Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX) is an anime television series produced by Production I.G and based on Masamune Shirow's manga Ghost in the Shell. It was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, with original character design by Hajime Shimomura and soundtrack by Yoko Kanno. The series originally aired in Japan between October 1, 2002 and October 1, 2003, consisting of 26 episodes. The series was released in North America on DVD in a joint distribution effort between Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment between July 27, 2004 and July 26, 2005.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Motoko Kusanagi | Atsuko Tanaka | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn |
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Batou | Akio Ōtsuka | Richard Epcar |
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Daisuke Aramaki | Osamu Saka | William Frederick Knight |
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Togusa | Kōichi Yamadera | Crispin Freeman |
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Ishikawa | Yutaka Nakano | Michael McCarty |
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Saito | Tōru Ōkawa | Dave Wittenberg |
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Pazu | Takashi Onozuka | Bob Buchholz |
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Boma | Tarō Yamaguchi | Dean Wein |
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The Laughing Man | Kōichi Yamadera | Steve Blum |
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Ernest Serano | Toshihiko Nakajima | John Rubinstein |
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Kurutan | Yūko Sumimoto | Amanda Winn Lee |
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Operator | Eri Ohno | Debra Jean Rogers |
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Togusa's Wife | Sakiko Tamagawa | Michelle Ruff |
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Sugi | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Tony Oliver |
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Tachikoma | Sakiko Tamagawa | Melissa Fahn |
| Rebecca Forstadt | |||
| Sandy Fox | |||
| Sherry Lynn | |||
| Julie Maddalena | |||
| Lara Jill Miller | |||
| Peggy O'Neal | |||
| Colleen O'Shaughnessey | |||
| Julie Ann Taylor |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode |
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Foreign Minister | Ryūichi Horibe | Barry Stigler | 1 |
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Old Man | Kōichi Kitamura | Simon Prescott | |
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Dread | Eiji Sekiguchi | Bob Papenbrook | |
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Umezawa | Kousei Hirota | Kirk Thornton | |
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Takekawa | Katsumi Chō | Michael McConnohie | 1, 4, 10 |
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Matsuoka | Yūji Aoki | Paul Carr | 1, 4 |
| Doug Stone | 10 | |||
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Kubota | Taimei Suzuki | Michael Forest | 1, 18 |
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Toshio Ōba | Shinichirō Miki | Richard Miro | 2 |
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Litton | Hiroshi Itō | Douglas Rye | |
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Churnow | Sukekiyo Kameyama | Steve Kramer | |
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Marshall MacLachlan | Yōji Matsuda | Anthony Pulcini | 3 |
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Abe | Mitsuaki Hoshino | Murphy Dunne | |
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Dr. Miyashiro | Matthew Kermit Miller | ||
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Yamaguchi | Hiroyuki Kinoshita | Kirk Baily | 4 |
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Yamaguchi's Wife | Michiko Neya | Lia Sargent | |
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Kunihiko Nibu | Yuzuru Fujimoto | Mike Reynolds | |
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Daido | Ryō Kamon | Christopher Carroll | 4 - 6 |
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Fukami | Hiroshi Yanaka | Steve Bulen | 4, 26 |
| Jamieson Price | 6 | |||
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Ran | Ayako Itō | Julie Ann Taylor | 5 |
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Ei Nanao | Ken Narita | Daran Norris | 5 - 6 |
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Minister of Home Affairs | Yōsuke Akimoto | Tom Wyner | 5, 19, 24 |
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Kanekichi Gondo | Shirō Saitō | Brad Sergi | 7 |
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Moe | Miyu Tsuzurahara | Sherry Lynn | 8 |
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J.D. | Tetsuya Iwanaga | Johnny Yong Bosch | 9 |
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Baby Ruth | Kōichi Yamadera | Steve Blum | |
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Tanaka Watanabe | Mitsuru Ogata | Joey Camen | 10 |
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Suzuki Sato | Atsushi Gotō | Kirk Thornton | |
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Marco Amoretti | Daisuke Gōri | Bob Papenbrook | |
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Marta | Ako Mayama | Barbara Goodson | 11 |
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Kuroha | Minami Takayama | Mona Marshall | |
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Wataru Kannazuki | Ryūji Saikachi | William H. Bassett | 12 |
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Miki | Akiko Yajima | Michelle Ruff | |
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Sakakibara | Mitsuaki Hoshino | Dino Andrade | 13 |
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Eka Tokura | Michiko Yamamoto | Barbara Goodson | |
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Eka's Daughter | Yumi Kakazu | Kate Higgins | |
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Fem | Yuka Imai | Patricia Ja Lee | 14 |
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Mr. Wang | Ikkyuu Juku | Loy Edge | 14, 18 |
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Pavlo Zaitsev | Naomi Kusumi | John Rafter Lee | 16 |
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Zaitsev's Wife | Yayoi Kazuki | Cindy Robinson | |
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Spy Leader | Fumihiko Tachiki | John Snyder | |
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Miyahara | Shihori Niwa | Julie Ann Taylor | |
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Seymour | Gara Takashima | Mari Devon | 17 |
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Police Chief | Yūji Mikimoto | Jamieson Price | |
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Saori Tsujisaki | Akiko Hiramatsu | Kari Wahlgren | 18 |
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Yuu Tsujisaki | Makoto Ishii | Steve Staley | |
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Hideo Tsujisaki | Katsuya Kobayashi | Michael Gregory | |
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Reiko Kanzaki | Arisa Ogasawara | Bridget Hoffman | 19 |
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Cruzkowa Bosyeltnov | Mitsuki Yayoi | Carol Stanzione | |
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Paku | Yoshinori Muto | Peter Lurie | |
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Shūzō Kanzaki | Takehiro Koyama | Kevin Brief | 19, 22 |
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Nogi | Yōsuke Naka | Barry Stigler | 20 |
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Phoebe | Kaho Kōda | Wendee Lee | |
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Gayle Yasuoka | Mitsutaka Tachikawa | Kim Strauss | 20 - 21 |
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Hisashi Imakurusu | Tōru Shinagawa | Paul St. Peter | |
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Niimi | Toshihiko Miki | Peter Spellos | 20 - 22 |
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Sano | Ai Orikasa | Dorothy Elias-Fahn | 22 |
Additional Voices[]
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Alternate Dub 
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An alternate dub was created for airing on Animax's Channel in Southeast Asia.
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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Motoko Kusanagi | Atsuko Tanaka | Andrea Kwan |
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Batou | Akio Ōtsuka | Russell Wait |
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Daisuke Aramaki | Osamu Saka | Rik Thomas |
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Togusa | Kōichi Yamadera | Darren Pleavin |
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Tachikoma | Sakiko Tamagawa | Sarah Hauser |
Notes[]
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn replaces Mimi Woods as Motoko, as Woods had retired from voice acting in 2002.
- Crispin Freeman replaces David Richard Thompson as Togusa.
- Fukami is voiced by Jamieson Price in Episode 6, though is voiced by Steve Bulen in his other appearances. This is most likely due to Fukami's identity being unrevealed in the episode, and thus the Casting Director thought it to be a separate character.
- The Tachikoma are all voiced by a single voice actress in the original Japanese version, while the dub utilizes separate female voice actresses portraying them (for example, Batou's favorite is voiced by Sandy Fox, while the one who reads books is Lara Jill Miller).
- Originally, Jane Lanier was set to voice Operator before the role went to Debra Jean Rogers.[1]
- Bridget Hoffman was to originally voice Jeri, before Peggy O'Neal was casted.[2]
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2004-2005 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) |
United States | 
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| 2005-2006 | YTV | Canada | 
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| 2007-2008 | Anime Central | United Kingdom | 
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| 2008-2009 | Sci-Fi | Australia | 
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| 2013-2017 | Cartoon Network (Toonami) |
United States |
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Bandai Entertainment | 2004-2005 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 7 Volumes | ||||||
| Sony Music Entertainment | 2004-2005 | The Complete Series | Canada |
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| 6 Volumes | ||||||
| Bandai Entertainment | 2006 | The Complete Series | United States |
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| 7 Discs | ||||||
| 2008 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 7 Discs | ||||||
| Manga Entertainment | 2017 | 
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The Complete Series | A DVB-T | ||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2018 | The Complete Series | B DVB-T |
United Kingdom |
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| 11 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
- Ghost in the Shell
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
- Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikomatic Days
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
- Ghost in the Shell: The Movie Virtual Reality Diver
External Links[]
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex at the Internet Movie Database