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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (OAV)

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©2003-2007 Shirow Masamune - Production I.G/KODANSHA


[ compilation of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TV) ]

Alternative title:
攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man (Japanese)
攻殼機動隊STAND ALONE COMPLEX The Laughing Man (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: police
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: In 2024, the terrorist incident known as "The Laughing Man Incident" occurred in which Ernest Serano, president of the groundbreaking micromachine company, Sereno Genomics, was kidnapped and ransomed. One day, the case having remained unsolved for six years, Detective Yamaguchi, who has been investigating "The Laughing Man Incident," sends word that he wants to meet with Togusa from Public Safety Section 9. However, soon after sending this message, Yamaguchi, crucial to the success of the case, dies in an accident. Many days pass and in the midst of a police interview relay concerning suspicions behind interceptors, a forewarning is received from "The Laughing Man" of his next crime. The incorporeal hacker begins to move once again.
User Ratings: 307 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 66 votes (sub:41, dub:22, Ger.dub:1, raw:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 93 votes (sub:57, dub:32, raw:2, edit.dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 66 votes (sub:38, dub:28)
 Good: 55 votes (sub:33, dub:21, raw:1)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:9, dub:5, edit.dub:1)
 So-so: 5 votes (dub:4, sub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Awful: 2 votes (dub:2)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 886 users, rank: #687
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.270 (Very good+.27), std. dev.: 1.5719, rank: #232
Weighted mean: 8.207 (Very good+.20), rank: #212 (seen all: 8.23 / seen some: 7.72)
Bayesian estimate: 8.185 (Very good+.18), rank: #150
Running time: 140 minutes
Vintage: 2005-09-23
Trivia: We have 1
In the news 2 times:
Comment:
This is a compilation of Laughing Man related material from the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex along with new footage and upgraded to theatrical film quality.
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Related reviews:
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man DVD

Related releases:
    Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (DVD) 2007-10-02 (from $15.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Kenji Kamiyama

Series Composition: Kenji Kamiyama

Screenplay:
Dai Sato
Hiroshi Satô 
Jun'ichi Fujisaku
Shôtarô Suga
Yoshiki Sakurai

Music: Yoko Kanno

Original Manga: Masamune Shirow

Character Design:
Hajime Shimomura
Makoto Shimomura

Art director: Yusuke Takeda

Animation director: Takayuki Goto

3D Director: Makoto Endo

Sound director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Director of Photography:
Hiroshi Tanaka
Koji Tanaka

Producer:
Charles McCarter
Kaoru Mfaume
Toshiyuki Kono
Tsutomu Sugita
Yuichiro Matsuka

3D Animation: Eiji Inomoto

Background Art: Hiroshi Kato

Chief Writer: Kenji Kamiyama

Color Coordination: Yumiko Katayama

Editing: Junichi Uematsu

Key Animation: Tadashi Hiramatsu

Mechanical Designers:
Kenji Teraoka
Shinobu Tsuneki

Music Director: Yoshimoto Ishikawa

Music producer: Toshiaki Ohta

Planning:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Shigeru Watanabe

Production Design Model: Hiroshi Kato

Sound Effects: Daisuke Jinbo

Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami

Work Cooperation: Masamune Shirow

 

Akio Ohtsuka as Batou

Atsuko Tanaka as Motoko Kusanagi

Kouichi Yamadera as Togusa

Osamu Saka as Daisuke Aramaki

Sakiko Tamagawa as Tachikoma

Takashi Onozuka as Paz

Tarô Yamaguchi as Borma

Toru Ohkawa as Saito

Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa

Ai Orisaka as Sano

Jouji Nakata as Kusunoki

Ken Narita as Nanao

Maaya Sakamoto as Little Mokoto

Minami Takayama as Kuroha

Miyu Irino as Omba

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Announcer

Yuko Kaida as Secretary

Japanese companies 

Animation: Production I.G

Background Art: Biho Co., Ltd.

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Production:
Animax
Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Visual
Dentsu Inc.
Kodansha
Victor Entertainment

Production Studio: Production I.G

English cast 
English staff 

Translation: David Fleming

Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi

Producer:
Diana Gage
Taku Otsuka

Casting Coordinator: Theresa MacFarlane

Casting Director: Randi Riediger

Chief Producer: Nobuo Masuda

Dialogue Editing:
Derek Simpson
Donovan Johnson
Michael Iske

Production Assistant: Brian Cutts

Re-Recording Mixing: Keith A. Goddard

Recording engineer: Donovan Johnson

Script Adaptation: Mary Claypool

Script Editing: Mike Bridges

Subtitle Script: Amy Lipkowitz

Video Post-Production:
Michael Hey
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum

Voice Direction: Keith A. Goddard

Alison Matthews as Motoko Kusanagi

David Kaye as Batou

Michael Adamthwaite as The Laughing Man

Russell Roberts as Daisuke Aramaki

Trevor Devall as Togusa

Brian Drummond as Saito

Cathy Weseluck as Tachikoma

Howard Siegal as Serano

Janyse Jaud as Tachikoma

John Murphy as Pazu

John Payne as Ishikawa

Kelly Metzger as Tachikoma

Mark Gibbon as Boma

Nicole Bouma as Tachikoma

Tabitha St. Germain as Tachikoma

Alberto Ghisi as Omba

Alec Willows as Hisashi Imakurusu

Alistair Abell as Infected Policeman

Andrew Francis as
Armed Suit Soldier #1
Detective
Reporter

Andrew Kavadas as
Dread
Fake Laughing Man

Andrew Toth as
Detective
Entry Guard

Brian Drummond as Yamaguchi

Cathy Weseluck as Phoebe

Clay St. Thomas as Newscaster

Dale Wilson as Nibu

David Kaye as Prosecutor

David Pettitt as Chief Niimi

Janyse Jaud as Sano

Jason Simpson as
Armed Suit Soldier #2
Commander
Doctor
Entry Guard
Security Police Captain

John Novak as Kubota

Louis Chirillo as
Detective
Doctor

Michael Adamthwaite as Imura

Michael Dobson as
Somerset
Takekawa

Michael Kopsa as
Nanao
Prime Minister

Nicole Bouma as Yamaguchi's Wife

Paul Dobson as
Geir Yasuoka
Matsuoka

Peter New as Police Commander

Reece Thompson as Kuroha

Richard Newman as Nogi

Ron Halder as
Ministry of Justice Employee
Umezawa

Ross Douglas as
Daido
Detective

Saffron Henderson as
Kurutan
Nurse

Simon Hayama as Umibozu Soldier

Tabitha St. Germain as Operator

Trevor Devall as Minister of Home Affairs

Trish Pattenden as Marta

English companies 

ADR Production: The Ocean Group

Digital Download: Direct2Drive

Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia & New Zealand)
Manga Entertainment

Licensed by: Bandai Entertainment

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Jacques Albaret

 

Bruno Magne as Aoi

Daniel Beretta as Batou

Helene Bizot as Motoko Kusanagi

Yann Pichon as Togusa

Antoine Tome as Ishikawa

Cyrille Monge as Saito

Emmanuel Gradi as Paz

Frédéric Cerdal as Daisuke Aramaki

Patricia Legrand as Tachikoma

Patrick Bethune as Borma

French companies 

ADR Production: Studio Lincoln

Distributor: Beez


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

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

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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