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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man

Get out of the Network!

Part of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Collection

2005•2h 40m•7.7/10
Science FictionAnimationActionCrime

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7.7/10(138)

The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content.

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Production

Kôkaku Kidôtai Seisaku Iinkai, Production I.G, Kodansha

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Atsuko Tanaka

Atsuko Tanaka

Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Osamu Saka

Osamu Saka

Daisuke Aramaki (voice)

Yutaka Nakano

Yutaka Nakano

Ishikawa (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Koichi Yamadera

Togusa/The Laughing Man (voice)

Toru Okawa

Toru Okawa

Saito (voice)

Taro Yamaguchi

Taro Yamaguchi

Borma (voice)

Sakiko Tamagawa

Sakiko Tamagawa

Tachikoma (voice)

Ross Douglas

Daido (voice)

Takashi Onozuka

Takashi Onozuka

Pazu (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Ai Orikasa

Ai Orikasa

Sano (voice)

Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata

Kusunoki (voice)

Ken Narita

Ken Narita

Nanao (voice)

Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

Little Motoko (voice)

Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Kuroha (voice)

Miyu Irino

Miyu Irino

Omba (voice)

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