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Director: | Kenji Kamiyama |
Studio: | Manga Video |
Writer: | Mary Claypool, Junichi Fujisaku |
Rating: | 4.5 |
Rated: | NR |
Date Added: | 2006-03-28 |
ASIN: | B0002J58T2 |
UPC: | 0669198252013 |
Price: | $24.98 |
Awards: | 1 win |
Genre: | Manga |
Release: | 2006-10-30 |
IMDb: | 0346314 |
Duration: | 25 |
Picture Format: | Widescreen |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.78 : 1 |
Sound: | Dolby |
Languages: | English, Japanese |
Subtitles: | English |
Features: | Animated Subtitled |
Kenji Kamiyama | ... | (Director) |
Mary Claypool, Junichi Fujisaku | ... | (Writer) |
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Atsuko Tanaka | ... | Major Motoko Kusanagi | Osamu Saka | ... | Chief Daisuke Aramaki | Akio Ôtsuka | ... | Batou | Kôichi Yamadera | ... | Togusa | Yutaka Nakano | ... | Ishikawa | Tôru Ôkawa | ... | Saito | Takashi Onozuka | ... | Paz (2 episodes, 2003) | Taro Yamaguchi | ... | Borma | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | ... | Major Motoko / ... (2 episodes, 2003) | William Knight | ... | Chief Daisuke Aramaki | Richard Epcar | ... | Batou | Crispin Freeman | ... | Togusa | Michael McCarty | ... | Ishikawa | Dave Wittenberg | ... | Saito | Bob Buchholz | ... | Paz (2 episodes, 2003) | Dean Elliott | ... | Borma | Ethan Murray | ... | Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 2003) | Hiroshi Yanaka | ... | Fukami | Dino Andrade | ... | Children
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Kevin Brief | ... | Kanzaki
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Loy Edge | ... | SWAT
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Barbara Goodson | ... | Maruta
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Michael Gregory | ... | Reiko
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Kate Higgins | ... | Children
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Paddy Lee | ... | Fom
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Michael McConnohie | ... | Commander
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Liam O'Brien | ... | Fake Laughing Man
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Peggy O'Neal | ... | Girl
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Douglas Rye | ... | Litton
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Barry Stigler | ... | Foreign Minister
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Doug Stone | ... | Matsuoka
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Julie Ann Taylor | ... | Miyahara
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Kari Wahlgren | ... | Sales Person
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Tom Wyner | ... | Interior Minister
(51 episodes, 2002-2005) | Bob Papenbrook | ... | Doorman
(50 episodes, 2002-2005) | Mari Devon | ... | Seymour
(27 episodes, 2003-2005) | Ryûji Saikachi | ... | | Natsuo Tokuhiro | ... | | Shiro Saito | ... | | Daisuke Egawa | ... | | Hikari Yono | ... | | John Snyder | ... | Kazundo Gouda (23 episodes, 2004-2005) |
Comments: A New Beginning, A New Threat...
Summary: Major Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, and the other officers from Public Security Section 9 battle crimes involving hackers, data tampering, and cyber-drugs as the broadcast series based on Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell continues. In "Missing Hearts," they pursue a gang of medical students involved in the black market sale of human organs--an unusual subject, as transplant surgery is much rarer in Japan than in America. The character of Batou is more entertaining in the TV series than in Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence. He's action-oriented and engages the other characters in coversation, instead of endlessly quoting Eastern and Western philosophers. Tachikoma, the crab-like robot with the cutesy voice, is an improbable presence in a show that features so much blood and hard-hitting action. The interstitial adventures involving multiple Tachikomas feel like scenes from an unrelated children's program. Extras include interviews with composer Yoko Kanno and the Japanese voice actor who performs the role of Aramaki. There's also a two-disc deluxe edition that boasts DTS 5.1 soundtracks in English and Japanese, plus a CD of Kanno's music from the series. (Rated 13 and older: considerable violence, grotesque imagery, nudity, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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