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Ghost in the Shell: Arise Alternative Architecture (TV)

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Alternative title:
Kōkaku Kidōtai Arise: Alternative Architecture (Japanese)
攻殻機動隊ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story follows Motoko Kusanagi, a highly skilled member of the military, whom upon meeting Daisuke Aramaki, a current chief of the Public Security Section 9, in less than desirable conditions struggles to clear her name whilst forming her own independent team with the highest priority under the sponsorship and guidance of the chief Aramaki himself.
User Ratings: 111 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Excellent: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:2, others:1
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Very good: 36 votes (sub:33, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 33 votes (sub:27, ?:2, raw:1, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 10 votes (sub:9, dub:1)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 195 users, rank: #3414 (of 8360)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.369 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.4638, rank: #2022 (of 8451)
Weighted mean: 7.371 (Good+), rank: #1844 (of 8451) (seen all: 7.47 / seen some: 7.31 / won't finish: 4.89)
Bayesian estimate: 7.383 (Good+), rank: #1568 (of 6351)
Number of episodes: 10
Episode titles: We have 10
Vintage: 2015-04-05
Opening Theme:
"Anata o Tamotsu Mono" (あなたを保つもの) by Maaya Sakamoto
Ending Theme:
#1: "Split Spirit" by Yukihiro Takahashi & METAFIVE (eps 1-2)
#2: "Jibun ga Inai" (じぶんがいない; There Is No Me) by Salyu x Salyu (eps 3-4)
#3: "Soto wa Senjou da yo" (外は戦場だよ; It's a Battlefield Out There) by Ichiko Aoba (eps 5-6)
#4: "Heart Grenade" by Sean Lennon and Cornelius (eps 7-8)
#5: "GHOST IN THE SHELL ARISE" by Cornelius (eps 9-10)
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Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Chief Director: Kazuchika Kise
Series Composition: Tow Ubukata
Screenplay: Jun'ichi Fujisaku (eps 9-10)
Storyboard: Masaki Tachibana (eps 9-10)
Episode Director: Masaki Tachibana (eps 9-10)
Music: Cornelius
Original creator: Masamune Shirow
Character Design: Kazuchika Kise
Art Director:
Takamasa Masuki
Yūsuke Takeda (eps 1-8)
Animation Director:
Mitsuru Ishihara (ep 9)
Miyuki Nakamura (ep 9)
Sara Moroyuki (ep 10)
Shunji Suzuki (ep 10)
Mechanical design: Takayuki Yanase
Art design: Hiroshi Katō (Totonyan)
3D Director: Eiji Inomoto
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Tanaka

2nd Key Animation: Hatsune Hoshino (eps 1-2, 7-8)
Art Setting: Naoki Arakawa
Chief Producer: Toru Kawaguchi
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Key Animation:
Yuichiro Hayashi (ep 6)
Yukako Tsuzuki (ep 2)
Photography: Chūzan Kuno (T2studio; eps 9-10)
Prop Design: Naoki Arakawa
Theme Song Arrangement: Cornelius
Theme Song Performance: Maaya Sakamoto
2nd Key Animation:
Anitus Kōbe
C-Station
Husio Studio
J&K Corporation
Studio 4°C
Studio Elle
Studio Gimlet
Studio Kuma
Studio Wombat
3D Cooperation: Sublimation
3DCGI: Orange
Animation Production: Production I.G
Background Art:
Bamboo
Telecom Animation Film
Broadcaster:
Hokkaido TV
KBS Kyoto
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation
Sendai Television Incorporated
Shizuoka Broadcasting System
Sun TV
Tokyo MX
Aichi Television Broadcasting
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Finish Animation:
AI
AIC
Albion
Assez Finaud Fabric.
BEEP
CL Corporation
D-COLORS
DCI
FAI International
Fan Out
Jumondo
Production I.G
xenron
Studio Elle
Studio Kuma
Taikan Anime
Telecom Animation Film
Triple A
In-Between Animation:
A-Line
AI
Anitus Kōbe
APPP
Asahi Production
BEEP
CL Corporation
Daume
DCI
Doga Kobo
FAI International
Jumondo
Oh! Production
Production I.G
Sakura Create
Satelight
xenron
Snow Light Staff
Studio 4°C
Studio Elle
Studio Izena
Studio Kuma
Studio Wombat
Taikan Anime
Triple A
Xebec
Yuhodo
Photography:
MADBOX
Production I.G
T2 Studio
Photography Assistance:
Asura Film
Studio BACU
Video Editing: Sony PCL
Japanese cast
Kenichirō Matsuda as Batou
Maaya Sakamoto as Motoko Kusanagi
Tarusuke Shingaki as Togusa

Ai Kayano as Emma Tsuda (eps 1-2, 8)
Aya Hisakawa as Dr. Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied (eps 7-8)
Ikkyuu Juku as Daisuke Aramaki
Kazuya Nakai as Borma
Kenjiro Tsuda as Pyromaniac
Kensho Ono as Vrinda Jr. (eps 1-2)
Miyuki Sawashiro as Logicoma
Shunsuke Sakuya as Ishikawa
Takurou Nakakuni as Saito
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Akira Hose (eps 7-8)
Tomoyuki Dan as Ishikawa
Yōji Ueda as Paz
Yuka Keichō as Colonel Hozumi

Atsushi Miyauchi as Mamuro (eps 3-4)
Chado Horii as guerilla A (eps 7-8)
Haruo Satou as Internal Affairs man (eps 5-6)
Hiromichi Tezuka as Section 9 member B (eps 3-4)
Hironori Kondou as
chief (eps 7-8)
man (ep 9)
Section 9 member A (eps 3-4)
Ikuya Sawaki as Soga (eps 5-6)
Kenji Nojima as Tsumugi (eps 2-4)
Kōji Ishii as Kanzaki (ep 4)
Lynn as girl (ep 6)
Madoka Shiga as court officer (ep 5)
Masayoshi Sugawara as
forensics tech (ep 7)
soldier (eps 5-6)
Mayumi Asano as Kurutsu (eps 3-4)
Rieko Kamenaka as Deputy Prime Minister Kitahara (ep 8)
Ryūichi Kijima as
sniper A (ep 5)
soldier B (ep 6)
Shinya Hamazoe as
police officer (ep 7)
Yanozaki (ep 8)
Takahiro Fujiwara as
jailer (ep 5)
Niguchi (ep 8)
Takako Fuji as
Jeril (eps 9-10)
VV (eps 5-6)
Takanori Hoshino as Raizō (eps 3-4)
Takehiro Hasu as chief (eps 7-8)
Tetsuo Goto as Vice-Minister Haruhi (eps 5-6)
Tomo Muranaka as
Amuri (ep 4)
operator A (eps 5-6)
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Ibachi (eps 2-3)
Yuka Keichō as
pregnant woman (ep 6)
sniper B (ep 5)
Yūta Odagaki as Section 9 member C (ep 4)
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (expired)
FUNimation Entertainment
English cast
(none)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Christin Marquitan as Motoko Kusanagi

Erich Räuker as Ishikawa
Jacob Weigert as Saito
Joachim Tennstedt as Daisuke Aramaki
Kevin Kraus as Borma
Klaus-Peter Grap as Togusa
Olivia Büschken as Logicoma
Silvia Mißbach as Hozumi
Thomas Schmuckert as Paz
Tilo Schmitz as Batou

Dirk Bublies as Ibachi (ep 9)
Gundi Eberhard as VV (ep 9)
Jaron Löwenberg as Pyromaniac (eps 9-10)
Katrin Zimmermann as Kurtz (eps 9-10)
German companies
Distributor: Universum Anime

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