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

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

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20057.72h 40m

Overview

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.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Written by Taiki Sakurai, Junichi Fujisaku, Dai Sato
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Top 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)

R

Ross Douglas

Daido (voice)

Takashi Onozuka

Takashi Onozuka

Pazu (voice)

Akio Otsuka

Akio Otsuka

Batou (voice)

Themes & Keywords

cyborgcyberpunkcompilationedited from tv seriesseinenanimeoriginal video animation (ova)

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

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man is a science fiction, animation, action, crime, mystery film released in 2005 exploring themes of cyborg, cyberpunk, compilation, edited from tv series, seinen, anime. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, it stars Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Yutaka Nakano. 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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