Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society (2006)

A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new ... See full summary »

Director:

Kenji Kamiyama

Writers:

Shirow Masamune (comic) (as Masamune Shirow), Kenji Kamiyama (screenplay)

Stars:

Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Atsuko Tanaka	...	Motoko Kusanagi / Kuroma (voice)
Osamu Saka	...	Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Batou (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano	...	Ishikawa (voice)
Tôru Ohkawa	...	Saito (voice)
Takashi Onozuka	...	Paz (voice)
Tarô Yamaguchi	...	Borma (voice) (as Taro Yamaguchi)
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)

Storyline

A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team, that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new Section 9 confronts a rash of complicated incidents, and investigations reveal that an ultra-wizard hacker nicknamed the "Puppet Master" is behind the entire series of events.

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Plot Keywords:

tough woman | tough girl | driving | gunshot | car | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

23 November 2012 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society

Box Office

Budget:

JPY 360,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Production I.G.

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

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".

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Quotes

Daisuke Aramaki: Batou! Are you listening to me Batou?
Batou: Yeah, I'm listening.
Daisuke Aramaki: Just where are you?
Batou: We found the body of the 13th tattooed man.
Daisuke Aramaki: Is it another suicide?
Batou: Yeah.
Batou: The place looks a lot like our own safe houses. It's probably one of their hideouts.

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Connections

Follows Ghost in the Shell (1995)

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Soundtracks

Date of Rebirth
(Ending theme)
Performed by Origa
Music and arrangement by Yôko Kanno
Lyrics by Origa

User Reviews

Not as good as the other movies, but still up there with the best

Section 9 is again following leads to solve a case involving brain hacking, a mysterious Puppeteer who seems to be able to push people to kill themselves or do things they do not want, terrorism and so on and so on. Major Kusanagi is not part of the team, though, as she left Section 9 to find her identity.

As with the other Ghost in the Shell films and series, Solid State Society is about the dissolution of the human soul, as well as the multitude of states in which it can coalesce. It is thought provoking, to say the least. The animation is great, too. The story has a few holes in it, which chipped a little at the perfection of everything else, but still good.

Bottom line: if you are a sci-fi fan, an anime fan, a Ghost in the Shell fan or a fan of intellectually challenging movies that are also accessible and not obtuse, and especially if you are all of the above, you need to see this movie.