Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. - Individual Eleven
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| Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG Individual Eleven S.A.C. 2nd GiG Individual Eleven |
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| Directed by | Kenji Kamiyama |
| Produced by | Production I.G |
| Written by | Masamune Shirow (creator), Kenji Kamiyama, Shotaro Suga, Yoshiki Sakurai |
| Starring | Atsuko Tanaka Akio Otsuka Koichi Yamadera Osamu Saka Yutaka Nakano Toru Okawa Takashi Onozuka Taro Yamaguchi Rikiya Koyama |
| Music by | Yoko Kanno |
| Release date(s) |   December, 2007 |
| Running time | 161min. |
| Country | Japan  |
Released in the United States and Canada 2007-12-18, this film is an OVA version of the second season of the anime series Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Individual Eleven unlike The Laughing Man, which stuck to the storyline of the TV series, Individual Eleven has gone through a bold editing phase, and the relationship between Kuze and Motoko is even more highlighted than in the TV series. This is a re-born 2nd GIG.
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[edit] Synopsis
The year is 2030. Six months passed since the Laughing Man Incident was solved. About 3 million refugees are living in Japan, invited to fill the labor shortage. However, the emergent presence of the invited-refugees intensified their confrontation with the "Individualists", who called for national isolation, which then led to the increased incidences of terrorist attacks. Under these circumstances, a terrorist group called the Individual Eleven carries out a suicide attack. But there was a greater scheme behind their action. When Section 9 learns this, they attempt to nail down the mastermind of the incident.
Meanwhile, Kuze, a surviving member of the Individual Eleven, becomes a charismatic leader of the invited-refugees and intensifies the confrontation against the government. And Motoko starts feeling a strange sense of fate connecting her with Kuze...
Invited-refugees from Asia: At the time of the Third and the Fourth World Wars, about three million Asians became refugees. As a source of cheap labor, they were invited into Japan. Thus they were called "invited-refugees." As post-war Japan recuperated, the unemployment rate of the invited-refugees increased. This developed a circumstance that could lead to a conflict. The problems surrounding the invited-refugees might explode any minute...
[edit] Voice Cast
[edit] Original voice cast
- Atsuko Tanaka as Motoko Kusanagi
- Akio Ohtsuka as Batou
- Kōichi Yamadera as Togusa
- Osamu Saka as Daisuke Aramaki
- Takashi Onozuka as Pazu
- Tarô Yamaguchi as Borma
- Toru Okawa as Saito
- Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa
- Sakiko Tamagawa as Tachikoma
- Rikiya Koyama as Hideo Kuze
[edit] English voice cast
- Alison Matthews as Motoko Kusanagi
- David Kaye as Batou
- Trevor Devall as Togusa
- Russell Roberts as Daisuke Aramaki
- John Murphy as Pazu
- Mark Gibbon as Borma
- Brian Drummond as Saito
- John Payne as Ishikawa
- Nicole Bouma, Tabitha St.Germain, Kelly Metzger, Cathy Weseluck, and Janyse Jaud as Tachikoma
[edit] Fan reception and controversy
Just like the "The Laughing Man" OVA, Bandai and Manga Entertainment redubbed the English language version with an entirely different voice cast.[1] The new voice over work was undertaken by the Ocean Group of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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