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Ghost in the Shell (movie)

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


Alternative title:
Armored Riot Police
Cidade Assombrada (Portuguese)
Duch w pancerzu (Polish)
Ghost in the Shell: Espectro Virtual (Spanish)
Ghost in the Shell: Páncélba zárt szellem Hungarian
GitS
Kōkaku Kidōtai (Japanese)
Lo spirito nel guscio (Italian)
O Fantasma do Futuro (Portuguese)
Призрак в доспехах (Russian)
Призрак В Оболочке (Russian)
攻殻機動隊 (Japanese)
攻殼機動隊 (Chinese (Taiwan))
공각기동대 (Korean)
Themes: cyberpunk, cyborg, police
Objectionable content: Significant
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.
User Ratings: 5891 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1428 votes (sub:803, dub:525, raw:13, ?:12, edit.dub:3, others:72
15 Spanish subtitled
13 German dubbed
6 Portuguese subtitled
6 Russian dubbed
5 Italian dubbed
5 Spanish dubbed
5 French subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
3 French dubbed
3 Italian subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Hungarian dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 French edited dub
1 Korean subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
)
 Excellent: 1596 votes (sub:891, dub:615, ?:17, raw:10, edit.dub:4, others:59
13 Spanish subtitled
7 German dubbed
7 Spanish dubbed
7 Italian dubbed
6 French subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
4 Polish subtitled
4 German subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
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 Very good: 1269 votes (sub:677, dub:523, ?:13, raw:5, edit.dub:5, others:46
10 Spanish subtitled
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1 Finnish subtitled
1 Italian edited dub
1 French dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
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 Good: 865 votes (sub:476, dub:349, ?:12, edit.dub:5, raw:3, others:20
4 Italian dubbed
3 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Danish subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 French dubbed
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 Decent: 367 votes (sub:188, dub:155, ?:8, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:13
3 Russian subtitled
3 Spanish subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 So-so: 180 votes (sub:92, dub:79, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:5
1 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 French dubbed
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Not really good: 61 votes (sub:37, dub:23, ?:1)
 Weak: 79 votes (sub:38, dub:34, ?:4, others:3
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Bad: 19 votes (sub:11, dub:6, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
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 Awful: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 13 votes (dub:7, sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 10540 users, rank: #34 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.230 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6532, rank: #354 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 8.148 (Very good), rank: #390 (of 9642) (seen all: 8.16 / seen some: 6.86 / won't finish: 4.67)
Bayesian estimate: 8.147 (Very good), rank: #247 (of 7243)
Running time: 83 minutes
Production cost: ¥600,000,000
Vintage:
1995-11-18
1996 (Canada, Viewer's Choice Pay-Per-View)
2001-01 (Latin America - Locomotion)
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)
2017-04-21 (Colombia)
Premiere date:
1995-11-18 (Japan)
2017-03-09 (Argentina)
2017-03-09 (Paraguay)
2017-04-21 (Colombia)
2017-05-05 (Taiwan, digitally remastered edition)
Release dates: We have 22
Opening Theme:
"Making of Cyborg" by Kenji Kawai
Ending Theme:
"Reincarnation" by Kenji Kawai
#2: "One Minute Warning" by Passengers
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 9
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DVD (Region 1)
    Appleseed [The Essence of Anime] [w/ Ghost in the Shell UMD] (DVD + UMD)
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    Ghost in the Shell - Special Edition [Digipak] (DVD) 2005-01-11 (from $12.98)
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LaserDisc
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    Ghost in the Shell [CLV] (LD) 1996-11-26
Universal Media Disc
    Ghost in the Shell [Dub] (UMD) 2005-08-23
    Ghost in the Shell [MovieCD] (UMD) 1997-00-00
    Ghost in the Shell [Dub] [UK] (UMD) 2005-10-10
VHS
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay: Kazunori Itō
Storyboard: Mamoru Oshii
Original Manga: Masamune Shirow
Character Design: Hiroyuki Okiura
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Animation Director: Toshihiko Nishikubo
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Cgi Director: Seichi Tanaka
Executive producer:
Takashi Mogi
Teruo Miyahara
Advertising: Toru Nozaki
Assistant Animation Director: Tamaki Nakatsu
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)
Shōji Yazawa (Studio Cosmos)
Takashi Shimada (Studio Cosmos)
Tetsuo Oofuji (Studio Cosmos)
Toshikazu Kuno (Studio Cosmos)
Yoichi Kuroda (Studio Cosmos)
Yūichi Ono (Studio Cosmos)
CG Supervisor:
Atsuki Sato (2.0)
Hiroki Hayashi (2.0)
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Color setting: Kumiko Yusa
Color Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
In-Between Animation:
Akihiko Adachi (Group Donguri)
Akiko Mori (Studio Junio)
Akiko Nagashima (Production I-G)
Chinami Igei (Doumu)
Daisuke Nakayama (Oh Production)
Eizo Kawada (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 Satō
Masaki Akita (Studio Junio)
Masaki Kamiguchi (Studio Wombat)
Masayuki Shibuya (Group Donguri)
Masumi Ezaki (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 Kondō (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)
Yuka Takahashi (Ashi Production)
Yukie Sakō (Phoenix Entertainment)
Yukie Suzuki (Ashi Production)
Yuko Kami (Production I-G)
Yūko 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 Saitō (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)
Hitoshi 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)
Sachiko Nonaka (Production I-G)
Satomi Sawai (Studio Targi)
Terumi Ohsaki (Studio Targi)
Tōji Tsuchiya (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 Ohtsuka (MI)
Yūko Hara (MI)
Yumi Andou (Studio Targi)
International Coordination: Tomio Yoshioka
Key Animation Supervisor:
Hiroyuki Okiura
Kazuchika Kise
Original Music: Kenji Kawai
Post-production Sound Supervisor: Les Claypool III 
Production Coordination: Haruo Mizuno
Production Design: Takashi Watabe
Production manager: Ryuji Mitsumoto
Production Scheduling:
Mamoru Akimoto
Megumi Maeda
Singer: Saeko Higuchi
Sound Effects Assistant: Hironori Ono
Sound Mix Assistant: Arman Boyles 
Sound Re-recording Mixer:
Kurt Kassulke 
Paul Ratajczak 
Sound Recording Engineer: Shuji Inoue
Weapon Design: Mitsuo Iso
Akio Ōtsuka as Bateau
Atsuko Tanaka as Major Motoko Kusanagi

Iemasa Kayumi as The Puppet Master
Kōichi Yamadera as Togusa
Tamio Ohki as Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki
Yoshiko Sakakibara as The Puppet Master (version 2.0)
Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa

Atsuko Hayashida as Operator
Atsushi Goto as Section 9 Sniper Team Leader
Atsushi Ono as Coroner (version 2.0)
Eri Oono as Operator (version 2.0)
Fumihiko Tachiki as Old Man (version 2.0)
Ginzō Matsuo as Old man
Hiroki Tōchi as Technician A (version 2.0)
Hiroshi Naka as Garbage Collector B (version 2.0)
Hiroshi Yanaka as Coroner
Katsuya Kobayashi as Dr. Willis (version 2.0)
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Garbage Collector
Kenta Miyake as Section 9 Sniper Team Leader (version 2.0)
Kōsuke Meguro as Garbage Collector A (version 2.0)
Maaya Sakamoto as Motoko Kusanagi (young)
Makoto Yasumura as Mizuho Daita (version 2.0)
Masakazu Namaki as Dr. Willis
Masamichi Satō as Driver
Masato Yamanouchi as Foreign Minister
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Mizuho Daita
Nobuyuki Katsube as Foreign Minister (version 2.0)
Ooki Sugiyama as Technician B (version 2.0)
Sanryō Odaka as Technician
Shigeru Chiba as Garbage Collector
Shinji Ogawa as Diplomat
Takashi Matsuyama as Criminal
Tesshō Genda as Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura
Toshiki Kameyama as Sniper
Yūji Ueda as Assault-unit operator

Japanese companies
Advertising: Edit 90
Broadcaster: Bandai Channel
Camera Operators: Studio Cosmos
Co-Production: Ashi Productions
Computer Animation:
Omnibus Japan
Prisms
Development: Imagica
Distributor: Emotion
Film Scanning: Toei Company, Ltd.
Mixing Engineers: Otaya
Music Production:
Aube Studio
Daybreak Ltd.
Music Release: BMG Victor
Music Release Coordination: White Lilly Company
Post Production: Jay Film
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center
Sound Production Stuio: Omnibus Promotion
Sound Recording Studio:
MIT Studio
Tokyo TV Center
English cast
English staff
Director: Quint Lancaster
Producer:
Andy Frain (Manga Entertainment)
Laurence Guinness

Additional Sound Effects: Les Claypool III
Audio Post Supervision: Les Claypool III
Mixing Assistant: Arman Boyles
Re-Recording Mixing:
Kurt Kassulke
Paul Ratajczak
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
Dan Lorge as Old Man (credited as George Celik)
David Conrad as "Bad Guy"
Dorothy Gabriel as Operator
Doug Stone as Garbage Collector B
George Celik as Old Man
Joe Michaels as Crass Truck Driver
John Snyder as
Sniper Target Leader (uncredited)
Tsuan Gen Fang (uncredited) 
Kim Strauss as Sniper A (credited as Sam Sheffer)
Kirk Thornton as Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Lia Sargent as Security (voice)
Michael Reynolds as Minister (credited as Hank Smith)
Michael Sorich as Sniper B
Mona Marshall as
Major Motoko Kusanagi (young; credited as Gina Connell)
Operator B (credited as Gina Connell)
Paul Stephen as Mizuho Daita (uncredited)
Richard Cansino as Sniper C (uncredited)
S J Charvin as Operator A
Sonny Byrkett as Dr. Willis (credited as Phil Williams)
Stephen Davis as Diplomat 
Stephen Platt as Technician
Steve Bulen as Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist/Coroner
Steve Davis as Diplomat
Tom Carlton as Garbage Collector A

English companies
ADR Production: Animaze
ADR Recording: Magnitude 8 Post
Digital Download: Direct2Drive
Internet Streaming:
CraveTV (Canada)
FUNimation Entertainment (UK and Ireland)
ITVX (UK)
Netflix (UK)
Pluto TV
Tubi TV (USA)
Licensed by: Manga Entertainment
Manufacturer: Polygram Video
Production: Manga Entertainment
Re-Recording: Ground Control Studios (Final Re-Recording)
Recording Studio: Animaze 
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Ive Entertainment (Blu-Ray)
Korean cast
(none)
French cast
French staff
(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
Mathieu Buscatto as Coroner
Pierre Hatet as Nakamura
René Bériard as Aramaki
French companies
Broadcaster:
Canal +
M6
Distributor: Pathé
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
David Corsellas (Catalan dub)
Gabriela Willert
Gaby Willert
Javier Roldán (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Translation: Raul Rafecas (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Laurence Guinness (Manga Entertainment)
Marcelo Testa (Plus Video)

Screen Inserts: Alberto Trifol (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Subtitle Translation: Carolina García (Netflix; Spain)
Alfonso Vallés as Batô (Catalan dub)
Ana Pallejà as Motoko Kusanagi (Catalan dub)
Angel del Río as Batou (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Carlos Becerril as Bateau
César Soto as Proyecto 2501/Puppet Master
Concha García Valero as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi (Spain dub)
Gabriela Willert as Motoko Kusanagi
Gaby Willert as Motoko Kusanagi
Nerea Alfonso as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Salvador Vives as Batô (Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Titiritero (Puppetmaster) (Spain dub)
Angel de Gracia as Togusa (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Eduard Itchart as Togusa (Catalan dub)
Emilio Freixas as Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (Catalan dub)
Joan Pera as Daisuke Aramaki (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Juan Antonio Bernal as Togusa (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as
Ishikawa (Spain dub)
Puppet Master (Spain dub; Netflix)
Luis Posada as Puppet Master (Catalan dub)
Manuel Lázaro as Leader of Section 9 Aramaki (Spain dub)
Marcos Patiño as Daisuke Aramaki
Miquel Cors as Ishikawa (Catalan dub)
Nacho de Porrata as Ishikawa (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Ricardo Mendoza as Ishikawa

Alberto Trifol as Narrator (Spain dub) 
Alfonso Ramirez as Nakamura
Amadeu Aguado as Garbageman (Catalan dub)
Carlos Di Blasi as Pirate Garbageman (Catalan dub)
Domenech Farell as Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (Spain dub; Netflix)
Eduardo Elías as Technician (Catalan dub)
Federico Menescal as Sniper (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Félix Benito as Foreign Minister (Catalan dub)
Ferran Llavina as Dr. Willis (Catalan dub)
Igor Cruz as
Basurero 2
Soldado
Irma Carmona as Computer #1
José Antequera as
Leader of Section 6 Nakamura (Spain dub)
Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (Catalan dub)
Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Garbageman
Juan Comellas as
Diplomat (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Dr. Willis (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Old Man (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Liza Willert as Computer #3
Mario Arpal as
Coroner (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Criminal (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Foreign Minister (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Miguel Rey as
Daita Mizuho (Spain dub) 
Mizuho Daita (Spain dub; Manga FIlms)
Montse Moreno as Computer Voice (Spain dub) 
Norbert Ibero as Criminal (Catalan dub)
Núria Trifol as Motoko Kusanagi (Young) (Spain dub)
Rafael Calvo as
Driver (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Garbageman (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Section 9 Sniper Team Leader (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Ramon Puig as Diplomat (Catalan dub)
Ramón Rocabayera as Dr. Willis (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Rene Garcia as Technician
Ruth Toscano as Computer #2
Xavier Fernández as Pirate Garbageman (Spain dub)

Alex De Porrata (Catalan dub)
David Corsellas (Catalan dub)
Federico Menescal (Spain dub)
Gloria Cano (Catalan dub)
Joaquin Rossell (Catalan dub)
Jordi Pineda (Catalan dub)
Juan Comellas (Spain dub; Manga Films)
María Pilar Quesada (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Mario Arpal (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Miguel Rey (Spain dub)
Miryam Guilimany (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Pilar Esteras (Spain dub; Lionsgate)
Pilar Morales (Catalan dub)
Rafael Calvo (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Producciones Calderón (Manga Entertainment dub)
Broadcaster:
3xl (Televisió de Catalunya)
Animax España
Buzz Channel (Spain)
Canal UCR
Canal+ (Spain)
Canal+ Xtra (Spain)
HBO Latin America
HBO Olé (Latin America/PPV only)
Locomotion (Latin America)
XEIMT Canal 22 (Mexico)
Distributor:
Cinemark (Colombia)
Cinemex (Mexico; English dub with Spanish subtitles)
Madness Entertainment (Latin America; subtitled)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD and Blu-ray)
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub; Manga Films)
Sonygraf (Spain dub; Lionsgate; Catalan dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Home Video: Quality Films (Chile)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain; Latin America)
Código Animé (Manga Entertainment dub)
Filmin (Spain; version 2.0)
Netflix (Latin America; subtitled; Spain)
Pluto TV (Latin America; Spain)
YouTube (Latin America; subtitled)
Licensed by:
Manga Films (Spain)
Plus Video (Argentina; expired)
Sato Company (Latin America)
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2004)
Theatrical Releaser: Cinemark (Colombia | Theatrical)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Anton Giulio Castagna (new dub)
Raffaele Farina
Script: Fiamma Molinari
Translation:
Fiamma Molinari
Simona Stanzani (subtitles, Panini edition)

Dubbing Assistant: Luciano De Santis (new dub)
Dubbing Engineer: Stefano Zacchi (new dub)
Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli (DVD)
Mixing: Mauro Lopez (new dub)
Sound Engineer: Riccardo Pirolli
Alessandra Korompay as Kusanagi (new dub)
Alessandro Rossi as Bateau (new dub)
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
Roberto Draghetti as Ishikawa (new dub)
Stefano De Sando as Nakamura (new dub)

Antonio Guidi as Capo
Dante Biagioni as Aramaki (new dub)
Francesco Bulckaen as Togusa (new dub)
Massimo Lodolo as Burattinaio (new dub)
Roberta Pellini as Burattinaio (new dub, version 2.0)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Rai 4
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Sound: C.T.A. (new dub)
German cast
German staff
Translation: Reglindis Helmer (2nd dub)
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

German companies
Broadcaster: Arte (2005-01-07)
Distributor:
Ascot (rental video)
Panini Video (second release)
Polygram Germany
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Cover Design: Looney2
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Channel One (2007)
Dubbing: AB-Video (2007)
Russian cast
(none)
Tagalog cast
Tagalog staff
Script: Francis Ibanez
(none)
Tagalog companies
(none)
Polish staff
Polish cast
Translation:
Piotr Skotnicki (English version)
Seweryn Pazdej (Japanese version)
Wojciech Stybliński (HBO Max)

Lector: Piotr Borowiec (HBO Max)
(none)
Polish companies
Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
HBO Max
Subtitles: Hiventy (HBO Max)
Voice-over Production: Hiventy (HBO Max)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Executive producer: Nelson Sato
Guilherme Lopes as Bateau
Noeli Santisteban as Major Motoko Kusanagi

Cassius Romero as Dr. Willis
Luiz Antônio Lobue as Mestre dos Fantoches
Sérgio Galvão as Daisuke Aramaki
Sérgio Moreno as Togusa

Araken Saldanha as
Diplomata
Ministro Estrangeiro 
Carlos Silveira as Ishikawa
Cassius Romero as Garbage Collector A
Celso Alves as
Mizuho Daita
Tsuan Gen Fang
Noeli Santisteban as Motoko Kusanagi
Renato Master as Nakamura
Sidney Lilla as Ministro Estrangeiro

Portuguese companies
Distributor:
Álamo (Brazil) 
Flashstar (DVD)
Madness Entertainment (Brazil; subtitled)
Dubbing Studio: Dublavídeo
Internet Streaming:
Looke
Netflix
Pluto TV (Brazil)
Telecine Play
Licensed by: Sato Company (Brazil)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Emina AB
Swedish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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