Ghost in the Shell

What is Ghost in the Shell about?

Ghost in the Shell is an anime film animated by Production I.G, adapted from a manga. It was released in November 18, 1995. AniList classifies it as action, psychological and science fiction.

Synopsis from AniList, which credits Lionsgate Films. The summary above it is written by FreeAnime.xyz from AniList's data.

Themes AniList users associate with it: Cyberpunk, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Urban, Cyborg, Robots, Seinen, Police, Female Protagonist, Primarily Adult Cast.

Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

• 

  Motoko Kusanagi 草薙素子

  Main character

  Motoko Kusanagi is the mysterious, even enigmatic woman who has led a group of SpecOps for years and was recruited by Aramaki to work for Section 9. Almost nothing is known about her, her origins, birthdate, etc.

  Japanese voice: Atsuko Tanaka

• 

  Batou バトー

  Main character

  Batou is nominally the second-in-command of Section 9. Little is known about the strange, large foreigner who has been with Motoko Kusanagi for years. He was once American and served in the Special Forces in South America.

  Japanese voice: Akio Ootsuka

• 

  Togusa トグサ

  Main character

  Togusa is the newest member of Section 9 and the only one not originally recruited from Kusanagi's team of SpecOps. Recruited from the regular police forces, Detective Togusa (no first name is yet known) has only the most basic of augmentation and no cyberization outside of his cyberbrain.

  Japanese voice: Kouichi Yamadera

Supporting characters

• 

  Ishikawa イシカワ

  Supporting character

  Ishikawa is the information warfare/technology specialist in Public Security Section 9. It has not been stated in the series thus far as to the degree that he has been cybernetically augmented, though character dialogue suggests that he is one of the least augmented members of Section 9.

  Japanese voice: Yutaka Nakano

• 

  Daisuke Aramaki 荒巻大輔

  Supporting character

  The wise and powerful Head of Section 9, Aramaki relies upon his many international and corporate contacts to supply his team with the information they need to get the job done.

  Japanese voice: Tamio Ooki

• 

  Ningyoutsukai 人形使い

  Supporting character

  Project 2501, also known as The Puppet Master from the film and manga, Ghost in the Shell is an artificial intelligence program secretly developed by Section 6 of Public Security that develops sapience.

  Japanese voice: Iemasa Kayumi

• 

  Nakamura Buchou 中村部長

  Supporting character

  He is chief official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and head of Public Security Section 6, where he investigates various mysterious cases. In an effort to solve the case of 2501 (an illegal hacking program) he frequently locks horns with Section 9.

  Japanese voice: Tesshou Genda

• 

  Gaimu Daijin 外務大臣

  Supporting character

  AniList has no description for this character yet.

  Japanese voice: Masato Yamanouchi

• 

  Seisou Kyokuin 清掃局員

  Supporting character

  AniList has no description for this character yet.

  Japanese voice: Hiroshi Naka

• 

  Seisou Kyokuin 清掃局員

  Supporting character

  AniList has no description for this character yet.

  Japanese voice: Shigeru Chiba

• 

  Willis Hakase ウィリス博士

  Supporting character

  AniList has no description for this character yet.

  Japanese voice: Masakazu Namaki

• 

  Kanshiki-kan 鑑識官

  Supporting character

  AniList has no description for this character yet.

  Japanese voice: Hiroshi Yanaka

• 

  Jikkuhan 実行犯

  Supporting character

  AniList has no description for this character yet.

  Japanese voice: Takashi Matsuyama