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Ghost in the Shell (movie)

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©1995 Masamune Shirow/Kodansha Ltd./Bandai Visual Co., Ltd./Manga Entertainment.


[ adapted from Ghost in the Shell (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Cidade Assombrada (Portuguese)
Duch w pancerzu (Polish)
Ghost in the Shell: Espectro Virtual (Spanish)
Ghost in the Shell: Páncélba zárt szellem Hungarian
Kōkaku Kidotai (Japanese)
Lo spirito nel guscio (Italian)
O Fantasma do Futuro (Portuguese)
Призрак в доспехах (Russian)
攻殻機動隊 (Japanese)
攻殼機動隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: Cyberpunk, Cyborg, Police
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster. The pursuit will call into question what makes a human and what is the Puppetmaster in a world where the distinction between human and machine is increasingly blurry.
Video:
User Ratings: 4012 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 878 votes (sub:491, dub:322, Ger.dub:14, ?:9, raw:8, Spa.sub:6, Spa.dub:4, Rus.dub:4, Fre.sub:4, Por.sub:3, Ita.dub:3, edit.dub:3, Rus.sub:2, Fre.dub:2, Ita.edit.dub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Excellent: 1059 votes (sub:572, dub:420, ?:15, raw:8, Ger.dub:8, Spa.sub:7, edit.dub:4, Spa.dub:4, Por.sub:4, Ita.dub:4, Fre.sub:4, Pol.sub:3, Ger.sub:2, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Dut.sub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Very good: 886 votes (sub:463, dub:376, ?:9, Spa.sub:6, raw:4, Spa.dub:4, edit.dub:4, Ger.dub:3, Fre.sub:3, Ita.dub:3, Pol.sub:2, Dut.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Rus.dub:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1)
 Good: 648 votes (sub:354, dub:263, ?:9, edit.dub:5, Ita.dub:3, raw:3, Dan.sub:2, Por.sub:2, Dut.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1, Fre.dub:1)
 Decent: 272 votes (sub:146, dub:109, ?:8, Spa.sub:3, edit.dub:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1, Por.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 So-so: 133 votes (dub:66, sub:61, ?:2, Por.dub:1, Rus.dub:1, Fre.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Not really good: 40 votes (sub:24, dub:15, ?:1)
 Weak: 63 votes (sub:33, dub:24, ?:4, Ger.dub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:3, Spa.dub:1)
 Awful: 13 votes (sub:10, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 7133 users, rank: #26
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.1285 (Very good+.12), std. dev.: 1.688, rank: #336
Weighted mean: 8.0234 (Very good+.02), rank: #298
Bayesian estimate: 8.02217 (Very good+.02), rank: #213
Running time: 83 minutes
Production cost: ¥600,000,000
Vintage:
1995-11-18
1996 (Canada, Viewer's Choice Pay-Per-View)
2005-01-07 (Germany, ARTE)
2006-05-05 (IFC Canada)
2008-04-12 (Portugal - Animax)
2008-04-12 (Spain - Animax)
2009-08-08 (XEIMT Canal 22 - México)
Premiere date:
1995-11-18 (Japan)
Releases: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Making of Cyborg" by Kenji Kawai
Ending Theme:
"Reincarnation" by Kenji Kawai
Links: We have 5
Trivia: We have 4
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Related reviews:
    Ghost in the Shell Special Edition DVD
    Ghost in the Shell DVD

Related releases:
    Ghost in the Shell (DVD) 1996-06-18 (from $7.38)
    Ghost in the Shell - Special Edition (DVD) 2005-01-11 (from $15.99)
    Ghost in the Shell - Essence of Anime (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $10.79)
    Ghost in the Shell (UMD) 2005-08-23 (from $15.98)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Screenplay: Kazunori Ito

Original Manga: Masamune Shirow

Character Design: Hiroyuki Okiura

Art director: Hiromasa Ogura

Animation director: Toshihiko Nishikubo

Mechanical design:
Atsushi Takeuchi
Shoji Kawamori

Sound director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Cgi director: Seichi Tanaka

Executive producer:
Takashi Mogi
Teruo Miyahara

Producer:
Ken Iyadomi
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Shigeru Watanabe

Advertising: Toru Nozaki

Animation Check:
Chieko Ichimanda
Junko Nishimura
Takahiko Hoshiai

Assistant Animation Director: Tamaki Nakatsu

Assistant Editor:
Shigeyuki Yamamori
Takeshi Imai
Yayoi Ohtake

Associate producer:
Hiroshi Yamazaki
Makoto Ibuki
Yasushi Sukeof

Background Art:
Hiromasa Ogura
Hisashi Ikeda
Masatoshi Kai
Shuichi Hirata
Youji Takeshige

Background Design: Takashi Watabe

Camera:
Hiroshi Noguchi (Studio Cosmos)
Hisao Shirai (Studio Cosmos)
Junji Yaitabashi (Studio Cosmos)
Katsunori Maehara (Studio Cosmos)
Kohichi Furusawa (Studio Cosmos)
Motoaki Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)
Naohisa Haijima (Studio Cosmos)
Natsuki Orihara (Studio Cosmos)
Noriko Suzuki (Studio Cosmos)
Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos)
Shouji Yazawa (Studio Cosmos)
Takashi Shimada (Studio Cosmos)
Tetsuo Oto (Studio Cosmos)
Toshikazu Hisano (Studio Cosmos)
Yoichi Kuroda (Studio Cosmos)
Yuichi Ono (Studio Cosmos)

Cel Checker:
Nobuko Mizuta
Yayoi Yamashita

Cinematography: Hisao Shirai

Color Section:
Shuichi Satou
Yumiko Katayama

Color setting: Kumiko Yusa

Color Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi

Film Editing:
Shigeyuki Yamamori
Shuichi Kakesu
Takeshi Imai
Yayoi Ohtake

In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Adachi (Group Donguri)
Akiko Mori (Studio Junio)
Chinami Igei (Doumu)
Daisuke Nakayama (Oh Production)
Eizou Kawata (Studio Takuranke)
Hatsue Kato (Ashi Production)
Hideki Tachibana (Studio Takuranke)
Hiroyo Izumi (Production I-G)
Hiroyuki Oka (I-G Niigata)
Ikuko Akiyoshi (Doumu)
Itsuko Takeda (Production I-G)
Jun Yoshida (Studio Wombat)
Kanami Sekiguchi (Production I-G)
Kanetoshi Kamimoto (Studio Junio)
Kaori Kunii (Ashi Production)
Katsumi Ikeda (Production I-G)
Kayoko Nabeta (Production I-G)
Kazuhiro Sato (I-G Niigata)
Kazuhito Satsusa (Group Donguri)
Keiichirow Hara (Studio Junio)
Keiko Hagimori
Keiko Watanabe
Kyoko Taketani (Production I-G)
Mami Miura (Studio Junio)
Mamoru Hoshino (Studio Junio)
Masahiko Arai (Oh Production)
Masahiro Emoto (Group Donguri)
Masahiro Furihata (Studio Junio)
Masahiro Sato
Masaki Akita (Studio Junio)
Masaki Kamiguchi (Studio Wombat)
Masayuki Shibuya (Group Donguri)
Masumi Ezaki (Production I-G)
Meiko Nagashima (Production I-G)
Michiyo Hadano (Ashi Production)
Miho Asatani (Production I-G)
Mika Nakabayashi (Production I-G)
Mina Kojima (Phoenix Entertainment)
Minoru Ueda (Studio Junio)
Mio Nakano (Studio Junio)
Mitsuko Katou (Studio Junio)
Mitsumi Shitani (Production I-G)
Namiko Mori (Production I-G)
Norio Hashimoto (Studio Wombat)
Reiko Mano (Group Donguri)
Rie Kondo (Studio Takuranke)
Rieko Nakai (Production I-G)
Ryota Niino (I-G Niigata)
Sachiko Kozuka (Studio Junio)
Sachiyo Hiraide
Sanae Ochi (Doumu)
Satoi Fujiwara
Satoko Miyachi (Ashi Production)
Satomi Kitahara (Ashi Production)
Sawako Yajima (Production I-G)
Sayuri Sugitou (Ashi Production)
Shinobu Tsuneki (Studio Takuranke)
Shinya Yoshidome
Takaaki Ogawa (Group Donguri)
Takeji Urata (Doumu)
Takemoto Ishikawa (I-G Niigata)
Toshikazu Honzumi (Studio Wombat)
Tsuyoshi Kawada (Ashi Production)
Yoshimasa Yamazaki (Production I-G)
Yoshitaka Sato (Studio Junio)
Yoshiyuki Kodaira (Studio Takuranke)
Yuki Takahashi (Ashi Production)
Yukie Sako (Phoenix Entertainment)
Yukie Suzuki (Ashi Production)
Yuko Kami (Production I-G)
Yuko Koyama (Production I-G)
Yuuji Hosoe (Studio Junio)
Yuuki Yamagata (Studio Junio)

Ink & Paint:
Akemi Akiyama (Shima Studio)
Akiko Ohba (Production I-G)
Ayumi Andou (MI)
Chieko Honma (Shima Studio)
Chizue Saitou (MI)
Emi Hayakawa (Shima Studio)
Emi Ishibashi (Shima Studio)
Emi Miseki (Shima Studio)
Eri Suzuki (A-I-C)
Fuyuto Muraguchi (Shima Studio)
Haruko Honda (Shima Studio)
Haruko Tadenuma (A-I-C)
Harumi Aoki (Studio Targi)
Hiromi Uchibayashi (Production I-G)
Hotishi Shimura (Shima Studio)
Jumi Murakami (Studio Moy)
Junko Sada (Shima Studio)
Kaori Yajima (Studio Killy)
Katsue Inoue (Production I-G)
Kazuhiro Hirabayashi (Studio Killy)
Kikumi Mitsuyama (Studio Targi)
Kimiko Suzuki (Shima Studio)
Kinuko Tawara (A-I-C)
Kiyoko Yamashita (Shima Studio)
Kozue Satou (Production I-G)
Kumiko Akahori (Studio Targi)
Maiko Yamazaki (Production I-G)
Makiko Kojima (Production I-G)
Makiko Kusakabe (Shima Studio)
Masako Sasaki (Shima Studio)
Megumi Kobayashi (Shima Studio)
Michiko Yamada (Studio Moy)
Mie Tsuji (Shima Studio)
Miki Yamaguchi (Production I-G)
Mio Honda (MI)
Misako Nikura (Shima Studio)
Mitsuyo Honma (Shima Studio)
Miwa Kimura (Studio Moy)
Miyako Osada (Shima Studio)
Miyuki Kan (Shima Studio)
Miyuki Kusumoto (Shima Studio)
Mizuho Senda (Studio Targi)
Nobuko Katou (Shima Studio)
Norio Wada (Production I-G)
Reiko Kato (Production I-G)
Rie Iijima (Shima Studio)
Rie Suganuma (Studio Targi)
Satomi Sawai (Studio Targi)
Shuji Tsuchiya (Studio Targi)
Terumi Ohsaki (Studio Targi)
Tomoe Takaya (Shima Studio)
Tomohiro Shida (Studio Targi)
Tomomi Tamura (Shima Studio)
Yasuko Miyamura (Shima Studio)
Yasuko Suenaga (MI)
Yayoi Ishikawa (Production I-G)
Yoriko Kudou (Studio Killy)
Yoshie Teramoto (MI)
Yoshiko Oshino (Studio Targi)
Youko Watanabe (Production I-G)
Yukie Ohkubo (Studio Targi)
Yukiko Fujisawa (Shima Studio)
Yukiko Nonaka (Production I-G)
Yukiko Ohtsuka (MI)
Yuko Hara (MI)
Yumi Andou (Studio Targi)

International Coordination: Tomio Yoshioka

Key Animation:
Akiharu Ishii
Atsushi Takeuchi
Hideki Hamasu
Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Hiroyuki Okiura
Hisashi Eguchi
Kazuchika Kise
Kazunobu Hoshi
Kogi Ohkawa
Kouichi Arai
Kouji Komurakata
Kumiko Kawana
Mamoru Sasaki
Manabu Tanzawa
Masahiro Ando
Masatsugu Arakawa
Masayuki Yoshihara
Mitsuo Iso
Miyako Yatsu
Takashi Hashimoto
Tensai Okamura
Tetsuhito Saito
Toshiyuki Inoue
Toyoaki Emura
Yasuhiro Oshima
Yasushi Muraki
Yoshiyuki Ito
Yuichi Tanaka

Key Animation Supervisor:
Hiroyuki Okiura
Kazuchika Kise

Layout:
Atsushi Takeuchi
Hiroyuki Okiura
Kazuchika Kise
Takashi Watabe
Yasumitsu Suetake

Opticals:
Masao Shibata
Tetsuo Kaneko

Original Music: Kenji Kawai

Post-production Sound Supervisor: Les E. Claypool

Production Coordination: Haruo Mizuno

Production Design: Takashi Watabe

Production manager: Ryuji Mitsumoto

Production Scheduler:
Mamoru Akimoto
Megumi Maeda

Singer: Saeko Higuchi

Sound Associate:
Akira Yoda
Masatoshi Yokomizo

Sound Effects:
Kazutoshi Sato
Les E. Claypool

Sound Effects Assistant: Hironori Ono

Sound Mix Assistant: Arman Boyles

Sound Re-recording Mixer:
Kurt Kassulke
Paul Ratajczak

Sound Recording Engineer: Shuji Inoue

Special Effects: Mutsu Murakami

Title Design:
Ayako Koike
Teruhisa Tajima

Video Effects:
Naoki Kanazawa
Shigeyuki Tsuchida

Weapon Design: Mitsuo Iso

Weapons Advisor:
Hirokazu Karasawa
Kikuo Notomi

 

Akio Ohtsuka as Bateau

Atsuko Tanaka as Major Motoko Kusanagi

Iemasa Kayumi as The Puppet Master

Kouichi Yamadera as Togusa

Tamio Ohki as Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki

Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa

Atsuko Hayashida as Operator

Ginzo Matsuo as Old man

Hiroshi Yanaka as Coroner

Kazuhiro Yamaji as Garbage Collector

Maaya Sakamoto as Motoko Kusanagi (young)

Masakazu Namaki as Dr. Willis

Masamichi Sato as Driver

Masato Yamanouchi as Foreign Minister

Mitsuru Miyamoto as Mizuho Daita

Sanryo Odaka as Technician

Shigeru Chiba as Garbage Collector

Shinji Ogawa as Diplomat

Takashi Matsuyama as Criminal

Tesshô Genda as Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura

Toshiki Kameyama as Sniper

Yuji Ueda as Assault-unit operator

Japanese companies 

Advertising: Edit 90

Broadcaster: Bandai Channel

Camera Operators: Studio Cosmos

Computer Animation:
Omnibus Japan
Prisms

Film Scanning: Toei Company, Ltd.

In-Between Animation:
Ashi Productions
Doumu
Dr. Movie
Group Donguri
I-G Niigata
Oh production
Phoenix Entertainment
Studio Junio
Studio Takuranke
Studio Wombat

Mixing Engineers: Otaya

Music Production:
Aube Studio
Daybreak Ltd.

Music Recording Studio:
Sound Valet
Studio Marine
Woodstock Karuisawa Recording Studio

Music Release: BMG Victor

Music Release Coordination: White Lilly Company

Paint:
AIC
Beijing Xie Le Art Co., Ltd.
MI
Shima Studio
Studio Killy
Studio Moy
Studio Targi
Tezuka Production Company Ltd.

Post Production: Jay Film

Production:
Bandai Visual
Production I.G

Sound Production Stuio: Omnibus Promotion

Sound Recording Studio:
MIT Studio
Tokyo TV Center

Titles:
Damson Studios
Maki Productions
These Days

English cast 
English staff 

Director: Quint Lancaster

Translation:
Paul C. Halbert
Taro Yoshida

ADR Script:
Mary Claypool
Mary Mason
Quint Lancaster

Producer:
Andy Frain (Manga Entertainment)
Laurence Guinness

Translation Coordinator:
Nobuhiro Hayashi
Taro Yoshida
Yutaka Maseba

Mimi Woods as Major Motoko Kusunagi

Richard George as Bateau

Abe Lasser as Project 2501/The Puppet Master

Christopher Joyce as Togusa

Michael Sorich as Ishikawa (as Mike Sorich)

William Frederick as Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki

Ben Isaacson as Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura

David Conrad as Bad Guy

Doug Stone as Garbage Collector B

George Celik as Old Man

Grant George as Incidentals

Hank Smith as Minister

Lex Lang as Dread

Phil Williams as Dr. Willis

Stephen Davis as Diplomat

Steve Bulen as Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist/Coroner

Tom Carlton as Garbage Collector A

Amy Wong

Ben Parks

Donald Salin

Dorothy Gabriel

Gilbert Navarro

Gina Connell

Gloria Oldman

Joan Mason

Joe Michaels

Leo Gray

Lia Sargent

Meg Hamilton

Michael Porter

Murray Williams

Roger Canfield

S J Charvin

Sam Sheffer

Scott Prensor

Stephen Platt

Toni Burke

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Encore Action
Sci Fi Channel (Ani-Monday)

Digital Download: Direct2Drive

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK)
Polygram Video

Licensed by: Manga Entertainment

Manufacturer: Polygram Video

Production: Manga Entertainment

Recording Studio: Animaze

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Daniel Beretta as Batô

Tania Torrens as Kusanagi

Bruno Devoldere as Ishikawa

Gilles Tamiz as Puppet Master

Pascal Renwick as
Ishikawa
Togusa

Déborah Perret as Voix de l'ordinateur central

Jean-Jacques Nervest as Eboueur (C58)

Jean-Pierre Denys as Nakamura

Marc Alfos as
Eboueur marié
Narrateur

Pierre Hatet as Nakamura

René Bériard as Aramaki

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Canal +
M6

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 

ADR Director: Gaby Willert

 

Carlos Becerril as Bateau

Concha García Valero as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi (Spain dub)

Gaby Willert as Motoko Kusanagi

Salvador Vives as Batô (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Titiritero (Puppetmaster) (Spain dub)

Juan Antonio Bernal as Togusa (Spain dub)

Juan Carlos Gustems as Ishikawa (Spain dub)

Manuel Lázaro as Leader of Section 9 Aramaki (Spain dub)

Marcos Patiño as Daisuke Aramaki

Ricardo Mendoza as Ishikawa

Alberto Trifol as Narrator (Spain dub)

Alfonso Ramirez as Nakamura

Irma Carmona as Computer #1

José Antequera as Leader of Section 6 Nakamura (Spain dub)

Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Garbageman

Liza Willert as Computer #3

Miguel Rey as Daita Mizuho (Spain dub)

Montse Moreno as Computer Voice (Spain dub)

Núria Trifol as Motoko Kusanagi (Young) (Spain dub)

Rafael Calvo as Garbageman (Spain dub)

Rene Garcia as Technician

Ruth Toscano as Computer #2

Xavier Fernández as Pirate Garbageman (Spain dub)

Federico Menescal (Spain dub)

Miguel Rey (Spain dub)

Rafael Calvo (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax España
Canal+ (Spain)
HBO Olé (Latin America/PPV only)
Locomotion (Latin America)
XEIMT Canal 22 (Mexico)

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

Home Video: Quality Films (Chile)

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Italian staff 

Script: Fiamma Molinari

Translation: Fiamma Molinari

Director Of Dubbing: Raffaele Farina

Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli (DVD)

Sound Engineer: Riccardo Pirolli

Italian cast 

Mario Zucca as Bateau

Stefania Patruno as Kusanagi

Antonio Paiola as Aramaki

Claudio Ridolfo as Togusa

Enrico Bertorelli as Nakamura

Mario Scarabelli as Il Signore dei Pupazzi

Antonio Guidi as Capo

Italian companies 

Distributor: Panini Video Italia (DVD)

Dubbing: DEA Digital Editing Audio

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Christin Marquitan as "Major" Motoko Kusanagi (new dub)

Tilo Schmitz as Bateau (new dub)

Volker Wolf as Bateau

Detlef Bierstedt as Puppetmaster (new Dub)

Hasso Zorn as Daisuke Aramaki (new Dub)

Erich Räuker as Ishikawa (new dub)

Ernst Meincke as Wissenschaftlicher Leiter

Gerald Paradies as Garbageman 1 (new Dub)

Gregor Höppner as Togusa

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as Daisuke Aramaki

Helmut Gauss as Diplomat (new Dub)

Karl Schulz as Nakamura (new Dub)

Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as Außenminister (new Dub)

Klaus-Peter Grap as Togusa (new dub)

Luise Charlotte Brings as Motoko Kusanagi

Michael Deffert as Garbageman 2 (new Dub)

Peter Harting as Müllmann Faker

Reinhard Schulat as Nakamura

Renier Baaken as Puppetmaster

Volker Wolf as Ishikawa

Andreas Meese

Stephan Schleberger

German companies 

Broadcaster: Arte (2005-01-07)

Distributor:
Ascot (rental video)
Panini Video (second release)
Polygram Germany

Dubbing:
Hermes Synchron GmbH (2nd Dub)
Splendit Synchron


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Cover Design: Looney2

Distributor: Manga DVD

Dutch cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish cast 

Translation:
Piotr Skotnicki (English version)
Seweryn Pazdej (Japanese version)

 (none)
Polish companies 

Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese companies 
(none)
 

Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America
Animax Portugal
Locomotion Brazil

Distributor:
Álamo (Brazil)
Flashstar (DVD)

Portuguese cast 

Carlos Silveira as Ishikawa

Noeli Santisteban as Motoko Kusanagi


Swedish staff 
(none)
Swedish companies 

Distributor: Emina AB

Swedish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

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Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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