Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (2006) (TV) Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society (original title)

Director:

Kenji Kamiyama

Writers:

Masamune Shirow (comic)
Kenji Kamiyama (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 November 2012 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team...

Plot Keywords:

2030s | Anime | Japan | Cyborg | Based On Comic

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Atsuko Tanaka	...	Motoko Kusanagi / Kuroma (voice)
Osamu Saka	...	Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Batou (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano	...	Ishikawa (voice)
Tôru Ôkawa	...	Saito (voice)
Takashi Onozuka	...	Paz (voice)
Taro Yamaguchi	...	Borma (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa	...	Tachikoma (voice)
Oki Sugiyama	...	Proto (voice)
Masahiro Ogata	...	Azuma (voice)
Eri Oono	...	Operator (voice)
Eiji Sekiguchi	...	Akafuku (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara	...	Kayabuki (voice)
Tesshô Genda	...	Nakamura Bucho (voice)
Taimei Suzuki	...	Kubota (voice)
Keisuke Ishida	...	Munei (voice)
Masuo Amada	...	Ka Gae-Ru (voice)
Ken Uo	...	Ma Shaba (voice)
Mantarô Iwao	...	Raj Poot (voice)
Nana Yamaguchi	...	Togusa Musume (voice)
Kazuya Tatekabe	...	Tonoda (voice)
Yûya Uchida	...	Koshiki (voice)
Eiji Maruyama	...	Rojin (voice)
Tarusuke Shingaki	...	Higaki (voice)
Tôru Nara	...	Soga (voice)
Tomomi Watanabe	...	Musen (voice)
Tsuguo Mogami	...	Kenkei (voice)
Atsushi Ono	...	Cyborg (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Buchholz	...	Paz (voice: English version) (as Robert Buchholz)
Richard Epcar	...	Batou (voice: English version)
Crispin Freeman	...	Togusa (voice: English version)
William Knight	...	Daisuke Aramaki (voice: English version)
Mona Marshall	...	Child - Episode 'Portraitz' (voice: English version)
Michael McCarty	...	Ishikawa (voice: English version)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Motoko Kusanagi (voice: English version)
Joshua Seth	...	Child - Episode 'Portraitz' (voice: English version)
Dean Wein	...	Boma (voice: English version)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Saito (voice: English version)

Directed by
Kenji Kamiyama

Writing credits
Masamune Shirow		(comic)
Kenji Kamiyama		(screenplay) and
Shotaro Suga		(screenplay) and
Yoshiki Sakurai		(screenplay)

Produced by
Norihisa Oki	....	producer

Original Music by
Yôko Kanno

Cinematography by
Kôji Tanaka

Film Editing by
Junichi Uematsu

Art Direction by
Yusuke Takeda

Art Department
Kazuhiro Arai	....	art settings
Yuuko Fujita	....	color checker
Kenji Kamiyama	....	storyboard artist
Yumiko Kobayashi	....	color designer
Tetsuya Nishio	....	storyboard artist: opening credits
Mika Sugawara	....	assistant color setting
Yusuke Takeda	....	art settings
Seiki Tamura	....	art settings
Sayaka Tsuda	....	color checker
Takashi Watabe	....	art settings
Masayuki Yoshihara	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Chris Elam	....	sound re-recording mixer
Noboru Haraguchi	....	sound production: Fonica
Michihiko Iwana	....	sound recordist
Daisuke Jinbo	....	sound effects
Tooru Kadokura	....	recording adjustment
Steve Kinsey	....	sound mix technician
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi	....	sound director
Satoshi Yano	....	foley recordist
Nobue Yoshinaga	....	sound production: Fonica

Special Effects by
Shigenobu Kaihou	....	special effects
Masahiro Murakami	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Shinichi Rembutsu	....	animator
Eiji Umehara	....	production manager: digital paint

Animation Department
Miiko Adachi	....	inbetween animator
Kazunori Akiyama	....	key animator
Eiji Arai	....	assistant digital animation photographer
Naoki Arakawa	....	key animator
Kyoji Asano	....	key animator
Yukiko Ban	....	key animator
Takahiro Chiba	....	key animator
Shinji Chou	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Miho Daidouji	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Kazu Doi	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Masaaki Endo	....	key animator
Yui Enomoto	....	key animator
Yumi Enosawa	....	inbetween animator
Takayuki Goto	....	character designer
Takayuki Goto	....	overall animation director
Kazuyo Hasegawa	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Takayoshi Hashimoto	....	key animator
Kaori Higuchi	....	key animator
Kumiko Hirama	....	inbetween animator
Tadashi Hiramatsu	....	key animator
Kenji Honda	....	key animator
Chang Heui Hong	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Hiroyuki Horiuchi	....	key animator
Kimiko Hoshi	....	inbetween animator
Takako Hosobata	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Hiroya Iijima	....	key animator
Atsuko Inoue	....	key animator
Shinya Inoue	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Hisashi Ishii	....	key animator
Yuriko Ishii	....	key animator
Kensuke Ishikawa	....	key animator
Mariko Ishikawa	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Yoshimi Ishiyama	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Hiroshi Itô	....	key animator
Chie Iwamoto	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Hiraku Kaneko	....	key animator
Aiko Kasumi	....	key animator
Kiyu Katagiri	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Hisako Katou	....	digital animation photographer
Kousuke Kawazura	....	key animator
Yun Ji Kim	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Mika Kinoshita	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Kazuchika Kise	....	key animator
Fumio Kogawa	....	digital animation photographer
Eiji Komatsu	....	key animator
Keiichi Kondo	....	key animator
Ikuyo Kondou	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Kyoko Kotani	....	key animator
Akiko Kumada	....	key animator
Takeshi Kuriu	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Hiromi Kuroiwa	....	key animator
Yoshiaki Kyougoku	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Toshiyuki Kôno	....	key animator
Ju Yeong Li	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Takashi Mamezuka	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Koichi Maruyama	....	key animator
Takamasa Mashiki	....	background artist: Bamboo
Yûki Masuda	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Katsumi Matsuda	....	key animator
Keita Matsumoto	....	key animator
Kengo Matsumoto	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G.
Shouta Matsushita	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Tomoaki Mimiura	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Aki Minai	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Eri Minakami	....	background artist: Bamboo
Kumi Minami	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Yukiko Mita	....	in-between animation checker
Chizuru Miyawaki	....	key animator
Rie Mizorogi	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Sachiyo Mutou	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Akiko Nagashima	....	key animator
Hisafumi Nakahara	....	key animator
Tomomi Nakajima	....	background artist: Bamboo
Mitsunobu Nakamura	....	key animator
Satoru Nakamura	....	animation director
Satoru Nakamura	....	key animator
Emi Nakano	....	inbetween animator
Naomi Nakano	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Kazuko Nakashima	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Yumiko Nakata	....	assistant digital animation photographer
Miyuki Nakayama	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Haruyo Nebu	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Masatsugu Nishida	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Daiki Nishikawa	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Junko Nishimura	....	in-between animation checker
Takayo Nishino	....	background artist: Bamboo
Tetsuya Nishio	....	character designer
Tetsuya Nishio	....	key animator: opening credits
Sayoko Noda	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Maiko Nogami	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Nobutoshi Ogura	....	key animator
Akiko Ohba	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Yuri Okata	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G (as Yuri Okada)
Yasutake Okawara	....	key animator
Yukihide Oku	....	key animator
Jun Okuda	....	key animator
Sachiko Okumura	....	key animator
Megumi Onose	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Ayako Oonuma	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Natsuyo Otani	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Fumiaki Sahara	....	key animator
Kotoe Saitou	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Reiko Sakai	....	in-between animation checker
Yutaka Sakamoto	....	in-between animation checker
Tomoaki Sakiyama	....	key animator
Miki Sakuma	....	digital animation photographer
Kumiko Sato	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Youko Satou	....	key animator
Yuki Satou	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Kanami Sekiguchi	....	animation director
Kanami Sekiguchi	....	key animator
Minako Shiba	....	key animator
Tomomi Shimada	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Mariko Shimokawa	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Hajime Shimomura	....	original character designer
Hisako Shimozuma	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Kazuhiro Shinoda	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Tomomi Shiotani	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Toshiyuki Sugano	....	key animator
Tomoko Sugata	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Megumi Sugawa	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Asuka Suzuki	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Misaki Suzuki	....	key animator
Nobuyoshi Sôzaki	....	key animator
Masaki Tachibana	....	key animator
Akira Takada	....	key animator
Aya Takada	....	key animator
Hironori Takagi	....	assistant digital animation photographer
Mizuka Takahashi	....	key animator
Yuko Takahashi	....	inbetween animator (as Yuuko Takahashi)
Itsuko Takeda	....	key animator
Yuka Taketa	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Yuriko Taniguchi	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Manabu Tanzawa	....	key animator
Yuuko Tateiwa	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Kenji Teraoka	....	mechanical designer
Yuuga Tokuno	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Rieko Tsuji	....	key animator
Takenori Tsukuma	....	key animator
Shinobu Tsuneki	....	mechanical designer
Katsura Tsushima	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Yukako Tsuzuki	....	key animator
Masaharu Uemura	....	key animator
Emiko Ueno	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Yukiko Watabe	....	inbetween animator: I.G Niigata
Kôji Yabuno	....	key animator
Toshiyuki Yahagi	....	key animator
Naoko Yamada	....	background artist: Bamboo
Keiko Yamamoto	....	key animator
Makiko Yamanaka	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Miyuki Yano	....	inbetween animator
Hanae Yokota	....	digital paint artist: Studio Road
Shin'ichi Yokota	....	key animator
Reika Yoneyama	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Kazue Yoshida	....	inbetween animator
Takuji Yoshimoto	....	key animator
Naoko Yukida	....	inbetween animator: Production I.G
Nichiko Ômori	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G
Katsumi Ôshima	....	digital paint artist: Production I.G.

Music Department
Yoshimoto Ishikawa	....	musical director

Other crew
Jun Koishikawa	....	system solution
Shigeto Koyama	....	Tachikoma agent design
Toshiyuki Kôno	....	unit director
Tetsuya Nishio	....	unit director: opening credits
Mio Suzuki	....	publicist
Masaki Tachibana	....	unit director
Miki Takagi	....	publicist
Makoto Usugane	....	production desk
Takeshi Wada	....	publicist
Masayuki Yoshiwara	....	unit director (as Masayuki Yoshihara)

Production Companies

• Kôkaku Kidôtai Seisaku Iinkai
• Production I.G.

Distributors

• Perfect Choice (2006) (Japan) (TV)
• Animax (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Bandai Visual Company (2006) (Japan) (DVD)
• Manga Video (2007) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• A-Line  in-between animation
• AMGA Company  digital animation photography
• Animal-ya  in-between animation
• Anime Torotoro  in-between animation
• Anime-R  in-between animation
• Animespot  in-between animation
• Arp Japan  digital paint studio
• Arp Japan  in-between animation
• Artland  in-between animation
• Buyu  digital paint studio
• Delta Peak Productions  in-between animation
• Dogakobo  digital paint studio
• Feel  in-between animation
• Fonicia  sound production
• Frontline  in-between animation
• G&G Direction  in-between animation
• M.S.J. Musashino-Seisakujo  in-between animation
• MSC  digital paint studio
• Magic Bus  in-between animation
• Nissan Cars Corporation  technological assistance
• Office AO  in-between animation
• P.A. Works  in-between animation
• P.A. Works  production assistance
• Peacock  digital paint studio
• Pierrot Digital Animation Room  digital paint studio
• Production I.G.  digital paint studio
• Production I.G.  in-between animation
• RIC  in-between animation
• Sakura Create  in-between animation
• Studio Cockpit  in-between animation
• Studio DEEN  3D animation
• Studio DEEN  in-between animation
• Studio Gimlet  in-between animation
• Studio Hibari  digital paint studio
• Studio Kuma  in-between animation
• Studio Mark  in-between animation
• Studio Mu  in-between animation
• Studio One Pack  in-between animation
• Studio Pierrot Co. Ltd.  in-between animation
• Studio Road  digital paint studio
• Studio Step  digital paint studio
• Studio Takuranke  in-between animation
• Studio Wombat  in-between animation
• Synergy SP  in-between animation
• TMS Photo  digital paint studio (as T.D.I.)
• Tamazawa Animation House  digital paint studio
• These Days  title design
• Tokyo TV Center  recording studio
• Trance Arts  in-between animation
• Trans Arts Company  digital paint studio
• Wish  in-between animation
• Yûhodô  in-between animation

Also Known As:

"Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society" - Japan (original title)
"Ghost in the Shell 3" - USA (informal title)

Runtime:

Japan:108 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | Ireland:15 | New Zealand:M

Company:

Kôkaku Kidôtai Seisaku Iinkai

Trivia:

As part of the Nissan sponsorship, the movie features two concept cars designed by Nissan. The character Togusa drives a white Nissan's Sport Concept hatchback, and both Togusa and Aramaki travel in Nissan's six seater Infiniti Kuraza. Nissan's six seater Infiniti Kuraza's license plate is 3923 which read as san-kyuu-ni-san (in Japanese) or "Thank you Nissan".

Movie Connections:

References Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Soundtrack:

date of rebirth

A masterpiece

There's two kind of anime(Japanese animation):one kind shows clichés of the genre and the other kind is used as an economic way for telling very variate stories which could exist with real actors but that it would be very expensive to make as normal movies.In the first category,I would put almost all of the teen anime with melodramatic stories,girls using the school uniform,tragic heroes,giant robots,surrealistic humor and magic creatures.In the second category,I would put more serious movies made to adults where the narrative has a complexity and emotional impact that we will never find in Pokemon or Digimon.As examples,I can mention Cowboy Bebop,all the movies made by director Satoshi Kon(for example,Perfect Blue or Millennium Actress) and the cyber-punk movies of Ghost in the Shell.Ghost in the Shell,based on the manga(comic) written by Masamune Shirow,has been adapted to TV and to the cinema.The films are Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2:Innocence.That films do not have much to do with the original manga because director Mamoru Oshii took the futuristic stories and concepts to explore philosophic and fascinating topics.Oshii put to them impressing images and spectacular action scenes but his emphasis is always in the ideas.As a parallel version of the same stories,the TV series Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex is more like the manga,making a balance between philosophic topics,politic mystery and futuristic action.Ghost in the Shell:Solid State Society is like a sequel of that TV series.Ghost in the Shell:Solid State Society is an exciting,intelligent,complex and very interesting film.This movie is a real masterpiece.Director Kenji Kamiyama tells an excellent story in this movie.The animation is perfect.Solid State Society is a very intelligent entertainment,which makes us think at the same time it totally entertains us.This masterpiece is a pleasure to any lover of the cinema.