Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 Season 2

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 / 攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 シーズン２ / Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2045 2nd Season / Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 2nd Season

Genres: Action, Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Seinen
Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military
Demographics: Seinen
Studios: Production I.G, Sola Digital Arts
Producers: Bandai Namco Arts, Dentsu, flying DOG, Kassen, Kodansha
Rating: 6.84 / 10
Rank: #5259
Popularity: #6326
Users Listed: 12,505
Users Scored: 4,710
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 03/27/2023
Aired: May 23, 2022 (Spring)
Type: ona
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 12

Synopsis:

In 2045, the world grapples with the aftermath of a global economic collapse and the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence. This precarious landscape gives rise to the Sustainable War, a perpetual conflict shaping daily life without fully registering as an existential threat. Public Security Section 9, a specialized unit led by cyborg Kusanagi Motoko, is deployed to the devastated ruins of Tokyo to investigate escalating cybercrime linked to a newly emerged group known as "Posthumans." Their arrival coincides with the presence of a refugee collective called "N" and a confrontational American Special Forces contingent. As tensions rise toward potential nuclear conflict stemming from a commandeered submarine, Section 9 finds itself navigating a complex three-way struggle for control amidst a rapidly shifting global power dynamic. The series explores themes of technological dependence, humanity's evolving relationship with artificial intelligence, and the blurred lines between human and machine in a fractured world.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Domino Effect: Silly Kukushkin (Aired: 05/23/2022)
Episode 2: Close Call: I've Awoken (Aired: 05/23/2022)
Episode 3: FACTOR / 1A84 (Aired: 05/23/2022)
Episode 4: MEMORIES / Born in Heaven (Aired: 05/23/2022)
Episode 5: ROOM 101 / Man's Search for Meaning (Aired: 05/23/2022)
... and 7 more episodes

Characters:

Aramaki, Daisuke (Main) - Voice Actors: Knight, William Frederick, Cerdal, Frédéric, Paiola, Antonio, Naka, Hiroshi, Lelle, Tobias, Orozco, José Luis
Batou (Main) - Voice Actors: Epcar, Richard, Catoire, Philippe, Júnior, Francisco, Zucca, Mario, Ootsuka, Akio
Kusanagi, Motoko (Main) - Voice Actors: McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth, Bizot, Hélène, Fernandes, Samira, Patruno, Stefania, Tanaka, Atsuko, Ortiz, Jessica, Pomar, Maribel
Togusa (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamadera, Kouichi, Mercado Jr., Arturo, Freeman, Crispin
Akafuku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okumura, Shou, Erholtz, Doug, Grijalva, Julio
Borma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Tarou, Wein, Dean, Rangel, Óscar, Carnicero, Ferran
Esaki, Purin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Leigh, Cherami, Sacquet, Laurence, Nicosia, Roisin, Giudice, Michelle, Han, Megumi, Gastélum, Fernanda
Ishikawa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lodge, David, Rivolier, Mathieu, Lotti, Massimiliano, Vasconcelos, Ricardo, Nakano, Yutaka, Cervantes, Enrique
Kanami (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Sara, Tiscareño, Regina, Mills, Kayli
Kukushkin, Philip (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shingaki, Tarusuke, Leon, Euguen
Kusunoki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji, Bentley, John Eric
Mizukane, Suzuka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Contreras, Claudia, Shouji, Umeka, Bennett, Dawn M.
Murase, Akina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Horikoshi, Mami, Fine, Dorah
Noda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakaya, Kazuhiro, Chun, Greg
Pazu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Buchholz, Bob, Gradi, Emmanuel, Araújo, Rodrigo, Onozuka, Takashi, Cárdenas, Hiram
Saito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ookawa, Tooru, Pérez Castillo, Mauricio, Wittenberg, Dave
Shimamura, Takashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashibara, Megumi, Becerril, Diego, Tirado, Jeannie, Mittelman, Max, Raczko, Tom
Shinjo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sawashiro, Chiharu, Dao, Khoi
Smith, John (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Smith, Roger Craig, Tessier, Pierre, Soze, Kaiji, Dutkiewicz, Idzi
Standard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Kenjirou, Grinnan, Felipe, Ruiz, Víctor, Silverstein, Keith, Mediavilla, José Luis
Tachikoma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tamagawa, Sakiko, Reidies, Daniela, Valadez, Azucena, Fahn, Melissa
Teito, Kurisu Otomo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiyama, Shigeo, Macías, José Antonio, Taylor, Armen, Röth, Frank, Zamora, Sergio
Volkov, Nikolai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Zouza, Shoumaru, Toliarenko, Denys

Staff:

Aramaki, Shinji (Director)
Kamiyama, Kenji (Director, Series Composition, Screenplay)
Takagi, Hajime (Sound Director)
Masui, Souichi (Storyboard)
Miyaji, Masayuki (Storyboard)
Okamura, Tensai (Storyboard)
millennium parade (Theme Song Performance)
Alcântara, Pedro (ADR Director)
Doki, Harumi (Screenplay)
Gunji, Mikio (Executive Producer)
Higaki, Ryou (Screenplay)
Jinnouchi, Kazuma (Music)
Kawaguchi, Tooru (Associate Producer)
Kuvshinov, Ilya (Character Design)
Lufkin, Caroline (Inserted Song Performance)
Oohigashi, Daisuke (Screenplay)
Sadamatsu, Gou (Editing)
Satou, Dai (Screenplay)
Shirow, Masamune (Original Creator)
Sunayama, Kurasumi (Screenplay)
Toda, Nobuko (Music)
Ueda, Youko (Associate Producer)
Yamada, Masaki (Character Design)

News:

'Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2' Receives Compilation Movie in Fall 2023 (08/24/2023)
PV Collection for Mar 21 - 27 (03/27/2022)
PV Collection for Feb 28 - Mar 6 (03/06/2022)

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Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 (anime - Prequel)
Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Jizoku Kanou Sensou (anime - Prequel)
Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen (anime - Summary)