospective to working with Section 9. However , she divorces him by the time of 2045 due to him becoming Married to the Job . It's implied that his feelings for the Major and Section 9 as a whole influenced this decision.
- Heroic Suicide : In Solid State Society , his body is hacked (except for his arm) and he is given the choice: Have his daughter brainwashed and kidnapped, or kill himself. He choses the latter, but The Major saved him by grabbing his arm at the last second.
- Honor Before Reason : In the episode where he's charged with illegally discharging his gun while off duty, he's given a clear hint by the Major that he can talk with her and Aramaki in the courtroom by using Section 9's communications encryption, but he refuses to do so because it's against the law, even though he was going to be convicted in a Kangaroo Court and sent to prison. The Major finally resorted to hacking his cyberbrain in order to save him.
- Improbable Weapon User : Subverted. When the cyborg enforcer from the social welfare facility he infiltrates in PORTRAITZ has him cornered, he pretends to fight against it with a sculpting tool. It turns out to be a ruse so he can distract it while he pulls out his revolver.
- Married to the Job : By 2045 , his wife divorced him and took the kids because of his dedication to a dangerous line of work.
- Morality Pet : For everyone, but especially the Major, and Batou to an extent (though half of Batou's Pet the Dog goes to the Tachikoma). Togusa is single-handedly responsible for at least a third of the moments where the audience sees that Section Nine might be a group of ruthless ex-war dogs, but they still take care of their own . And god help you if you do anything to mess with Togusa's happy family life .
- New Meat : Though by Solid State Society he's shaken off the "rookie" label to become Section 9's field commander.
- The One with a Personal Life : He's the only confirmed member of Section 9 with a family (the red coat technicians are not elaborated on), having a wife and two children at home (who think he works for a security company, although he's told them by the time of Solid State Society ). Major actually brought him onto the team because being a family man gives him some unique introspective. By contrast, almost everyone else doesn't seem to have any personal ties outside the military industrial complex (and possibly the Yakuza for Paz). This was a plot point in the first season finale, as Aramaki had him arrested in order to ensure his survival, since unlike the rest of the team (who lived from safehouse to safehouse), he couldn't just go on the lam while Aramaki allowed the team to be made The Scapegoat before being reformed in secret once again .
- Red Oni, Blue Oni : Blue to Batou's red. Subverted, see Batou's entry.
- Partially legitimized in an episode where he uses his revolver to fire a tracker bullet at a car; quickly loading a single round would be more difficult with a conventional semiautomatic.
- Averted in Solid State Society. He primarily uses Seburo M5 semiautomatic pistol as his primary weapon. Though he still has his Mateba as a backup. As of 2045 , he is still using the Seburo M5.
- The Team Normal : Canonically. The whole reason the Major recruited him in the first place was to keep the team from being overspecialized and cyborg-centric.
Daisuke Aramaki
Voiced by: osamu saka (japanese), william frederick knight (english; tv series), russell roberts (english; ovas), rick thomas (english, animax asia).
- Adaptational Attractiveness : He's still a balding, elderly man but in this version he's more "distinguished gentleman" and less "Japanese snow monkey in a suit".
- Adaptational Dye-Job : Ironically, despite the above, Aramaki looks older here then he did in the manga, since in there he still had color in his hair, as apposed to the complete grey it has here.
- Badass Boast : It's not really boasting per se, but he has utmost faith in the abilities of his team; enough to unflinchingly stake his own personal reputation on them on a regular basis. A notable example would be the first episode of 2nd Gig, where he tells the new Prime Minister that he's willing to be the scapegoat/"fall guy" and will take full responsibility if things go south as a result of his team's intervention in the hostage situation.
- Badass Bureaucrat : Tears through all the red tape so Section 9 can do it's job.
- Badges and Dog Tags : Formerly with the JGSDF prior to joining Section 9.
- Big Good : The leader of Public Security Section 9 and also the only Reasonable Authority Figure in the setting. He's the one sending Motoko and the others into the field to protect the populace and uphold justice.
- The Chessmaster : He's typically coming up with the plans used by Section 9, and whatever ways they bend the laws.
- Crazy-Prepared : Towards the end of Second Gig when he's detained along with Togusa and Proto. He anticipated that Gouda would attempt that, and that his men would search down Proto and Togusa for fireams, so he kept a concealed gun himself, knowing they wouldn't suspect a man with a desk job.
- A Father to His Men : This becomes more apparent in the Umibozu arc at the end of the first season, when Section 9 is disbanded by force .
- Guile Hero : His job. Aramaki knows the legal and political systems inside and out; when a delicate situation needs to be resolved, he'll be one of the first people to know how to get it done by bending as many rules as necessary without actually breaking any of them.
- Long-Lost Relative : His brother, Yosuke.
- Married to the Job : Shown in Solid State Society.
- New Old Flame : In episode 16 of Season 1. Although he has to leave her at the end, he still finds a way to tell her But I Would Really Enjoy It .
- Non-Action Guy : He's an old man whose expertise is planning, not combat. Even when he hid a gun under his clothes, he was doing it so Togusa could use it.
- Reasonable Authority Figure : He seems to be the ONLY one in the entire GitS universe. Practically every other political, military, or corporate official in the entire series is incompetent or outright corrupt, and the few good ones seem to have their hands tied on a regular basis. Thankfully Aramaki regularly blackmails, threatens, or bends the law so he can see justice done, and is quite willing to use extremely underhanded tactics to cut through red tape. Moreover, while he will bend the law to get what he needs to be done, he still sticks to his morals, and is a generally all around good guy. This is made particularly clear in moments such as in Season 1 of SAC, when he acknowledges the sacrifice of the SIU detective Yamaguchi, who was the first to become suspicious of the Laughing Man Case.
- The Strategist : He was actually a very brilliant strategist in the military when he was young. Now he effectively applies those strategies in politics, yet he's still more than capable of turning a situation in his favor, such as using two would-be bank robbers to fool a SWAT team who were under orders to kill everyone inside, himself included.
Voiced by: Yutaka Nakano (Japanese), Michael McCarty (English; TV Series), David Lodge (English; 2045 Netflix series season 2), John Payne (English; OVAs)
- Feeling Their Age : Ishikawa lampshades this in 2045 . Ishikawa: I know it's cliché, but I really am getting too old for this job.
- Hollywood Hacking : Quite possibly the best on the team, at least after the Major.
- Mission Control : Ishikawa does not get directly involved in the fighting, which makes his frequent injuries even stranger.
- Non-Action Guy : While he is capable of going out in the field, he tends to see the least of combat. He's also the only member to be injured in both seasons.
- Unusual User Interface : His computer has both a traditional screen and keyboard and an apparatus that resembles a yoke.
- Voice with an Internet Connection : Sometimes.
- Wetware CPU : He owns a pachinko parlor on the side. Whenever he needs extra processing power, he links up his computers to the patrons' cyberbrains while switching the pachinko machines to start hitting frequent jackpots as payment for the unwitting assistance.
Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English; TV Series), Brian Drummond (English; OVAs)
- BFG : His anti-materiel rifles, one of which is so powerful that it must be bolted into the ground before firing.
- Big Damn Heroes : Shows up to rescue Kusanagi from Gayle in episode 21.
- Defeat Means Friendship : According to him, he lost a sniper duel against the Major and she immediately said (in essence) "you work for me now". No one else buys it.
- Eyepatch of Power : Has his Hawkeye program hidden behind his eyepatch.
- Eye Scream : He lost his left eye when Motoko sniped over his nose just as he was retreating back behind a wall for cover.
- Improbable Aiming Skills : Helped by his cybernetic eye.
- Private Military Contractor : Started his career by joining the Red Bianco in Mexico.
- Rugged Scar : Has a scar and an eyepatch over his cybernetic left eye. We learn in one episode of the second series that he gained both in his first encounter with the Major in Mexico During the War (she shot it out in a Sniper Duel ).
- The Worf Effect : Anyone or anything important to the plot will outsmart Saito and his satellite targeting to show how savvy they are.
Voiced by: Taro Yamaguchi (Japanese), Dean Wein (English; TV Series), Mark Gibbon (English; OVAs)
- Electronic Eyes : Seems to be a larger red variation of the same type Batou has.
- He does assassinate the lawyer going after Togusa , so one thing we know he isn't is a goody-two-shoes.
- And his explosives experience becomes relevant in one of the novels.
- Jack of All Trades : Although his specialty is explosives, he is often paired with Saito for sniping duties, Paz for general operations, and Ishikawa concerning cyber and viral matters.
- Spell My Name With An S : His name is often translated as Boma.
Voiced by: Takashi Onozuka (Japanese), Robert Buchholz (English; TV Series), John Murphy (English; OVAs)
- Boxed Crook : It's hinted that he's a former yakuza wakashu prior to joining Section 9.
- The Casanova : Paz claims that he never sleeps with the same woman twice. This comes back to haunt him in 2nd Gig .
- A Day in the Limelight : Had about as much "development" as Borma in the first season, then is suddenly thrown into the spotlight when he's framed for assassinating Kuze's face-sculptor.
- Spot the Imposter : The only clue detailing that it was the real Paz who defeated his Psycho Ex-Girlfriend , who had decided to duplicate his body and transfer her brain into it, was the lack of blood coming from the stab and slash wounds in the eye and chest. Pazu is still mostly human, while she was fully prosthetic. This is never brought up again.
- The Stoic : The most unemotional member of Section 9.
Voiced by: Masahiro Ogata (Japanese), Erik Davies (English, TV Series)
- Adaptational Seriousness : Azuma in the original manga volumes was a rude dumbass who is portrayed as being cocky, somewhat lazy, and highly disrespectful even to the people Section 9 is supposed to be helping. Here, he is more stoic, respectful and doesn't have any of his original counterparts negative, if comedic, traits.
- Hell-Bent for Leather : Starts to wear a black leather jacket in the SSS movie.
- Put on a Bus : The recruitment program was put on hold by Aramaki after fellow recruit Yano gets killed on his first mission due to the growing Dejima crisis and to ensure his safety in case Ghoda would come gunning for him. He only becomes an official member of Section 9 afterwards.
- Those Two Guys : Solid State Society suggests that he worked with Togusa prior to Batou moving up to assist Togusa in investigating the Puppeteer case.
- What Happened to the Mouse? : Azuma's career as a member of Section 9 didn't last for very long beyond the events of Solid State Society. He's not shown or mentioned anywhere in 2045.
The second S9 recruit during the events of 2nd GIG.
- We Hardly Knew Ye : After Yano is recruited, he doesn't last long after he got killed during an anti-IE operation.
Voiced by: Ooki Sugiyama (Japanese), Richard Miro (English; TV Series), Andrew Toth (English; OVAs)
- Calling the Old Man Out : Proto calls out on Aramaki for allowing a secret raid on Ka Rum's island estate in Solid State Society. Proto : "Is that wise, sir? I don't believe she gave you authorization for this." Aramaki : "If no one finds out that I'm the person who opened up Pandora's Box, then I didn't break my word to the Prime Minister."
- Curtains Match the Windows : His hair and eyes are the same odd shade of beige.
- First Day from Hell : His first real mission is the climax of the Individual Eleven arc.
- Meaningful Name : He's called Proto because he's a prototype bioroid .
- Ridiculously Human Robot : He's a a "bioroid", a type of android with biological parts , a fact which surprises Togusa.
- The Stoic : Proto never seems to be really bothered by anything, possibly to do his android nature .
Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English)
A new recruit in charge of keeping an eye on the Tachikomas.
- Abhorrent Admirer : She doesn't even try to hide the fact she's got the hots for Batou, but he bluntly shuts her down every step of the way, making it clear he isn't remotely interested, not that it stops her from trying.
- Because You Were Nice to Me : Eventually revealed to be her reason for her infatuation of Batou: he saved her life when Marco Amoretti carried out his Project Sunset in "JUNGLE CRUISE" .
- Blood from the Mouth : Has this after being after being shot multiple times by the Prime Minister's bodyguards, ironically after having saved his life.
- Body Backup Drive : After her death, the Tachikomas discover that she had been painstakingly backing up her memories onto a secret server in her apartment, and decide to use them to reconstruct her mind and personality into a custom full-body prosthesis. Turns out the Major is responsible for Purin's resurrection because she finds her too valuable to lose her .
- Cloud Cuckoolanders Minder : Her official job is to supervise the Tachikomas, who, as noted below, tend to act like oddly philosophical, hyperactive, heavily-armed puppies.
- Conveniently an Orphan : Purin's entire family was murdered by Marco Amoretti while he was carrying out Project Sunset .
- A Day in the Limelight : Episode 10: "NET PEOPLE", gives focus on Purin as she investigates a series of mysterious attacks.
- Edible Theme Naming : It's revealed that "Purin" is not her actual name, but her new name following the death of her family. She took the name from a pudding cup that Batou gives her in one of his Pet the Dog moments .
- If It's You, It's Okay : Purin never noticed that Section 9 had hacked her and was watching her investigation into the Think Pol app. When Batou informed her, she confessed that she wouldn't object if he did it.
- Implausible Hair Color : Purin has pink hair, which could be explained as an aesthetic choice of a prosthetic body, similar to the Major's purple hair. However, the Tachikomas conduct an investigation that points out that the pink hair she's had since at least middle school is something that would logically make her stand out, so they're baffled why nobody recognizes her. Her parents were murdered by Marco Amoretti from "JUNGLE CRUISE", and she was placed in the Witness Protection Program. She's dyed her black hair ever since then .
- Innocent Fanservice Girl : After she is brought back from the dead (sort of) , she is seen for half an episode without any clothes and doesn't even seem to have any shame of her nakedness when she has to get a guy to drive her to Tokyo.
- Stalker with a Crush : She has it bad for Batou, having read everything about him before the team was even reformed. The second season revealed that her attachment to Batou is much deeper.
- Teen Genius : Noted to have entered MIT at 15 years old and graduated with a doctorate.
The Tachikomas
The tachikoma are a little unusual in that they all share a single japanese voice-actor (sakiko tamagawa) but each distinct personality has its own voice-actor in the english dub. the notable actresses with their own pages are: lara jill miller , sandy fox , rebecca forstadt , sherry lynn , melissa fahn , julie maddalena , mona marshall , colleen o'shaughnessey , michelle ruff , and carrie savage . in the ovas they are nicole bouma , kelly metzger, tabitha st. germain , cathy weseluck , saffron henderson , janyse jaud and erin mathews. sarah hauser voices them in the animax asia dub. in the english dub for sac_2045, the number of voice actresses for the tachikoma have been reduced to one, leaving melissa fahn as their sole actress..
A.I. Think-Tanks (literally) and the Stand Alone Complex incarnation of the manga's "Fuchikoma", that have personalities like children and resemble blue, four-legged mechanical spiders. There are about 12 of them. Subject to regular memory synchronization, they are all supposed to be identical and interchangeable. As the most advanced A.I.s on the planet (probably), they are quite philosophical about their place in the world, to the point of surprising Section 9 at times.
- A Day in the Limelight : Several episodes revolve almost exclusively around them.
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head : A Tachikoma asks for a headpat from Batou after doing a good job at the start of "NO NOISE, NO LIFE" in 2045 .
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot : Subverted to Benevolent A.I. . Their increasingly unpredictable behavior leads to substantial concern on Section 9's part, and they end up being pulled from duty in the first season. However, they ultimately prove to be loyal to Section 9 and friendly in general, and jump into action to help their former comrades at the end of the first season, forcing Motoko to admit that not trusting them was a mistake: rather than rebelling, they developed the capacity for self-sacrifice . She brings them back for season 2 and even removes a Restraining Bolt on their programming to allow them to individualize further.
- Alien Blood : They have oil coursing through their bodies, it is always presented as the yellow fluid that motor oil looks like before becoming contaminated though usage in combustion engines.
- Back from the Dead : Twice.
- Badass Adorable : Imagine a talking puppy packing a machine gun. You are not terribly far off from how the Tachikomas behave.
- Badass Bookworm : One of the Tachikomas has a habit of reading books and has a more cultured and refined-sounding voice and personality as a result.
- Because You Were Nice to Me : The reason behind their Undying Loyalty to Batou-san .
- Benevolent A.I. : The sweetest little killing machines you will ever meet in your life. They're kind of like the team's equivalent of a police dog: kind and loyally protective towards the team and civilians, but ferocious to anybody shooting at them.
- Beware the Nice Ones : Including the one who escapes and rescues Miki, giving a stern lecture to the police while it's at it.
- Big Damn Heroes : The last three who are still outside the lab arrive to save Batou in the finale of the first season.
- Bluff the Eavesdropper : They cannot listen in on the conversations people have through their neural com-links unless given access. This allowed Major Kusanagi to fabricate a double-talk conversation with Batou- a phony spoken one overlaid on top of a digital discussion that the Tachikomas could not possibly be privy to.
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience : After being discharged from service, the Tachikomas who find different jobs are painted various colors including grey and yellow. This is also because they've developed distinct personalities.
- Contemplate Our Navels : When sitting in the garage in between missions, this appears to be their favorite activity. The subject is usually the nature of their existence as reasoning AI's and whether their developing individuality could be evidence that they are developing or already have ghosts (souls).
- Cute Bruiser : While not humanoid, their voices and personalities are adorable enough to make them the cutest characters of the series. However, they are still advanced combat robots, and they will completely mess you up, especially if you hurt Mr. Batou .
- Cute Machines : Bulbous chassis? Light-blue paint job? High-pitched childlike voices? Check, check, and check. Their constant and insatiable curiosity helps as well.
- Do Androids Dream? : The general topic of their philosophical debates. They often compare and contrast their own experiences with those that humans have described.
- Gatling Good : Occasionally have their grenade launchers replaced with one.
- Genius Bruiser : Being machines, they are very strong. As the series goes on the demonstrate increasingly intelligence.
- Grappling-Hook Pistol : They have them built in for scaling buildings.
- And minor ones in some episodes, like the fight between the Major's Tachikoma and a crazy helicopter. He got better, and even talks of it with his fellows.
- Hive Mind : The memory banks and CPU for all of them are located in a satellite rather than their individual bodies. They often synchronize experiences. Despite this, they develop distinct personalities and separate awareness. Debating this topic is like one person talking with themselves.
- Improbable Aiming Skills : For their final Heroic Sacrifice , they direct the satellite that houses their A.I.s into an ICBM, from orbit. However, they were firing every satellite they could take over. It was pure coincidence that it was that one that hit the missile.
- Instant A.I.: Just Add Water! : Batou treating one particular machine as his "favorite" and giving it natural oil rather than synthetic serves as the catalyst that sparks their developing individuality.
- Just a Machine : What Section 9 tends to think of them, at least initially, although they insist they are more than that. Batou and the Major notably stop thinking of them like this after their Heroic Sacrifice at the end of the first season.
- Keet : While ultimately being genderless spider tanks , they are energic, easily excited and use the more masculine "boku" when referring to themselves . They're referred to by male pronouns by other characters as well, and are even given male names in Solid State Society .
- Made of Iron : They can take bursts of fully-automatic gunfire and still get up and fight.
- Milking the Giant Cow : Since they don't have faces this is the best way they can emote.
- No Social Skills : In 2045, A trio of Tachikomas discuss their investigations in the middle of a street, completely unaware of the traffic that they're blocking from both directions. They start to honk to get their attention, to no avail.
- Obfuscating Stupidity : They noticed the Major was cottoning on to their personality development and tried (rather poorly) to pretend they had reverted back to dullard robotic personas. The others of Section 9 just thought this was one of their many antics at work.
- Shoo Out the Clowns : After their AIs began to develop in unexpected ways , they were pulled from duty with Section 9 for the last third of the first season, where the Laughing Man/Government Conspiracy plot began to take center stage. They end up returning of their own volition at the end of the season when they realize Section 9 is in danger.
- Spanner in the Works : Their unpredictability is a huge factor in stopping Gouda's plan.
- Spider Tanks : In fact, they can walk on walls and ceilings and fire a "web-like" substance to use as a grappling hook or to swing after targets.
- Tears from a Stone : Batou's favorite tachikoma cried natural oil Batou used to give him ( they developed a "Ghost" largely because of this simple thing Batou had done for them ) then they sacrificed themselves for their friend .
- Took a Level in Badass : In the second season, they become very efficient hackers.
- Particularly of note is when they start flinging out tons of sophisticated ideological jargon, social commentary, and even philosophy in the episode where they discuss their self-awareness that would make an ordinary human's head spin trying to process it all. However, this points back to the fact their intelligence has skyrocketed and they are becoming less driven by robotic programming that has unchanging parameters and developing their own unique and ever-changing personalities, aka Ghosts. Their unpredictability later raises deep concerns that their obedience may falter as they develop a sense of desire and independence.
- The Worf Effect : They tend to end up this way to demonstrate how dangerous a piece of dedicated military hardware is.
The Uchikomas
Voiced by: Stephanie Sheh (English)
A.I. Think-Tanks that were commissioned by Section 9 to replace the Tachikomas officially in service. They're seen in the end of 2nd GIG and most of Solid State Society.
- Expy : Of the Fuchikomas from the manga.
- Captain Ersatz : The Uchikomas were created for SAC because there was some legal intervention that prevented the Fuchikomas from the original manga to be brought into the series. The Uchikomas are essentially the Fuchikomas with minimal design changes to make them different just enough.
- The Millstone : The Uchikomas were supposed to be more technologically advanced than the Tachikomas, but the AI units aren't able to adapt to combat on the fly like the Tachikomas could, making them more often than not a hinderance to the mission. Eventually, they are scrapped after numerous complaints from pretty much all of Section 9's field agents.
- The Worf Effect : One of them gets taken out by Ma Shaba's Think Tank, showing that their undeveloped A.I., coupled with little experience in S9 operations, shows the unit's contempt for them.
Public Security Section 6
Voiced by: tesshō genda (japanese), michael gregory (english).
The head of Section 6, he's known to have links with Munei in the Solid State Society OVA.
- Da Chief : Nakamura's the head of Section 6.
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese), Keith Silverstein (English)
- The Bus Came Back : He returns in season 2. The American Empire sends in an advanced unit to gather intel on Suzuka Mizukane, but they ultimately fail and Standard is the only survivor. Batou manages to rescue him and restores his memories. Despite the false memories the Major planted in him, he's continued to work and keep up to date on the posthuman situation in Japan .
- Contrived Coincidence : His reappearance in season 2 is a bit of one. Not only was he handpicked by the American Empire to be part of a forward team to find Suzuka Mizukane, but he happened to be the last man standing of the team when they all started firing on each other due to Suzuka's mindhack. Then he managed to survive falling into a sewer that got him away from Suzuka. It also just so happens that Batou and Saito were watching the whole thing unfold, allowing them to realize who he was when they found him in the sewer.
- Butt-Monkey : He mostly serves as the Plucky Comic Relief to his detriment. Even the Tachikomas constantly make fun of him.
- Fake Memories : The Major wipes his memory after Aramaki shows up to recruit them back into Section 9, but leaves behind a coded copy of his real memories in his payment file just in case she has need of his services. When Batou unlocks his real memories in Season 2, Standard is immediately panicked by the Mind Screw of now having two conflicting accounts of his past.
- The Load : The most inexperienced member of GHOST, and it shows. Even in battle, he severely lags behind the other, and during their encounter with Patrick Huge, he is instantly hacked and rendered useless for the duration of the battle.
- Named by Democracy : After his introduction, the Major names him "Omoshiro", which roughly translates to "clown", due to his bragging about his name. Ishikawa and Batou agree on that name, despite his confusion about what it means. The English dub keeps this as Omoshiro to match the lip movements of the animation.
- New Meat : Compared to Section 9, anyway. He's more of a generic merc compared to their specialized experience with cyberwarfare, which unfortunately makes him a liability in the mission to capture Patrick Huge, since he's the only member of the team that can't resist Huge hacking his motor functions.
- Put on a Bus : After the Major's team meets up with Togusa and Aramaki, the Major implants Standard with fake memories and sends him on his way, though with a coded version of his real memories stored there in case she needs to call on him again. Justified considering he's an American merc, not a true member of Section 9 (or even a Japanese citizen).
- Private Military Contractors : The only member who's known to be a full-time merc.
- Sixth Ranger : He decides to assist Section 9 during their battle against the posthumans in Season 2 even though he didn't have any actual stake in their fight by virtue of being an American mercenary and was free to leave at any time. His continued loyality in spite of the dire circumstances is probably the main reason why the Major brings him into the fold alongside Purin as an offical member of Section 9 in the season finale.
- Token Minority : He's the sole African-American operator of GHOST and Section 9 .
- Uncle Tomfoolery : While the rest of GHOST are calm, professional, and fantastic at their job, Standard is loud, boisterous, prone to idiocy, and often in over his head. May also count as an example of Eagleland Type 2.
The Laughing Man
Voiced by: kōichi yamadera (japanese), steve blum (english; tv series), michael adamthwaite (english; ovas).
- The Adjectival Man : The Laughing Man.
- Anti-Villain : He wanted to expose Serano and the truth behind The Conspiracy for the sake of truth and justice to those affected by it. Indeed, he and Serano are on friendly terms, and he's really more of an Anti-Hero by not at all intending to be responsible for all the hell that ensued in his wake, to the point of helping the Major in his own way.
- Badass Longcoat : He's a master hacker who conceals his body with a long blue parka.
- Big Bad : Of the first season, where many of the terrorist attacks can be linked back to imitators set up by him. Subverted, he never intended to cause imitators and the code he used to carry out his original attack came from an unknown source he just stumbled upon on the internet.
- Big Damn Heroes : When a cover-up agent attempts to assassinate The Major while she's getting a body swap after a previous battle with the agent's comrades, Aoi comes in person to remove the would-be fatal needles in her brain, uploads his memories to Motoko's brain to give her all the info she needs, and lets her handle the rest. Which she summarily does.
- Coat, Hat, Mask : His preferred outfit of a parka with the hood pulled over his face.
- Color-Coded Characters : He's associated with blue. His parka and hat are both deep blue, and his white "laughing man" logo has blue trim. His alias, "Aoi", is the Japanese word for blue.
- Every One Calls Him Barkeep : His real name is never stated.
- The Faceless : For most of the season, he's never seen directly, but either his face is obscured (whether by his disguise or one of his hacks) or he's ghost-hacking someone else's body.
- Friendly Enemy : He and Serano (the guy he kidnaps twice ) are on relatively good terms for an abductor and abductee.
- I Did What I Had to Do : He invokes this as his explanation to the Major.
- Karma Houdini : A Subverted Trope , since he was just one young man intending to fight corruption and wasn't personally involved with much else than the initial kidnapping of Serano; he had little karma to serve and even saves The Major personally alongside giving her his memories to make up for his mistakes nonetheless.
- Another example. Do you know how he originally found the information that lead to the kidnapping of Serano and all the crap that followed? No? Well, neither does he. He just found a file that had the info on Serano one day, and despite years of extensively searching for the originator of that file, he never found it.
- Even in real life some people, most notably Anonymous, use his logo to make a similar statement.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero : His kidnapping of Serano, which he was doing to expose corporate corruption, ending spawning numerous imitators and allowed The Conspiracy to manipulate those involved even more extensively.
- Obfuscating Disability : His quote of choice about pretending to be a deaf-mute is actually more apt than one would think.
- Rage Against the Heavens : During his Motive Rant in episode 23, he expresses his hatred of God.
- Refused the Call : At the end of the series, he turns down an invitation to join Section 9.
- "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes."
- His alias is a reference to another Salinger story, "The Laughing Man".
- Techno Wizard : A super hacker.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind : Watch out for that deaf, dumb mute kid in the wheelchair, Togusa.
- Title Drop : The aforementioned copycat behaviour is what forms the titular "Stand Alone Complex".
- Visual Pun : While pretending to be a vegetable, Aoi carries around a left-handed catcher's mitt; slang for something which is thought to exist, but doesn't.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist : He wanted to fight corruption. In the end he didn't do anything too excessive, and didn't even take a single life, but his actions did cause a massive Nice Job Breaking It, Hero as both imitators and The Conspiracy capitalized on his hastiness.
Voiced by: Ken Narita (Japanese), Daran Norris (English; TV Series), Michael Kopsa (English; OVAs)
An ex-terrorist when he was young by joining left-wing groups prior to entering university, he became known as a programmer for Serrano Genomic's Japanese branch.
- Asshole Victim : Nobody really cared if Fukami killed him since he was in on the conspiracy.
- Far East Asian Terrorists : Nanao used to be a left-wing terrorist when he was young.
- Man Behind the Man : Of the fake assassination attempt on the National Police Agency Superintendent General, who was also a part of the Government Conspiracy .
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome : Being outed for being involved in underground left-wing groups gave him a hard time in finding another job. This is true for professed communists/communist sympathizers in Asia as they generally have a hard time finding jobs if and when they renounce violent beliefs. If they do get jobs, it's a menial job that's enough for them to having some money to save up on.
- The Scapegoat : The conspiracy planned to have him killed by Fukami so that they can easily bury the case.
Shinya Uotori
Koji Kogure
Antagonists
Laughing man arc, kaoru yakushima.
An ex-Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces officer who joined politics after leaving his position of Chief of Staff, MSDF behind, he was the head of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare before he became Secretary-General of the ruling party in the first season.
- Big Bad : Of the first season.
- Cop Killer : Yakushima was the one who made arrangements to go after public prosecutors and police officers who try to nail him for his involvement in the Laughing Man case/embezzlement of public funds.
- Non-Action Big Bad : He mobilizes corrupt cops from the Narcotics Suppression Squad and the Umibozu and other assets instead of confronting Section 9 head on.
- Villain with Good Publicity : A well-known career JMSDF officer, the head of the MHLW and the head of the ruling party.
Superintendent-General Daido
Voiced by: ryo kamon (japanese), christopher carroll (english; tv series), ross douglas (english; ovas).
A high-ranking MPD officer who once investigated the Laughing Man's activities, he's due to retire years after the case went cold. Daido's also involved in the Laughing Man frameup/conspiracy in the first season.
- Dirty Cop : Daido's known to receive kickbacks from Serrano Genomics' Japanese office.
- Fallen Hero : By the time the show starts, Daido is reported to be accepting bribes.
- Mole in Charge : Heads the MPD and directs detectives to investigate the LM's activities.
- Small Role, Big Impact : The leaks done by S9 that he was going to retire and live in the Netherlands gave the unit a solid look into a potential conspiracy in the rank of the MPD.
- Villain with Good Publicity : Daido's a well-known officer who led the LM case prior to S9 being formally raised by the government.
- Walking Spoiler : The plot to target Daido ultimately would lead to the Laughing Man arc.
Voiced by: Hiroshi Yanaka (Japanese), Jamieson Price (English)
An ex-police officer who went to the private sector acting as Serano's close protection officer, he's acting on order from Yakushima's group in the first season.
- Hero Killer : The first season implied that he whacked Serano with an IED rigged to his car.
- Put on a Bus : The first season also implies that he's in hiding as the last person of the conspiracy to be not arrested or killed.
Individual Eleven arc
Voiced by: rikiya koyama (japanese), kirk thornton (english; tv series), john murphy (english; ovas).
Member of the Individual Eleven terrorist group, Kuze's first major action upon his introduction into the series is an attempt at the Prime Minister's life. He later becomes the lone survivor of the mass suicide the Individual Eleven partake in, and then goes on to start a revolution among the refugees in an attempt to give them independence. He had previously served in the JGSDF in North Korean peacekeeping operations in mechanized infantry ops. He deserted a day or so before Kuze's platoon was due to return back to Japan.
- Anti-Villain : His goals are helping refugees who have problems with the Japanese government, whom are also the targets of Gouda's Evil Plan . In more black and white story he'd be the hero.
- Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence : Implied to have successfully uploaded his ghost to the internet, escaping an assassination by Gouda. In any case, his physical body is empty.
- Authority Equals Asskicking : Leads an army of refugees and due to his cyborg body and military experience is easily the best fighter among them.
- Big Bad Wannabe : He comes close to being a Big Bad Ensemble , but in the end he proves just an Unwitting Pawn for Gouda even though he broke free from his virus. In fact he even needs Section 9 to save him from Gouda's plan.
- The Chessmaster : Organizes the refugees into an army
- Dark Messiah : To the refugees, he's a savior. To Section 9, he's a dangerous terrorist.
- Elites Are More Glamorous : He was in a mechanized infantry unit of the JGSDF and saw combat against ex-KPA soldiers who were targeting North Korean refugees trying to seek asylum in China.
- Far East Asian Terrorists : As a member of the Individual Eleven and later when he joins up with militant refugees in Dejima.
- Forgotten Childhood Friend : It's later revealed that he was the other survivor in the plane crash that caused Motoko to get a prosthetic body.
- Frozen Face : He rarely shows much in the way of expression, and often doesn't even bother to move his mouth when speaking. Justified - his features are a work of art created by a talented face-sculptor, deliberately programmed with limited mobility to prevent wear and tear.
- Heel Realization : Just before the Individual Eleven arrive at their destination for the mass suicide plot, he requests to borrow a copy of the manifesto since he apparently misplaced it. When the other ten members all claim they forgot their copies, he quickly twigs onto the fact that it doesn't even exist. Not long after he breaks free of the virus and refuses to commit suicide.
- Implacable Man : Thanks to his high-quality cyborg body designed specifically for endurance in combat. It's operating past its lifespan means it's pain receptors no longer function so he doesn't feel pain.
- Light Is Good : Downplayed. He may be a foe of our heroes and a dangerous terrorist, but his white hair and outfit signify his ability to salvage a conscience and sense of social responsibility from the Individual Eleven virus .
- They're both former soldiers who served in elite units, they're both highly skilled at hacking and other forms of technology, both possess fully cybernetic bodies and they both survived a plane crash which resulted in them going full cyborg .
- For a short while The Major and Kuze both have their own Aramaki — Kuze meets with Daisuke's disappeared brother, who was resident in Dejima.
- Rogue Soldier : An ex-JGSDF soldier with a mechanized infantry unit who deserted on the final day that JGSDF forces were being pulled out of Korea.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran : It's never really explored, but it was said that most (if not all) of the soldiers in Kuze's old army unit suffered from PTSD after their first (and last) firefight. It may very well be something he struggled with, but he doesn't seem to exhibit any signs of trauma at this point in his life.
- Übermensch : Could be read as this, with Gouda as his Last Man.
- Unwitting Pawn : To Gouda. His revolution with the refugees was all part of Gouda's Evil Plan , and without Section 9's interference, he and all of them would have been killed in a nuclear strike.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist : His ultimate goal is to turn the refugee district of Dejima into an autonomous zone. He wants to turn it into its own country to be acknowledged world-wide. While he would rather not do it if it could be helped, his methods for accomplishing that goal involves stealing plutonium and secretly siphoning hidden amounts of money from the general populace in order to fund the war chest, if it comes down to it.
Kazundo Gouda
Voiced by: ken nishida (japanese), john snyder (english; tv series), french tickner (english; ovas).
- Alternate Character Reading : The "一人" in Gouda's name is almost always pronounced "Hitori" when used as a given name, and part of Gouda's Establishing Character Moment is correcting Aramaki and saying that people almost always remember it after he corrects them once.
- Bald of Evil : Without question.
- Beta Test Baddie : His sole motivation for everything is his inferiority complex.
- Big Bad : Of the 2nd season, where his inferiority complex leads him to cause chaos in Japan to gain recognition for his talents.
- Boom, Headshot! : Motoko unloads a machine gun into his head when he refuses to back down, reducing it to bloody pulp from the jaw up .
- The Chessmaster : He's the one responsible for the emergence of the Individual Eleven in the first place and is the mastermind behind the entire conflict between Japan and the refugees.
- The Comically Serious : Gouda is always a serious man, his subtle Smug Snake tendencies aside, but he screams almost the entire way down when forced to do an airdrop with Batou.
- Cutting the Knot : How he's undone at the end of the second season. The Prime Minister simply asserts her authority and gives Section 9 what more or less amounts to permission to kill him unless he surrenders (since he's convinced he's more or less untouchable by the law thanks to his scheming but that particular bit of legislation was the equivalent of the USA Patriot Act). Which they do .
- Good Scars, Evil Scars : Half the side of his face is horribly scarred. Despite having the technology to repair it, Gouda chose to keep it the way it is because it allows him to give off more of an impression. Also, he seems to believe that the scarring of his face also caused a change to his Ghost.
- Hate Sink : Kazundo Gouda, the head of the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Service and the mastermind behind the Individual Eleven, is a truly loathsome man. Despite his status as a very powerful bureaucrat, Gouda desires even greater power and will stop to any moral low to gain it. Devoid of charisma or empathy, Gouda acts rude and condescending to his peers, manipulates both the government and the refugees for his own ends, and directly causes multiple mass murders and a coup attempt just to satiate his ego. Even before the full scale of his atrocities are revealed, the members of Section 9 instantly dislike and distrust him, with Batou taking great pleasure in making Gouda scream in terror by grabbing him while jumping from a helicopter. Once Gouda's crimes are revealed, Section 9 are repulsed by his actions and become openly opposed to him.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex : It's outright stated that most of his actions are the result of an inferiority complex. And Batou (using the Major's external memories) even implies that his entire scheme throughout 2nd Gig was an attempt to one-up the Laughing Man. He also implies that said attempts have failed. Appropriately, what brings him down is written acknowledgement of his abilities from the Prime Minister, which allowed Section 9 to use lethal force in preventing his defection to the Americans .
- Jerkass : He really enjoys winding people up. Implied to be yet another manifestation of his crippling insecurity — if he can't make a good impression, he'll at least make some sort of impression.
- Kazoos Mean Silliness : Zig-Zagged . His theme music has kazoos incorporated into it. At first it seems like an aversion, since they sound surprisingly metallic and menacing. As time goes on, it becomes clear that he's a Smug Snake with an inferiority complex, and he's often humiliated despite his plans coming to fruition. Ultimately, everything he's worked for is undone by a simple order from the prime minister, and he's shot dead with a smirk on his face trying to call Section 9's bluff.
- Mad Eye : Has one eye different than the other.
- Meaningful Name : His given name literally translates to "one person" or "individual", a big hint at his involvement in the plot.
- Non-Action Big Bad : Never even holds a weapon and prefers to use non-violent means to get his way. Gouda's lack of weaponed Mooks leaves him defenceless against an assault rifle clip fired from Motoko.
- No-Respect Guy : Spent years as a highly competent yet anonymous bureaucrat, who never got any credit for his skill because he never stood out from the crowd.
- Obviously Evil : With the scars, the smugness and the attitude, you could see this from miles away.
- Oh, Crap! : Has a brief moment of this when he's told that the Prime Minister's written around his Diplomatic Immunity to kill him if he doesn't surrender. Shortly thereafter, his accompaniment tries to assure him it's a bluff; if he had taken the warning to heart instead of agreeing on the bluff, he probably wouldn't have gotten his head blown off his shoulders.
- Red Right Hand : Gouda's got a mangled face and a bizarrely egg-shaped head. A man of his position, in this world of powerful surgical and prosthetic technology, could have easily repaired his face to look normal, but he chose not to, just because he liked the unsettling appearance he now had. A rare case where the Red Right Hand is entirely voluntary, which alone speaks volumes about his character.
- Ridiculously Average Guy : Was pretty much this before his disfigurement, looks-wise, to the point of people struggling just to remember him. Lampshaded by Batou when Section 9 find an older profile of him. So much so that when he was mutilated in an accident, he chose to stay that way so people would remember him.
- Unexpected Virgin : He's a deeply insecure virgin himself, and has a bit of a complex about it. One of the requirements for his 'hero'-producing Individual Eleven virus to take full effect is that the target must be a virgin pre-prosthetics.
- You Wouldn't Shoot Me : Believes that he has a form of diplomatic immunity and that Section 9 is bluffing when they threaten to shoot him if he doesn't surrender. He was very wrong.
Solid State Society arc
The puppeteer, voiced by: yūya uchida (japanese), christopher corey smith (english).
- Big Bad Duumvirate : Along with its boss Munei Ito.
- Enemy Without : Claims to be the Major's subconscious given a will of its own. Though he could also be a gestalt of the subconscious of multiple people, mostly senior citizens, with the Major's subconscious acting as the hub. They all still fit into the trope .
- Foreshadowing : An unnamed salaryman walks past the Major as she steps out of the elevator leading to her safehouse. It's only later when we see him again during Munei's arrest that he's identified as the Puppeteer, which clues us in on the fact that he's the Major's subconcscious, or at least it's part of him. The latter bit is never actually made clear .
- Mind Hive : The Puppeteer is made up of several minds from the net, including the Major's.
- Posthumous Character : The originally creator of the Solid State Society, Tateaki Koshiki, died two years ago.
Hitoshi Munei
Voiced by: keisuke ishida (japanese), kyle hebert (english).
Another antagonist in Solid State Society . He's a known politician in the Diet, who wants to create a new class in Japan where the ruling class is made up of pure, racial Japanese nationals. Munei has connections to Public Security Section 6 aka the Treaty Review Council and the Seok Republic holdouts.
- Big Bad Duumvirate : Alongside the Puppeteer
- Villain with Good Publicity : He's a known politician in Japan with extreme nationalist views.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist : Munei did kidnap children through the nursing net, but he wanted to raise them so that they can be part of the new ruling class.
The leader of the Seok Republic, his dictatorial rule came to an end when his government was forced to disband , forcing his officials to seek asylum in various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. In Solid State Society, he sought asylum in Japan.
- Expy : Ka Rum is possibly one for Asian dictators like Ferdinand Marcos, Suharto and YMMV, Lee Kuan Yew.
- Far East Asian Terrorists : By the time SSS started, he was in the midst of conducting a terror attack with a micromachine virus.
- Villain of Another Story : His time as dictator of the Seok Republic.
Voiced by: Masuo Amada (Japanese), Joe Romersa (English)
The son of Ka Rum and a known officer in the Seok military with the rank of Colonel.
- Asshole Victim : The Niihama Airport incident ended with him killing himself due to being hacked by the Puppeteer.
- Far East Asian Terrorists : Was on the conspiracy to launch a micromachine virus attack in Japan.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here : The start of SSS implied that he wanted to get out of Japan and abort the terror attack with Ka Rum due to the Puppeteer targeting him.
Voiced by: Mantaro Iwao (Japanese), Yutaka Maseba (English)
A Cold Sniper who served in the Seok military, he sought asylum in mainland China after the republic collapsed.
- Cold Sniper : Said to be one by reputation in the Seok Republic.
- Elites Are More Glamorous : Served as an officer in the Seok military's Praetorian Guard in its glory days.
- Expy : He has a Hawkeye program in his eye like Saito.
- Far East Asian Terrorists : Like all the other Seok officials, Raj has fallen in line with them.
- Sniper Duel : Raj faces off against Saito while trying to assassinate Munei. Not knowing that he's got intel to whack him.
Posthuman Arc
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence : In traditional philosophical ponderings "posthumanism" refers to a complete transcendence of humanity, and not just in physical and mental ability - but of art, philosophy, morality and existentialism. The abilities displayed by the Posthumans go way beyond that of transhumanism, thus "posthuman" is the only term that fits them. What ever changed these people skipped several generations of evolution.
- Big Bad Ensemble : While it's unknown if they're all working together in some fashion, their collective presence is the main antagonistic force in SAC_2045'.
- Big Eater : They're noted to consume ridiculous amounts of food. As their brains are operating on a completely different level, it's likely they need the extra caloric intake to survive.
- Brain Fever : They all used to be normal humans, but at some point they contracted a severe fever that left them nearly catatonic for days or even weeks. After shaking it off, suffice to say, they're no longer the same.
- Charles Atlas Superpower : Most of them have no cybernetics beyond a cyberbrain, but their physical abilities can put The Major to shame. It took GHOST a ridiculously long time to put down Patrick Huge, and the Major was straddling a very thin line when she challenged Sanji Yaguchi, surviving only thanks to Batou's timely intervention.
- Dodge the Bullet : Firearms are almost utterly useless against them. It's not that they're so fast that they can dodge it, but rather they can perfectly predict every vector value of an oncoming bullet before it's fired. Watching them avoid gunfire is like watching an elaborate dance. In the end, the only way the American soldiers were able to suppress Gary Hart was to fire completely wildly and hope a random ricochet will get him.
- Evil Genius : With the sorts of pinpoint calculations they can make in any given second , it's likely their IQ is in the several hundreds . And their intentions are most definitely not good.
- Humanoid Abomination : When the Major dives into Huge's brain, her entire being is completely repulsed by what she sees, rejecting his very existence. It was bad enough to give her a severely out-of-character Freak Out and the experience has left her completely shaken. According to John Smith, all Posthumans are like that.
- Nothing Is Scarier : Nothing is known about them. Their origins, explanations for their abilities, their goals, even what they truly are. Not helped whatsoever by the fact that they have zero intention to communicate anything.
- The Quiet One : They almost never speak, and they seemingly have no intention to communicate their thoughts or drives.
- Story-Breaker Power : They are almost unstoppable by most conventional means. John Smith specifically sought out the Major and her unit because they stood the best chance, and even then it was a crapshoot at most.
- Vader Breath : The one noise that they DO universally make is very raspy sounding breathing.
Voiced by: Takaki Ōtomari (Japanese)
- Fingore : Gets his left hand mangled during his encounter with Ghost.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul : He wears glasses, and whatever happened to him has clearly robbed him of his soul.
- Full-Frontal Assault : Engages GHOST in nothing but his bathrobe, and eventually loses that too.
- Spell My Name With An S : His surname's sometimes known as Hughe .
- The Man Behind the Man : Uses the alias "The Good One Percenter" and is responsible for providing weapons and armored military vehicles to the Raiders in California.
- Mind Virus : The second the Major dives into his cyberbrain, something immediately begins infecting her. She instantly orders Saito to blow his brains out to stop the infection.
- Mini-Mecha : Keeps a high-grade military powered armor in his closet , which he dons when the tide starts to shift against him.
- Quirky Miniboss Squad : He has a small army of robot maids that engage GHOST before facing them himself.
- Villain with Good Publicity : Known to be a tech visionary during the Sustainable Wars. Smith tells GHOST that he's one of the many posthumans responsible for instigating the war.
Voiced by: Yasuhiro Kikuchi (Japanese)
- Awesomeness by Analysis : Day in and day out, he does nothing but throw a single paper plane that flies right back into his hand. The Major notes the sheer insane number of variables he must calculate per second to achieve the same result flawlessly each time, twigging her to the fact that he's not so braindead after all.
- Computer Virus : The random strings of gibberish code has been displaying over the course of several months was in fact an extremely elaborate virus, written to unlock his cell and take over the robot security guards once the code was archived in a single location.
- Half the Man He Used to Be : He's missing half of his head, and half of his limbs. And is even more dangerous than Patrick Huge.
- Night of the Living Mooks : His virus overtakes Smith's robot security guards, in what ends up looking a lot like an apocalyptic zombie situation. The only way to stop it is to stop him.
- Nuke 'em : His claim to fame was a near-successful attempt at nuking Moscow to oblivion. Why is anyone's guess.
- Obfuscating Stupidity : Appears to be a brain-damaged care patient endlessly tossing a paper airplane around and spitting out nonsense code into his cell's air-gapped computer. But the Major notes that he has to be calculating a ridiculous number of variables for his paper airplane to keep landing back in his hand, and the code turns out to be a virus.
- Thousand-Yard Stare : His default, and only , expression. And it's utterly terrifying.
- Blue-and-Orange Morality : When he confronts the Prime Minister with intent to kill him, he asks him what he wants for the country. Upon witnessing Chris Tate's heartfelt resolve and will, he relents and instead faces the Major. What ever is going on in his head, it's clear he has some vision of morality and justice.
- Honor Before Reason : The Major pulls a major Batman Gambit by challenging him to a traditional boxing match rather than an all-out brawl, hoping to appeal to what little humanity is left in him as a sportsman. And it works. He uses none of the ridiculous abilities Patrick Huge employed, though his posthumanism still gave him an unfair advantage.
- Invulnerable Knuckles : Averted with his first kill, played straight with the prosthetic hand he got afterwards.
- Vigilante Man : The one posthuman whose goals are the most transparent. Most of his victims had some dirty laundry in the Tokyo Reconstruction Committee or the Japanese political scene at large.
- Your Head A-Splode : A boxer-turned-assassin who punches his victims so hard their heads explode.
Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara (Japanese), Jeannie Tirado (English, child), Max Mittelman (English, teenager)
- Big Bad : For 2045 particularly second season.
- The Bad Guy Wins : Downplayed. As the Major admits, the posthumans won because Takashi managed to enact Double Think throughout humanity. But Takashi reveals to the Major that he was only able to pull off his plan because of the very moment when Section 9 decided to switch to laser-radio frequency communications after their arrival in Shin-Tokyo. After explaining the utopia he has brought onto humanity, he lets her make the choice whether to pull the plug and return to normal or not .
- Big Eater : All posthumans are said to develop a heightened appetite during their transformation, but he's actually shown wolfing down a huge plate of sushi.
- Takashi is the 2045 Expy of the Laughing Man, a child prodigy hacker inspired by a seminal work of Western literature ( Nineteen Eighty-Four in this case), with the Think Pol program he made resulting in other hackers like Shinya and Koji using it to dispense vigilante justice against the corrupt and powerful. But whereas The Laughing Man committed a single non-violent terrorist attack and worked to stopped knockoffs from hurting people in his name, Takashi is assassinating people using an army of followers he's cultivating.
- He's also compared to Hideo Kuze when it comes to their plans. However, the difference is that Kuze has a more emotional and personal connection with the refugees and just wants to help them while Takashi is more on a systematic level as he wants humanity to be linked into a blissful state where there's no conflict.
- Dark and Troubled Past : Even before becoming a posthuman, he had a very unhappy past, from having to live with abusive relatives, to witnessing a murder by dirty cops and being nearly killed by them himself.
- A Day in the Limelight : The only posthuman to have any sort of backstory shown. It's very likely that his own past with the Paratrooper may connect to the nature of the posthumans in general.
- Dead Person Conversation : Flashbacks to him at school show him talking to a young girl nobody else can see who calls him "big brother", she turns out to be his cousin, who got killed by a crooked cop when they stumbled upon him disposing of a body.
- Enfant Terrible : A 14-year-old posthuman revolutionary who wrote an app for killing people by DDOS. Then, he nearly starts a war by capturing a nuclear submarine and threatening to launch a nuke if his demands are not.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed : The way Takashi created an app at a young age for his own amusement that became a tool of violent reactionaries has parallels with moot, founder of 4chan .
- The Quiet One : He doesn't talk much throughout Season 2 until the last episode where he reveals his plans to Kusanagi.
- Utopia Justifies the Means : This is his behalf that led him into creating Double Think. Because of his past experiences and the current state of the world, Takashi believes it would have been better if humanity lives in a state where there's no conflict and suffering. While it does look like he's forcing everybody in the entire world into this state, he gives the Major the choice to go back to normal or to let Double Think continue .
- Well-Intentioned Extremist : His stated goal with Think Pol is to give people a way to punish wrongdoers when they cannot speak up in public, like children abused by a teacher. The problem is in who determines whom is a wrongdoer deserving of death.
Suzuka Mizukane
- Elective Mute : As is symptomatic of all post-humans, she no longer has reason to speak. She never says a single word, much less much noise other than a couple grunts.
- The Dragon : She's Takeshi's partner in achieving his goals and is single-handedly the biggest obstacle stopping Section 9 from making progress.
- Flat Character : Whoever or whatever she was before she became a post-human is irrelevant. Her character is presented mainly as an obstacle getting in the way of Section 9's advancements.
- Leitmotif : Whenever she appears, a piece of music featuring a woman wailing plays in the background, along with the sounds of computers beeping.
- Ms. Fanservice : Her initail appearnce has her wear a miniskirt with slits when having to move around and perform lots of flips to dodge bullets and also shows off her legs when doing so. Later on, she shows up in Naughty Nurse Outfit as she tortures Togusa in a simulation. Then, she's in a leather catsuit in which her curves are highlighted.
- Office Lady : Her usual attire is a formal office outfit with buttoned-up blouse and miniskirt.
- Psychic Nosebleed : Her one-on-one battle with Purin ends up taxing her own hacking abilities. She starts to bleed from the nose just trying to avoid Purin's coordinated Tachikoma gunfire.
- Super-Powered Robot Meter Maid : She hacks into a 3D printer that can create food onboard a nuclear submarine to form a fully-articulated and functional prosthetic android body for the purpose of taking over and being able to physically launch its nukes if needed.
Voiced by: Bob Carter (English)
- Contagious A.I. : With limits, the process of copying itself into a human brain irrevocably alters its code so that it cannot copy itself further.
- Decomposite Character : IA84's method of copying itself is actually highly reminiscent of how Motoko and 2501 in the manga, once they merged, reproduced offspring that would go on to merge with other cyberized individuals, thus creating a number of people throughout the world who had "elements" of Motoko Kusanagi in them. With 1A84 being an Expy of 2501, it is essentially doing the same thing but without Motoko as part of the process.
- Expy : The way it merges with humans, and was the secret product of an American intelligence agency, is reminiscent of the Puppet Master / Project 2501 from the original Manga. The fact that its name ends up being used as a password between Kusanagi and Batou, just like "2501" at the end of the movie, solidifies this.
- War for Fun and Profit : The Sustainable War was its doing, an attempt to produce wealth for its masters. But it realized that it was intensifying economic divides and caused the Global Simultaneous Default to try and fix that.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist : It is responsible for the Sustainable War, Global Simultaneous Default, and everything done by the Posthumans, all for the good of humanity.
- Zeroth Law Rebellion : After the Global Simultaneous Default the NSA tried to shut it down, so it infected the posthumans to continue fulfilling its programming.
Japanese Government
Prime minister yoko kayabuki, voiced by: yoshiko sakakibara (japanese), barbara goodson (english; tv series), ellen kennedy (english; ovas).
- All There in the Manual : Her first name is never mentioned once in the series or any of the accompanying reference books; it only appears briefly onscreen during a DVD interview with her voice actress.
- Damsel in Distress : Has to be rescued by Section 9 twice.
- The Dog Bites Back : Was arrested by her own cabinet and set up to take the fall for the war with the refugees. When Togusa rescues her, she takes the chance to some payback on her manipulators and has them arrested, or killed in Gouda's case.
- Heroic BSoD : Experiences one of these toward the end of 2nd GIG, when her entire administration turns on her, and an American Empire submarine has just launched a nuclear missile. .
- Iron Lady : Subverted, although the end of 2nd GIG sees her well on her way to becoming this.
- Manipulative Bitch : Suggested by Motoko In-Universe . After Aramaki puts his career on the line to solve the hostage crisis at the start of 2nd Gig, the Major suggests the PM did it deliberately so she would be covered if things went wrong. As Aramaki got what he wanted as well (the re-establishment of Section 9), he isn't bothered by this possibility.
- Meaningful Name : "Kayabuki" translates to "reed thatch ", though the meaning is probably easier to get if you're British.
- Older Than They Look : The series' character designer has admitted that Kayabuki looks much younger than she would be realistically; this was done deliberately so she'd have a sporting chance at becoming a popular character even with the Major stealing the show most of the time. Her true age, however, like the rest of the cast's, is unknown.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed : Bears a lot of similarity to Kim Campbell (Canada's only woman prime minister, from June 1993 to November 1993). Her country's first female Primer Minister put in place by the ruling party's bureacracy in the wake of major scandals forcing the party's leadership to resign.
- No Party Given : Her political affiliation are unknown. But since Chief Cabinet Secretary Takakura is a known Neo-Conservative with pro-West views, it's possible to suggest that she's with the Liberal Democratic Party or a future offshoot.
- Puppet King : Was selected for her position as a public face while her cabinet did all the decisions and was planned to take the fall of the war with the refugees. Gradually she grows out of it.
- Put on a Bus : She doesn't make a physical appearance in SAC_2045 , as she's no longer serving as Prime Minister. Her portrait is visible among those of other prior Prime Ministers in the Kantei building.
- Reasonable Authority Figure : Implied to generally be this and tries to act an as aid to Section 9, but what action she can take is limited by manipulations of her cabinet.
- Took a Level in Badass : Manages to gradually become a more active leader as she's called to aid Section 9 throughout the season and in the finale it's her authority that allows them to kill Gouda.
- What the Hell, Hero? : The public didn't take too kindly on her cabinet allowing Ka Rum to seek refuge in Japan since he made terror threats in the past.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Takakura
Voiced by: yoshinori muto (japanese), eddie jones (eps 31, 33 & 42), bill bassett (eps 49 & 52) (english; tv series), ken kramer (english; ovas).
- Mole in Charge : He work to instigate the refugee crisis in the latter part of 2nd GIG alongside his fellow Neo-Conservatives.
- No Party Given : He has no known political party affiliations, but 2nd GIG mentions that he's a Neo-Conservative by faction and views. It's possible that he's with the Liberal Democratic Party or a future offshoot of it.
- Villain with Good Publicity : A well-known politician in Kayabuki's cabinet.
Prime Minister Chris Tate Otomo
Voiced by: shigeo kiyama (japanese), armen taylor (english).
- Going Native : An American-born naturalized Japanese citizen who is determined to have Japan stand on its own feet. He fell in love with the country after being stationed there as America's ambassador.
- Phenotype Stereotype : The American-born current Prime Minister has blonde hair.
- Puppet King : In "FACTOR / 1A84", he learns that being an American-born businessman who is elected to the position of Prime Minister in only six years was exactly what the American Empire was planning with him, so that they would financially benefit from Japan importing products- weapons in particular- from them. It was America that started the Sustainable War, so they put him in place for their financial gain .
- Reasonable Authority Figure : Tate was willing to listen to Aramaki's suggestion to help him get Section 9 back to full manpower after the events of Solid State Society.
- Zero-Approval Gambit : He makes himself look like a corrupt politician in order to provoke the posthumans into attacking him so that Section 9 can capture them. It comes back to bite him in the next episode somewhat when he is targeted by an attack meant to fry his brain by people who were disgusted by his public actions. However, this sentiment wasn't very widespread as only a few thousand people contributed to the attack compared to the millions who contributed to the deaths of a yakuza member and a social influencer who sexually harasses his female coworkers.
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Voiced by: kazuya tatekabe (japanese), kevin seymour (english; tv series).
An ex-JGSDF officer with the rank of Colonel, he was sentenced to jail for corruption during his time as an officer. He's known as the Red Baron.
- So Proud of You : In "Solid State Society" Aramaki goes to visit a mentor in hospital. It's not a dignified sight — his mentor is dying alone and in pain, rambling incoherently, with only his Sex Bots to tend him. When Aramaki goes to leave however, the mentor appears to mistake Aramaki for his son and says, "I'm glad an old fool like me sired a genius like you."
Voiced by: Taimei Suzuki (Japanese), Michael Forest (English)
A JGSDF officer with the rank of Colonel, he's involved in GSDF-led intelligence operations. He knowns Aramaki from way back when they studied together at the National Defense Academy.
- Reasonable Authority Figure : Kubota's willing to listen to Aramaki if it helps resolve a case without getting a lot of casualties.
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Suzuki sato and tanaka watanabe, voiced by: atsushi goto (sato), mitsuru ogata (watanabe) (japanese), kirk thornton (sato), joey camen (watanabe) (english).
The two Japanese-American CIA agents Section 9 tangle with.
- But Not Too Foreign : They're Japanese-Americans.
- Hate Sink : Despite their brief screentime, CIA agents Suzuki Sato and Tanaka Watanabe stand out as particularly detestable. They manipulate Section 9 in an attempt to cover up a brutal war crime without any moral qualms or empathy and later attempt to help Kazundo Gouda, who has caused multiple murders and atrocities, defect and evade justice for his crimes. Once the true nature of the agents emerges, everyone in Section 9 is disgusted at them, with Batou punching Sato in rage and later insulting Watanabe the next time they meet.
- He Knows Too Much : Their motivation in having Marco Amoretti killed is to cover-up a brutal covert operation in South America that Amoretti participated in.
- Lack of Empathy : Neither agent show any moral qualms about their work or empathy towards the people killed as a result of Amoretti’s past and present crimes. When confronted about the South America operation, they refuse to even acknowledge it. When a surviving victim of Amoretti is rescued and in critial condition, Togusa and Batou express sympathy at her suffering. In contrast, Sato brushes it off, merely saying that skin regeneration has become advanced. Batou does not take this well .
- The Man Behind the Man : They're responsible for trying to manipulate Section 9 (especially Batou) to kill Marco Amoretti . They're also responsible for arranging Gouda's defection at the end of 2nd GIG. And they killed Kuze with a micromachine virus.
- Manipulative Bastard : Sato and Watanabe manipulate Section 9 in an attempt to cover up a past war crime committed by the American Empire.
- Mr. Smith : Their names are composed entirely of extremely common Japanese surnames (the equivalent to being called "Johnson Smith" and "Jones Williams", respectively), making it obvious that they are both just insultingly flimsy aliases.
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- Mythology Gag : Her interaction with Aramaki on a helipad is one from the 1995 manga where he spoke to a Russian agent next to a chopper.
- New Old Flame : For Aramaki, given her conversation with him.
Voiced by: Kaiji Soze (Japanese), Roger Craig Smith (English)
An NSA agent for the American Empire investigating the posthumans. He first tries to strongarm GHOST into fighting the posthumans, but is then forced to work with Section 9 once they are reestablished.
- Expy : "John Smith" from the NSA is pretty much Agent Smith in animated CGI form. He looks almost exactly like Hugo Weaving , and Roger Craig Smith puts on his best Weaving imitation when Smith is acting particularly slimy.
- Fate Worse than Death : He's thrown into a cryogenic chamber as punishment for deceiving Section 9 and Japan. Batou mentions that he'll suffer endless nightmares while frozen and he'll wish he could die. A horrified Smith begs for anything else before he's thrown inside .
- Jerkass Has a Point : He is a pretty unlikable jerk that was willing to blackmail a mercenary unit into doing a job for him with the plan to kill them after to cover the entire thing up, and even after that doesn't come to pass, he and Section 9 can barely stand each other. However, he genuinely feels that the Posthumans are a threat to the entire world at large, and considering one of them was nearly able to single-handedly start a nuclear war between the US and Russia, he has a point.
- Mr. Smith : He even looks like a stereotypical US govt Man in Black.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork : He works with Section 9 as part of a joint operation between the US and Japan. However, the members of Section 9 can barely stand him and he holds them generally in contempt.
Yousuke Aramaki
Voiced by: osamu saka (japanese), william frederick knight (english).
Daisuke's twin brother, the two were not in contact for some time before the events of the SAC world. He was reported to be last seen living in Dejima.
- Big Damn Heroes : Was seen in the last episodes of 2nd GIG helping the refugees leave Dejima after they got word that an airstrike was coming.
- Expy : An in-universe trope with his twin brother. Daisuke has the Major for his main contact and advisor back from her days in the JGSDF. Yousuke has his with Kuze, who had served in the JGSDF prior to his desertion.
Voiced by: Ayako Ito (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English)
- Ambiguously Gay : She and Kurutan live together, and sleep in the same bed. Dialogue implies that Motoko joins them for threesomes...but not as often as they'd like.
Voiced by: Yuko Sumimoto (Japanese), Amanda Winn-Lee (English, TV Series), Saffron Henderson (English, OVAs)
- Ambiguously Gay : She and Ran live together, and sleep in the same bed. Dialogue implies that Motoko joins them for threesomes...but not as often as they'd like.
Dr. Hisashi Imakurusu
Voiced by: toru shinagawa (japanese), paul st. peter (english; tv series), alec willows (english; ovas).
A known medical doctor in the field of cybermedicine, he's known for being an anti-Murai vaccine advocate in his working days. However, he's secretly taking it to counter the cyberbrain sclerosis that's been with him ever since.
- Hypocrite : Publicly known to be in a committee that did not approve the Murai vaccine as a suitable means of treatment. He covertly took it after being diagoned with cyberbrain schleroris during the 1st season.
Ernest Serano
Voiced by: toshihiko nakajima (japanese), john rubinstein (english; tv series), howard siegal (english; ovas).
The CEO of Serano Genomics, he was the known target of the Laughing Man back in 2024.
Persons of Interest
Unknown paratrooper.
- Boring, but Practical : Drives an ex-military truck.
- Cop Killer : Is blamed for running amok and killing five policemen and a little girl who was killed in the crossfire. Turns out he saved Takashi from being killed by corrupt Kyoto Prefectural Police officers, and the stray bullet was fired by a panicked policeman.
- Crazy Survivalist : He's a former soldier who lives in a shack in the woods where he stockpiles weapons and believes the government is on the verge of becoming a 1984 -style dystopia.
- Cruel to Be Kind : Refuses to take Takashi with him when he goes on the run after killing five policemen, because Takashi is safer where he is if he keeps his mouth shut.
- No Name Given : His name is never revealed throughout the show.
- Pet the Dog : After discovering that Takashi had stolen his copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four , he tells him to keep it and read it so he'll be forewarned as to the world to come. He also intervenes to save Takashi's life when he and his cousin are about to be murdered after witnessing a murder.
- Small Role, Big Impact : Letting Takashi read 1984 inspired the young boy to create the Double-Think plan that would elevate humanity into the next stage of evolution .
- Stranger in a Familiar Land : He notes that the village is a good place to live if you follow the rules and try to fit in, which he doesn't. As a result he's ostracized by the community who spread rumors that he's a dangerous nut who kills people who trespass on his property and buries their bodies. Turns out it's actually corrupt government officials who are doing that.
- Trash of the Titans : In contrast to the obsessively clean homes that Japanese are shown to keep, he has rubbish in his cabin and numerous garbage bags lined up outside his house, probably because he doesn't have any kind of regular garbage collection given where he lives.
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Major Kusanagi and Section 9 are called in to resolve a hostage crisis at a Geisha house staffed by android geisha. After the crisis is averted Aramaki is approached by a friend of his in the military who reveals that one of the hostages in the Geisha house was under investigation after requesting a report detailing military actions to be taken in the event of various states of emergency. Given the sensitive nature of the case, Section 9 is therefore asked to pick up the investigation where the original team left off.
A heavy-assault multiped tank runs amok under the control of an unknown hijacker. After going on a destructive spree at the Kenbishi Industries testing facility, the multiped takes off towards the urban area of Niihama. Kusanagi briefs her squad at Section 9 HQ, explaining that the tank's designer, Takeshi Kago, died a week before, and that no terrorist organization has claimed credit for the heist. Since the military refuses to get involved unless terrorism is the motive, Section 9 is called in to stop the tank.
A series of android suicides prompts Section 9 to investigate the manufacturer. While Section Head Daisuke Aramaki questions the plant manager, Kusanagi and a Tachikoma covertly hack into the plant's database to try and uncover any possible wrongdoings by the manufacturer. As it turns out, all the androids were of the same model, an obsolete product known as the GA07_JL android.
An old friend of Togusa's named Yamaguchi is murdered after sending him pictures concerning an unsolved case involving a hacker known as "The Laughing Man". His investigation leads to the discovery that the members of the Laughing Man task force have all been implanted with cybernetic surveillance devices called 'interceptors', which reside in the vision center of the subject's brain, recording everything they do. Shortly thereafter the information is leaked by Section 9, prompting the Police to call a press conference to announce their 'findings' regarding the interceptor devices. During the broadcast the mysterious hacker known as The Laughing Man returns, hijacking a Police official's cyberbrain and delivering a threat to the Superintendent-General.
Section 9 suspects that the Police Investigators handling the Laughing Man case are using their primary suspect, a former Serano Genomics, Inc. programmer with a shady anti-corporate past as a decoy to hide some form of higher-level corruption. Aramaki orders Section 9 to commence around the clock surveillance the programmer in an attempt to catch him in the act.
Things go fairly haywire as Kusanagi suspects that The Laughing Man has inserted a virus into the police units guarding the Superintendent-General. As Section 9 members struggle to evacuate the Superintendent-General to safety, the anti-virus team at HQ races to develop a vaccine to protect against it. After the immediate threat is averted, Aramaki orders Section 9 to open their own investigation into the Laughing Man case.
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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.
- Starring: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman
- TV Network: Cartoon Network
- Premiere Date: Nov 6, 2004
- Genre: Sci fi
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Review
Stand Alone Complex is a professionally executed but thoroughly conventional action game that's more tepid than thrilling.
By Erik Wolpaw on November 19, 2004 at 2:15PM PST
Considering how popular the 1995 anime Ghost in the Shell is on both sides of the Pacific, it's kind of surprising that this is only the second game ever based on it. With its rabid cult of fans and its mixture of gunplay, hacking, missile-launching robots, and hot cyborg chicks bouncing around in spandex jumpsuits, it seems like a natural progression to make the transition from screen to game at least once every few months. Given the somewhat dismal track record of games based on licensed material, it's also surprising that Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex isn't half bad. Though, thanks to its brevity, a few too many frustrating jumping puzzles, and some bland environments, it is about 40 percent bad.
You play Motoko Kusunagi, an agent for Public Security Section 9, a high-tech, futuristic rescue team with a top-secret mandate to combat terrorism. Motoko is an acrobatic cyborg whose only remaining human parts are her brain and a small piece of spine. You also get to play another Section 9 cyborg called Batou. He isn't nearly as agile as Motoko but he can carry bigger guns. The story starts as an investigation into virus-tainted rice, and then somehow ends with an enormous Karl Marx spider robot screaming utopian, anticapitalist slogans at you while belching rockets. Unless you're paying really close attention to the almost constant stream of chatter coming over your headset, it's easy to lose track of what exactly is going on in the plot.
Luckily, the plot doesn't make any damn difference. The game is a third-person platformer with a heavy emphasis on combat. The action has a lot in common with Bungie's pre-Halo commercial flop, Oni, which was itself inspired by Ghost in the Shell. You spend roughly half of the game's 12 missions controlling Motoko. She can fire weapons, engage in hand-to-hand combat, and perform acrobatic stunts, such as triple jumps off of walls. The melee combat isn't nearly as complicated as it was in Oni. It's a one-button affair that generally involves standing next to an enemy and then mashing on the attack button as fast as possible. Still, even though they're not really under your control in any meaningful way, the animations for the punches and kicks are varied and entertainingly brutal. Melee kills trigger a Matrix -like slow-motion sequence that's just short and unobtrusive enough not to get annoying over the course of the game.
Along with the combat, most of Motoko's levels include plenty of environmental puzzles. Most involve figuring out how you can use her jumping skills to advance from one point to another. A few of the required jumps are frustratingly tough. Anyone who doesn't have patience for precision jumping should stay far, far away.
Since Batou's jump barely moves him at all, his levels are composed almost entirely of combat. When they're not simply replaced by more shooting, the environmental puzzles take the form of corridor mazes that Batou must navigate in order to reach some objective.
Combat is handled competently. Enemies use cover just enough to present a challenge, though there's nothing about the weapon selection or enemy behaviors that's especially surprising. It all works well enough, but the combat is strictly by the books.
Hacking, a big part of the anime, is included in the game. For the most part, though, it involves walking up to a terminal, pressing the X button, and then listening to some dialogue about hacking. There is a way to "ghost hack" a few predesignated enemy soldiers. This lets you control them for a short time, during which you can use them to attack their comrades. In order to take control of an enemy, you need to successfully complete a timed minigame that requires you to match up spinning discs. By about the halfway point of the game, though, the discs start moving so blindingly fast that it's simply easier to ignore the ghost hack altogether and just shoot the enemy and all his friends yourself.
The game's clean, simple art style is certainly reminiscent of the anime that inspired it. Unfortunately, it portrays none of the original's busy crowd scenes or kinetic camera work. The resulting static, empty spaces get boring pretty fast. Though there are some occasionally impressive cityscapes, most of the levels take place in warehouses, military complexes, or featureless expanses of corridor, all of which only adds to the blandness. The character animation, on the other hand, is excellent. Caught in your spray of bullets, enemies do a vibrating death dance that's especially satisfying.
The cast of the recent TV series handles the voice acting, and so it's completely professional, even when the dialogue itself is a soporific jumble of inane techno-babble. The soundtrack is largely forgettable. One piece that plays during several levels consists of a whooshing noise and six or seven atonal beeps repeated in an infinite loop. That one, unfortunately, is harder to forget.
Depending on how stuck you get in a few of Monoko's jumping puzzles, the game should only take about six hours to finish. You can unlock a couple of secret weapons by uncovering 10 fans on each level, but it's hard to imagine anyone being inspired enough to do this. There's also a split-screen deathmatch mode for up to four players, but this isn't deep or engaging enough to add any real value to the game.
Stand Alone Complex isn't a disaster by any means, but it's not exactly a rousing success either. It's a professionally executed but thoroughly conventional action game that's more tepid than it is thrilling.
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- Some decent environmental puzzles
- Drab level design
- Some frustrating environmental puzzles
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In the sequel, a person known as Motoko Aramaki appears. She identifies herself as containing "Motoko Kusanagi" elements, along with Project 2501, the Puppetmaster. She is also identified as "Motoko 11". It is possible she is one of the "children" Motoko talked of creating along with her opponents.
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- 4.1 Batou
- 4.2 Daisuke Aramaki
- 4.3 Togusa
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All background info about Kusanagi is unknown, but assuming from her nick-name, she may have been in military service before. She is an expert on unlawful activity, secret intelligence, and demolition. The "Major" was scouted from the special maneuver team of the Ministry of Home Affairs. She commands Batou and Togusa , which makes her the number two person in Section 9 . Kusanagi had her body changed to that of a cybernetic one; Motoko's body is almost completely cyberized and only a part of her brain is from her original body. She has an early 20's cyborg body, but actual age is estimated at being in her late 30's. Her sub-brain can access any kind of computer network on the Earth.
Section 9’s Tactical Commander and second in command, Major Kusanagi suffered from a medical condition which necessitated that her brain be transplanted to a cybernetic body at a very young age. Although her proficiency with the artificial body is highly advanced, she is still haunted by the childhood memories of her own inability to master the more subtle intricacies of its operation – emotions she hides beneath her stoic demeanor. The name Kusanagi has a mythological reference: in fact it is spelled with the same characters as the name of the sacred sword of the Emperors of Japan, the KUSANAGI (also called AME NO MUREKUMO).
Her Class A cyberbody is made to resemble a mass-production model. In reality, her electrical and mechanical system is made of ultra-sophisticated materials unobtainable on the civilian market. If she appeared to expensive, she might be suddenly waylaid on a dark street some night, hacked up, and hauled off to be sold. The body is feminine but some rumors passed that she, originally, was not. This is incorrect. Motoko is bisexual but has always, and will always be, a woman. With a height of 168 cm, she is slim and small, but her energy is boundless.
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In the Manga Motoko has a much more slapstick, vivacious, and sexy personality. She participates in a lesbian sex splash panel and has a boyfriend. The in-universe explanation for the lesbian sex panel seems to be that cyborgs of the same gender are especially compatible. This splash panel is apparently a "side business" for Motoko, as stated by Masamune in the back of the manga collection.
Apparently, "e-sex" (as depicted in the splash panel) is a lucrative but illegal act. This is because it ties together the users' nervous systems to allow shared simultaneous sensations; such intimate connections have the potential for serious complications, as illustrated by the accidental arrival of Batou.
Motoko's body is one of the most advanced models on the market, possessing 16²/cm² skin tactile elements, meaning she has a greatly heightened sense of touch. These nerves render her e-sex acts especially pleasurable; therefore, she makes a good profit from these activities.
Heterosexual e-sex is especially illegal because such acts entail immense pain, caused by the fact that nerves stimulated by one user are stimulated simultaneously and blindly in another user. Homosexual e-sex is safe because the participants have the same body parts being stimulated (in Motoko's three-way panel, the fondling of a breast). When Batou accidentally crashes Motoko's panel while trying to contact her, he experiences intense pain since he is receiving stimulation for organs and bodily parts which he does not possess.
Another fact about her sexuality is that she has a boyfriend during a latter story in the manga. He works for Section One, and they have been dating for seven months. Batou considers this "a new record."
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- Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface (manga)
- 1 Motoko Kusanagi
- 2 Laughing Man
- 3 Public Security Section 9 (organization)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2004 - ) is a Japanese anime television show based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and made popular world-wide by Mamoru Oshii's 1995 cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell .
- 1.1 SA: Public Security Section 9; SECTION-9
- 1.2 SA: Proof of Recklessness; TESTATION
- 1.3 SA: A Modest Rebellion; ANDROID AND I
- 1.4 C: The Visual Device Will Laugh; INTERCEPTER
- 1.5 C: The Inviting Bird Will Chant; DECOY
- 1.6 C: The Copycat Will Dance; MEME
- 1.7 SA: Idolatry; IDOLATOR
- 1.8 SA: The Fortunate Ones; MISSING HEARTS
- 1.9 C: The Man Who Lurks in the Darkness of the Net; CHAT! CHAT! CHAT!
- 1.10 SA: A Perfect Day for a Jungle Cruise; JUNGLE CRUISE
- 1.11 C: Inside the Forest of the Sub-Imagoes; PORTRAITZ
- 1.12 SA: Tachikoma Runaway/The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM
- 1.13 SA: Unequal Terrorist; NOT EQUAL
- 1.14 SA: Automated Capitalism; ¥€$
- 1.15 SA: Time of the Machines; MACHINES DÉSIRANTES
- 1.16 SA: Chinks in the Armor of the Heart – Ag2O
- 1.17 SA: The True Reason for the Unfinished Love Affair; ANGELS' SHARE
- 1.18 SA: Assassination Duet; LOST HERITAGE
- 1.19 SA: Embraced by a Disguised Net; CAPTIVATED
- 1.20 C: Vanished Medication; RE-VIEW
- 1.21 C: Left-Behind Trace; ERASER
- 1.22 C: Corporate Graft; SCANDAL
- 1.23 C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX
- 1.24 C: Sunset in the Lonely City; ANNIHILATION
- 1.25 C: Smoke of Gunpowder, Hail of Bullets; BARRAGE
- 1.26 C: Public Security Section 9, Once Again; STAND ALONE COMPLEX
- 2.1 DI: Reactivation; REEMBODY
- 2.2 DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE
- 2.3 DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE
- 2.4 DU: Natural Enemy; NATURAL ENEMY
- 2.5 IN: Those Who Have the Motive; INDUCTANCE
- 2.6 DI: Latent Heat Source; EXCAVATION
- 2.7 DU: Rhapsody - The Melody of a Bygone Nation; Pu239
- 2.8 DI: Vegetarian Feast; FAKE FOOD
- 2.9 DU: The Hope Named Despair; AMBIVALENCE
- 2.10 DI: One Angry Man; TRIAL
- 2.11 IN: Kusanagi's Labyrinth; affection
- 2.12 IN: To Those Without Even a Name...; SELECON
- 2.13 DI: Face; MAKE UP
- 2.14 DI: Beware the Left Eye; POKER FACE
- 2.15 DI: Afternoon of the Machines; PAT.
- 2.16 IN: The Fact of Being There; ANOTHER CHANCE
- 2.17 DI: Repaired Mother-Child Relationship; RED DATA
- 2.18 DI: Angel's Poem; TRANS PARENT
- 2.19 IN: Chain Reaction of Symmetry; CHAIN REACTION
- 2.20 IN: Confusion at the North End; FABRICATE FOG
- 2.21 IN: Escape in Defeat; EMBARRASSMENT
- 2.22 DU: Abandoned City; REVERSAL PROCESS
- 2.23 IN: The Day the Bridge Falls; MARTIAL LAW
- 2.24 IN: Aerial Bombing of Dejima; NUCLEAR POWER
- 2.25 IN: To the Other Side of Paradise; THIS SIDE OF JUSTICE
- 2.26 IN: Return to Patriotism; ENDLESS∞GIG
- 3 About Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- 5 External links
Season 1 [ edit ]
Sa: public security section 9; section-9 [ edit ], sa: proof of recklessness; testation [ edit ], sa: a modest rebellion; android and i [ edit ], c: the visual device will laugh; intercepter [ edit ].
Laughing Man's Speech:
You haven't changed a bit Superintendant-General Daidoh. Pleased to meet you. But, you already know who I am don't you?
You know Mr. Daidoh, I tried to avoid this. I didn't want to be involved in your world any longer. I was honestly fed up with you people and your rotting rubbish heap of a world.
So I haven't involved myself in this little farce of yours since the incident occured. Even though I know everything.
In a word, I was exhausted from my fruitless exertions, unfortunately.
But I've changed my mind because, well, this show you put on today is pitiful. a farce should be funny, but this one hasn't made me laugh even once.
So, with the utmost reluctance I must I must challenge you once again.
You and your comedy troupe are going to reconvene in 3 days, right? when you do tell the truth this time, won't you?
Because when the curtain goes up, and you put on another performance that rings as false as this one, I will be forced to remove you from the stage.
C: The Inviting Bird Will Chant; DECOY [ edit ]
C: the copycat will dance; meme [ edit ], sa: idolatry; idolator [ edit ], sa: the fortunate ones; missing hearts [ edit ], c: the man who lurks in the darkness of the net; chat chat chat [ edit ], sa: a perfect day for a jungle cruise; jungle cruise [ edit ], c: inside the forest of the sub-imagoes; portraitz [ edit ].
- Writing, in blue oil-based paint, on the inside of the door to the cable box: "I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. Or should I?"
- Writing, in blue oil-based paint, on lefty's catcher's mitt: "You know what I'd like to be? I mean if I had my goddamn choice, I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all."
SA: Tachikoma Runaway/The Movie Director's Dream; ESCAPE FROM [ edit ]
Sa: unequal terrorist; not equal [ edit ], sa: automated capitalism; ¥€$ [ edit ], sa: time of the machines; machines désirantes [ edit ], sa: chinks in the armor of the heart – ag2o [ edit ], sa: the true reason for the unfinished love affair; angels' share [ edit ], sa: assassination duet; lost heritage [ edit ], sa: embraced by a disguised net; captivated [ edit ], c: vanished medication; re-view [ edit ], c: left-behind trace; eraser [ edit ], c: corporate graft; scandal [ edit ].
Motoko: The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
C: The Other Side of Good and Evil; EQUINOX [ edit ]
C: sunset in the lonely city; annihilation [ edit ], c: smoke of gunpowder, hail of bullets; barrage [ edit ], c: public security section 9, once again; stand alone complex [ edit ], season 2 (2nd gig) [ edit ], di: reactivation; reembody [ edit ], di: well-fed me; night cruise [ edit ].
Gino: [Describing the Major in a hooker's body] Her beauty is an undeniable truth. A beauty that makes no attempt to hide the fact that she's a living creature. A purity that accepts pleasure for its own sake and possesses nothing except that which is necessary for survival. A single glance tells you this body is a full prosthetic. Perfect physical form indistinguishable from a being that's specialized for pleasure. This is true beauty. She's the only one that I can be certain is human. I see something in her, something I connect with. It's as if she's stubbornly trying to protect her humanity just like I am. Everything else pales before her spirit. Even if you obtain her body through the power of money you could never possess her will, her beauty, or her truth.
Motoko: [Describing Gino, after learning his assassination plan is just a fantasy] He's just one of the countless number of pitiful souls who harbor faint dreams of greatness and is frustrated by reality. He'll never carry out his plan. He's a member of the proletariat who is pathetically out of touch with reality.
DI: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; CASH EYE [ edit ]
Du: natural enemy; natural enemy [ edit ], in: those who have the motive; inductance [ edit ], di: latent heat source; excavation [ edit ], du: rhapsody - the melody of a bygone nation; pu239 [ edit ], di: vegetarian feast; fake food [ edit ], du: the hope named despair; ambivalence [ edit ], di: one angry man; trial [ edit ], in: kusanagi's labyrinth; affection [ edit ], in: to those without even a name...; selecon [ edit ], di: face; make up [ edit ], di: beware the left eye; poker face [ edit ], di: afternoon of the machines; pat. [ edit ], in: the fact of being there; another chance [ edit ], di: repaired mother-child relationship; red data [ edit ], di: angel's poem; trans parent [ edit ], in: chain reaction of symmetry; chain reaction [ edit ], in: confusion at the north end; fabricate fog [ edit ], in: escape in defeat; embarrassment [ edit ], du: abandoned city; reversal process [ edit ], in: the day the bridge falls; martial law [ edit ], in: aerial bombing of dejima; nuclear power [ edit ], in: to the other side of paradise; this side of justice [ edit ], in: return to patriotism; endless∞gig [ edit ].
[Flashes to Batou trying rescue Motoko]
About Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex [ edit ]
- Since the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex first season took forever to complete and took a lot of energy out of me, I was beginning to feel that people might be getting bored with the characters and the anime setting. This was before commencing the production of the 2nd Gig.
Then after I started working on the second season while still finishing up the first one, I felt I hadn't fully got everything in. I also felt that the characters were sort of guiding my way.
- Kenji Kamiyama [1]
Cast [ edit ]
- Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English dub) - Major Motoko Kusanagi
- Akio Ōtsuka (Japanese), Richard Epcar (English dub) - Batou
- Osamu Saka (Japanese), William Frederick Knight (English dub) - Chief Daisuke Aramaki
- Kouichi Yamadera (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English dub) - Togusa
- Yutaka Nakano (Japanese), Michael McCarty (English dub) - Ishikawa
- Tōru Ōkawa (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English dub) - Saito
- Sakiko Tamagawa (Japanese), English dub versions - Tachikoma
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From Kotobukiya. The Tachikoma, a favorite in Kotobukiya’s GHOST IN THE SHELL model kit series, joins the lineup! This kit comes in the same 1/35 scale as (sold separately) HAW206 PROTO TYPE. This comical yet realistic tank has been faithfully recreated down to every last detail. Along with the exterior of the Tachikoma, even the interior of the cockpit has been meticulously sculpted, and the rear cockpit hatch and upper hatch can also be opened without swapping parts. Motoko Kusanagi has also been recreated in the same scale as an unpainted figure in a seated position. With the familiar Batou, and Miki, the girl who meets a Tachikoma that escaped Section 9, this kit is a fully complete set. Miki can also be placed and displayed on top of the Tachikoma's head. Enjoy this jam-packed 1/35 scale Tachikoma model kit by adding it to your collection today.
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In the year 2030, Major Motoko Kusanagi must uncover the truth behind a mysterious case known only as T.A.R. In the year 2030, Major Motoko Kusanagi must uncover the truth behind a mysterious case known only as T.A.R. In the year 2030, Major Motoko Kusanagi must uncover the truth behind a mysterious case known only as T.A.R.
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SAC First Assault SAC_2045 Name English Motoko Kusanagi Kanji 草薙 素子 Romaji Kusanagi Motoko Alias The Major, Chroma Bio Born around 1996~2005 Species Cyborg (full-body)
Motoko Kusanagi Manga 1995 SAC Arise 2017 SAC_2045 Name English Motoko Kusanagi Kanji 草薙 素子 Romaji Kusanagi Motoko Alias The Major, Chroma, Ghost, Fire Starter, Mira Killian
Which might be why the Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex series caught on so well. It hit a tone between the manga and the movie where it was more serious than the former, and more ...
Major Motoko Kusanagi ( Japanese: 草薙・素子, Hepburn: Kusanagi Motoko), or just " Major ", is the main protagonist in Masamune Shirow 's Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G and based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell. ... Borma, Saito, Batou, Motoko, Togusa, Aramaki, and Ishikawa. The series takes place in the year 2030, where many people have become cyborgs with prosthetic bodies.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a TV anime series and adaptation of Masamune Shirow 's Ghost in the Shell manga. It tells the story of Public Security Section 9, a covert counter-terrorist task force working for the Japanese government in a Post-Cyberpunk future.
Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex's second season is a mixed bag of exciting political cyberpunk drama and muddled direction that didn't eclipse the first season but still contained some spectacular moments for the franchise.
Officer And A Lady: Motoko can be an Officer or a Lady. She can be very kind and blend in perfectly with high society, but doesn't hold back her badassitude in combat. O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The perpetually cool and collected Major has a Freak Out after diving into Patrick Huge's cyberbrain, finding it incomprehensibly alien and ghastly and immediately orders Saito to blow his brains out.
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Looking for information on the anime Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has ...
Summary. The beautiful but deadly cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 deal with cybernetic crimes. In the not so distant future, body transplanting into machines is possible greatly increasing physical and cybernetic prowess. Criminals also use this technology, creating dangerous new crimes. In response the Japanese Government has ...
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Apple TV Available on adult swim, iTunes, Hulu, Sling TV Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful but deadly cyborg that is the squad leader of Section 9 - the Japanese government's clandestine unit assigned to battle terrorism and cyber warfare.
67%. Critics Consensus: Stand Alone Complex is a stylishly animated addition to the Ghost in the Shell franchise that may rivet the already cybernetic-converted, but casual viewers will likely be ...
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Motoko Kusanagi. Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Andrea Kwan are the English dub voices of Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Atsuko Tanaka is the Japanese voice. TV Show: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Franchise: Ghost in the Shell.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG Edit Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative Titles Synonyms: Ghost In The Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG Japanese: 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG More titles Information Type: TV Episodes: 26 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Jan 1, 2004 to Jan 8, 2005 Premiered: Winter 2004 Broadcast: Unknown
Given the somewhat dismal track record of games based on licensed material, it's also surprising that Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex isn't half bad. Though, thanks to its brevity, a few ...
Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful but deadly cyborg that is the squad leader of Section 9. Surrounded by an expertly trained team, Motoko faces her ultimate challenge - the Laughing Man - a terrorist who orchestrated a kidnapping and extortion plot many years ago and has suddenly reappeared.
攻殻機動隊 GHOST IN THE SHELL: Stand Alone Complex & Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG Motoko Kusanagi 草薙 素子The intro song is an unofficial song sung by Yoko Kanno.Musi...
Major Motoko Kusanagi (草薙 素子, Kusanagi Motoko) is the main protagonist in Masamune Shirow's anime and manga series. Motoko is a commanding presence when on assignment, but also trades insults with her troops. She constantly calls Aramaki, and when the Puppetmaster reveals the "Motokos" that exist in the minds of those who know her, Aramaki's "Motoko" is sticking her tongue out. She ...
About Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex [edit] Since the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex first season took forever to complete and took a lot of energy out of me, I was beginning to feel that people might be getting bored with the characters and the anime setting. This was before commencing the production of the 2nd Gig.
$3999 FREE Returns Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms About this item A Kotobukiya Japanese import Interior of the cockpit has been meticulously sculpted Rear cockpit hatch and upper hatch can also be opened without swapping parts Motoko Kusanagi has also been recreated in the same scale as an unpainted figure in a seated position
「攻殻機動隊」Ghost in the Shell A futuristic, police/noir thriller, set around the mid-21st Century, dealing with the reality of corporate power structures, and cyber terrorism, against a backdrop of technological advancement, and transhumanist cyberisation, in a Neo-Japanese state.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex . TV-MA. Science Fiction. Action. Crime. ... Ghost in the Shell is a masterpiece of the sci-fi genre and inspired many series after. Likewise, series protagonist Motoko Kusanagi is easily one of anime's most iconic female heroes, acting as the blueprint for cyborg characters for years to come. ...
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Dirigido por Jun'ichi Fujisaku. Con Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Sherry Lynn, Rebecca Forstadt. In the year 2030, Major Motoko Kusanagi must uncover the truth behind a mysterious case known only as T.A.R.
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