Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 Kōkaku Kidōtai: SAC_2045) is a Japanese computer-animated anime webseries based on the 1980s Japanese manga series Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow, set in the Stand Alone Complex sub-continuity.
The first season premiered exclusively on Netflix on April 23, 2020 in Japanese. The English dub was not made available until May 3 due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing production delays.
The second season premiered on May 23, 2022.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season | Ep(s). |
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Motoko Kusanagi | Atsuko Tanaka | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | 1-2 | |
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Batou | Akio Ōtsuka | Richard Epcar | 1-2 | |
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Togusa | Kōichi Yamadera | Crispin Freeman | 1-2 | |
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Daisuke Aramaki | Osamu Saka | William Frederick Knight | 1-2 | |
| Hiroshi Naka | 2 | ||||
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Ishikawa | Yutaka Nakano | Michael McCarty | 1 | |
| David Lodge | 2 | ||||
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Saito | Tōru Ōkawa | Dave Wittenberg | 1-2 | |
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Pazu | Takashi Onozuka | Bob Buchholz | 1-2 | |
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Borma | Taro Yamaguchi | Dean Wein | 1-2 | |
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Tachikoma | Sakiko Tamagawa | Melissa Fahn | 1-2 | |
| Secondary Characters | |||||
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Purin Esaki | Megumi Han | Cherami Leigh | 1-2 | |
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2 | 16 | |||
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Standard | Kenjirō Tsuda | Keith Silverstein | 1-2 | |
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John Smith | Kaiji Soze | Roger Craig Smith | 1-2 | |
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Chris Otomo Teit | Shigeo Kiyama | Armen Taylor | 1-2 | |
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Takashi Shimamura | Megumi Hayashibara | Max Mittelman | 1-2 | |
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Jeannie Tirado (young) |
1 | 12 | ||
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Suzuka Mizu | Umeka Shōji | Dawn M. Bennett | 1-2 | |
| Recurring Characters | |||||
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Akafuku | Shō Okumura | Doug Erholtz | 1-2 | |
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Kanami | Sara Matsumoto | Kayli Mills | 1-2 | |
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Philip Kukushkin / Ginger |
Tarusuke Shingaki | Euguen Leon | 2 | 13 |
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Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s). |
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Underwear Man | Yuji Murai | Derek Stephen Prince | 1 |
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Nomads | ¿? | ||
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Brenda Rucker | Hitomi Shogawa | Philece Sampler | 1, 3 |
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Quarterback | Taisuke Nakano | Ray Chase | 1-2 |
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Spy | Eiichirō Tokumoto | David Vincent | |
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CEO of Obsidian | Takuya Nakashima | Steven Jay Blum | 3 |
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Hemp Man | Takaaki Torashima | ||
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Operator | Yūki Ishikari | Joe Zieja | |
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Nameless | Makoto Sahara | Matthew Mercer | |
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Valet | ¿? | ||
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Government Official | Tomohisa Asō | Steven Jay Blum | 4 |
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Ada Byron | Tsugumi Iki | Laura Post | 4-5 |
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Patrick Huge | Takaki Otomari | Steven Jay Blum | 5 |
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US Embassy Staffer | Taisuke Nakano | Matthew Mercer | |
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Gary Hart | Yasuhiro Kikuchi | Armen Taylor | 6 |
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Guards | Yuji Murai | Mark Whitten | |
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¿? | |||
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Gary's Wife | Mona Marshall | ||
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Kaede | Ikuko Tani | 7 | |
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Nashida | Mitsuaki Hoshino | Jake Eberle | |
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Iino | Ken Uo | John DeMita | |
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Nido | Minoru Inaba | Michael McCarty | |
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Takao Ochi | Eiichirō Tokumoto | Ben Lepley | |
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Cops | Makoto Kaneko | ¿? | |
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Shōmaru Zōza | ¿? | ||
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Yūki Ishikari | ¿? | ||
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Fukufuku Bank AI | Akiha Matsui | Julia McIlvaine | |
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Agents of Section 3 | Kengo Tsujii | Patrick Seitz | 8 |
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Kenji Takahashi | Mark Whitten | ||
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Sanji Yaguchi | Yōhei Azakami | Robbie Daymond | 9 |
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Akiko Otomo | Nanako Mori | Lauren Landa | |
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Shinya Uotori / King |
Genki Muro | Robbie Daymond | 10 |
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Mick Wingert | |||
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Koji Kogure | Itaru Yamamoto | ||
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Tatsuya Hisata | Masaaki Yano | Kirk Thornton | |
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Kenji Isshiki | Tadaaki Doi | Bob Buchholz | |
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Shinya's Mother | Akiha Matsui | Sara Cravens | |
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Yoshie Shimamura | Hana Takeda | Karen Strassman | 11 |
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Takanobu Yamada | Manabu Sakamaki | Ben Pronsky | |
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Yuzu Shimamura | Sumire Morohoshi | Ryan Bartley | 11-12 |
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Paratrooper | Masaki Terasoma | Brook Chalmers | 12 |
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Residential Cop | Shinya Takahashi | Brad Venable | |
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Yuzu's Parents | Makoto Sahara | ¿? | |
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Wakana Kowaka | Sara Cravens | ||
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Nikolai Volkov | Makoto Kaneko | Denys Toliarenko | 13 |
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1A84 | Takanori Hoshino | Bob Carter | 15 |
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Akina Murase | Mami Horikoshi | Dorah Fine | 16 |
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Noda | Kazuhiro Nakaya | Greg Chun | 17 |
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Shinjo | Chiharu Sawashiro | Khoi Dao | 19-20 |
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Opeko | Riho Sugiyama | ¿? | 20, 22 |
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General Kusunoki | Jōji Nakata | John Eric Bentley | 23 |
Additional Voices[]
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Credits[]
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 1 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 2 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 3 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 4 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 5 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 6 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 7 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 8 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 9 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 10 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 11 Credits
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Episode 12 Credits
Notes[]
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn's first anime dub she voice directed since Glitter Force.
- Dave Wittenberg's first anime project at Bang Zoom! Entertainment since Resident Evil: Damnation in 2012 and his first dubbing role since Ace Combat: Infinity in 2014.
- Mick Wingert's first and so-far only anime dub contribution he's done at Bang Zoom!.
- Euguen Leon's first anime dub he's done at Bang Zoom!.
- Michael McCarty's first new anime dub for nearly 20 years since Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
- By the second season, however, David Lodge replaced Ishikawa in the second season.
- Dean Wein's first new role for more than 10 years since Eureka Seven vol.2: The New Vision. and only anime dub contribution he's done at Bang Zoom!.
- The Shout! Factory Blu-ray release is sub-only.
Transmission via Streaming[]
| Company | Date | Category | Format | Content | Classification | Country | |
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May 3, 2020 | Anime / Netflix Original Series | Digital | 24 eps | 16+ | United States | 
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See Also[]
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 Sustainable War
External Links[]
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 at the Internet Movie Database.
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 (Anime) on the Anime News Network's Encyclopedia.
- Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 on Behind The Voice Actors.