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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:
Armored Riot Police 
Cidade Assombrada (Portuguese) 
Duch w pancerzu (Polish) 
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 
Ghost in the Shell: Espectro Virtual (Spanish) 
Ghost in the Shell: Páncélba zárt szellem Hungarian 
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: 5405 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1272 votes (sub:714, dub:472, ?:11, raw:11, edit.dub:3, others:61
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 Excellent: 1452 votes (sub:794, dub:572, ?:17, raw:10, edit.dub:4, others:55
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 Very good: 1173 votes (sub:623, dub:489, ?:12, edit.dub:5, raw:3, others:41
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 Good: 825 votes (sub:445, dub:341, ?:12, edit.dub:5, raw:3, others:19
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 Decent: 344 votes (sub:175, dub:146, ?:8, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:12
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 So-so: 169 votes (sub:85, dub:76, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:4
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 Not really good: 55 votes (sub:31, dub:23, ?:1)
 Weak: 72 votes (sub:36, dub:29, ?:4, others:3
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 Bad: 17 votes (sub:10, dub:6, others:1
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 Awful: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:3)
 Worst ever: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 9709 users, rank: #36 (of 5877)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.204 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6539, rank: #307 (of 5873)
Weighted mean: 8.131 (Very good), rank: #304 (of 5873) (seen all: 8.14 / seen some: 6.87 / won't finish: 4.67)
Bayesian estimate: 8.129 (Very good), rank: #205 (of 4448)
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) 
Premiere date:
1995-11-18 (Japan) 
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Making of Cyborg" by Kenji Kawai 
Ending Theme:
"Reincarnation" by Kenji Kawai 
#2: "One Minute Warning" by Passengers 
Links: We have 4
Trivia: We have 9
Reviews:
Ghost in the Shell Special Edition DVD (Jan 25, 2005)
Ghost in the Shell DVD (Feb 21, 2003)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Oshii 
Screenplay: Kazunori Ito 
Storyboard: Mamoru Oshii 
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 
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 Check:
Nobuko Mizuta 
Yayoi Yamashita 
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai 
Color Section:
Shuichi Satou 
Yumiko Katayama 
Color setting: Kumiko Yusa 
Color Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi 
Editing Assistant:
Shigeyuki Yamamori 
Tsuyoshi Imai 
Yayoi Ohtake 
Film Editing:
Shigeyuki Yamamori 
Shuichi Kakesu 
Tsuyoshi 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 Scheduling:
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 
Yoshiko Sakakibara as The Puppet Master(version 2.0) 
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 
Daume 
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 
Kodansha 
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:
Animax India 
Encore Action 
Sci-Fi Channel (Ani-Monday) 
Digital Download: Direct2Drive 
Distributor:
Boulevard Entertainment (UK; UMD release) 
Madman Entertainment (Australia) 
Manga Entertainment (UK) (UK) 
Polygram Video 
Internet Streaming: Netflix (UK) 
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 
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:
Gabriela Willert 
Gaby Willert 
Carlos Becerril as Bateau 
Concha García Valero as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi(Spain dub) 
Gabriela Willert as Motoko Kusanagi 
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) 
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) 
Rafael Calvo(Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
3xl (Spain; 2011-02-11) 
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) 
Internet Streaming: Filmin (version 2.0) 
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Raffaele Farina 
Script: Fiamma Molinari 
Translation: Fiamma Molinari 

Editorial Coordination: Luca Ficarelli (DVD) 
Sound Engineer: Riccardo Pirolli 
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
Broadcaster: Rai 4 
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
Dutch companies
(none)
Cover Design: Looney2 
Distributor: Manga DVD 
Dutch cast
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
Script: Francis Ibanez 
(none)
Tagalog companies
(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 cast
(none)
Guilherme Lopes as Bateau 

Cassius Romero as Dr. Willis 
Luís Antônio Lobue as Mestre dos Fantoches 
Sérgio Moreno as Togusa 

Araken Saldanha as Ministro Estrangeiro 
Carlos Silveira as Ishikawa 
Noeli Santisteban as Motoko Kusanagi 
Renato Master as Nakamura 

Fátima Noya 
Raquel Marinho 
Wellington Lima 
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
Animax Latin America 
Animax Portugal 
Locomotion Brazil 
Distributor:
Álamo (Brazil) 
Flashstar (DVD) 
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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