Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG / 攻殻機動隊 S.A.C. 2nd GIG / Ghost In The Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG

Genres: Action, Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Seinen
Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military
Demographics: Seinen
Studios: Production I.G
Producers: Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Fonishia, Kodansha, Nippon Television Network, Tokuma Shoten, Victor Entertainment
Licensors: Bandai Entertainment, Manga Entertainment
Rating: 8.51 / 10
Rank: #144
Popularity: #1133
Users Listed: 237,138
Users Scored: 107,608
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 04/22/2023
Aired: January 1, 2004 – January 8, 2005 (Winter)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 26

Synopsis:

In a near-future Japan grappling with both technological anxieties and international displacement, Section 9 is reactivated to address a new wave of cyber-terrorism. Led by the skilled operatives of Section 9 – including Motoko Kusanagi – the team investigates the escalating actions of a group known as "The Individual Eleven." Their missions intertwine with a burgeoning refugee crisis, as displaced individuals seek sanctuary within Japan’s borders. The investigation takes a complicated turn through repeated encounters with Gouda Kazundo, a high-ranking official whose presence raises questions about potential connections between the terrorist acts and the government's handling of the refugee situation. The series explores themes of national security, societal anxieties in a technologically advanced world, and the blurred lines between duty and political maneuvering.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Reembody (Aired: 01/01/2004)
Episode 2: Night Cruise (Aired: 01/01/2004)
Episode 3: Cash Eye (Aired: 02/07/2004)
Episode 4: Natural Enemy (Aired: 02/07/2004)
Episode 5: Inductance (Aired: 03/06/2004)
... and 21 more episodes

Characters:

Aramaki, Daisuke (Main) - Voice Actors: Saka, Osamu, Knight, William Frederick, Paiola, Antonio, Thomas, Rik, Cerdal, Frédéric, Varela, Jordi
Batou (Main) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio, Epcar, Richard, Zucca, Mario, Schmitz, Tilo, Wait, Russell, Beretta, Daniel, Solo, Raúl
Kusanagi, Motoko (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Atsuko, McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth, Bizot, Hélène, Patruno, Stefania, Marquitan, Christin, Zsigmond, Tamara, Kwan, Andrea, Willer, Gaby
Togusa (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamadera, Kouichi, Freeman, Crispin, Ridolfo, Claudio, Grap, Klaus-Peter, Pichon, Yann, Pleavin, Darren, Lezama, Ernesto
Adjutant (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cappelletti, Joe, Yasumura, Makoto
Akafuku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sekiguchi, Eiji, Chung, Ewan
Akane, Narita (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Straus, Jessica, Itou, Shizuka
Akio, Asuda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hashi, Takaya, Prescott, Simon, Vollbrecht, Bernd
Analyst (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rye, Douglas, Chou, Katsumi
Angelica (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hori, Katsunosuke, Strauss, Kim
Aonuma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McPherson, Randy, Tenjin, Sosuke
Aramaki, Yousuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Knight, William Frederick
Asagi, Ruriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayashibara, Megumi, Rooney, Tracey, Chevalot, Marie
Azuma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Davies, Erik, Ogata, Masahiro
Borma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Tarou, Wein, Dean, Béthune, Patrick, Hosang, Andreas, Oppido, Dario
Boy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Baily, Kirk
Captain (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Blum, Steven, Suzuki, Katsumi
Chai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takayama, Minami, Marshall, Mona, Homs, Nathalie
Chief of Security Section (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Stone, Doug, Shimura, Tomoyuki
Combat Photographer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murray, James
Commandant of Japan Coast Guard (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Stellrecht, Skip, Hirota, Kousei
Detective (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Smith, Christopher Corey, Takewaka, Takuma
Dobashi, Fumiya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Smith, Christopher Corey, Yasumura, Makoto
Ginger (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Guilbeau, Darrel, Sugiyama, Ooki
Hisashi , Mikari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: George, Grant
Humimari , Yaku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, John Rafter
Inspector (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Spellos, Peter, Komura, Tetsuo
Ishikawa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rivolier, Mathieu, Räuker, Erich, Nakano, Yutaka, Barabás Kiss, Zoltán, McCarty, Michael, Lotti, Massimiliano
JGSDA Commander (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mallow, Dave, Davies, Stephen, Egawa, Daisuke
Jiro, Kuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Doyle, Peter
Katakura (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Tomomichi, Axelrod, Robert
Katsuhiko, Izumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawada, Shinji, Woren, Dan
Kawashima, Shou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Baily, Kirk
Kawashima, Kaori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Soumi, Youko
Kayabuki, Youko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakakibara, Yoshiko, Goodson, Barbara, Urbschat-mingues, Claudia, Jean, Bérangère
Kazundo, Gouda (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Snyder, John, Nishida, Ken, Peter, Eric, Gil, Vicente
Kosuke , Zama (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sanders, Fred
Krasnov, Koil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Romersa, Joe, Cho
Kubota (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Forest, Michael, Suzuki, Taimei, Quilichini, Jean-Pascal
Kujiro , Mogi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cruz, Gregory
Kuze, Hideo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyama, Rikiya, Thornton, Kirk, Iwannek, Michael, Béthune, Patrick
Laoban (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oppenheimer, Alan, Naya, Gorou
Masoki , Kitora (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Romersa, Joe
Midoriyama (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mochizuki, Kenichi, Kirkwood, Matt
Mihashi, Takashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miller, Jason, Nomura, Kenji
Minimi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaplan, Neil, Shimura, Tomoyuki
Minister of Defence (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rye, Douglas, Muramatsu, Yasuo
Minister of Home Affairs (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Akimoto, Yousuke, Wyner, Tom
Momose (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kirkwood, Matt
Mori, Kazuomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Edge, Loy, Suzuki, Katsumi
Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Vincent, David, Matsuo, Matsuo
Nasami, Kurta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Amanda Winn, Sumitomo, Yuuko, Marlot, Frédérique
Odunu , Kagari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Guilbeau, Darrel, Miyake, Kenta
Operator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Oono, Eri, Rogers, Debra Jean
Otoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sorich, Michael
... and 34 more characters

Staff:

Kunisaki, Hisanori (Producer)
Maseba, Yutaka (Producer)
Matsuya, Yuuichirou (Producer, Script)
Kamiyama, Kenji (Director, Script, Storyboard, Series Composition)
Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro (Sound Director)
Fuseki, Kazunobu (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Honda, Akiko (Episode Director)
Kawasaki, Itsurou (Episode Director, Storyboard, 2nd Key Animation)
Kouno, Toshiyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Matsumoto, Jun (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Nishio, Tetsuya (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Character Design, Animation Director)
Tachibana, Masaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Takeshita, Kenichi (Episode Director)
Yoshihara, Masayuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Duclos, Didier (Script)
Oomatsu, Yutaka (Script, Production Manager)
Sakurai, Yoshiki (Script)
Satou, Dai (Script)
Suga, Shoutarou (Script)
Andou, Masahiro (Storyboard)
Nishimura, Junji (Storyboard)
Okamura, Tensai (Storyboard)
Shirow, Masamune (Storyboard, Original Creator)
Conte, Steve (Theme Song Performance)
Jensen, Tim (Theme Song Lyrics)
Origa (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
Andou, Masashi (Key Animation)
Aoyama, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
Arai, Ken (Background Art)
Arakawa, Naoki (Key Animation)
Asano, Kyouji (Key Animation, Animation Director)
Chiba, Takahiro (Key Animation)
Chiba, Takaaki (Key Animation)
Douge, Shintarou (In-Between Animation)
Fujisaku, Junichi (Screenplay)
Genma, Nobuhiko (Key Animation)
Gotou, Takayuki (Character Design, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Graziano, Ilaria (Inserted Song Performance)
Hamasu, Hideki (Key Animation)
Hamauzu, Taeko (2nd Key Animation)
Hanamura, Yaso (Key Animation, In-Between Animation)
Haraguchi, Noboru (Recording Engineer)
Hatsumi, Kouichi (Key Animation)
Higashiji, Kazuki (Background Art, Art Director)
Higuchi, Kaori (Key Animation)
Hirasawa, Akihiro (Background Art)
Hirasawa, Nao (Publicity)
Hirata, Shuuichi (Background Art)
Hisagi, Akitsugu (Key Animation)
Horiuchi, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
... and 112 more staff

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Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (anime - Summary)