Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex, Vol. 5 (2004) Japan
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Director:Kenji Kamiyama
Studio:Manga Video
Writer:Mary Claypool, Junichi Fujisaku
Rating:4.5
Rated:PG-13
Date Added:2006-03-28
ASIN:B00076YP1C
UPC:0669198252044
Price:$24.98
Awards:1 win
Genre:Manga
Release:2006-10-30
IMDb:0346314
Duration:25
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:1.78 : 1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English, Japanese
Subtitles:English
Features:Animated
Subtitled
Kenji Kamiyama  ...  (Director)
Mary Claypool, Junichi Fujisaku  ...  (Writer)
 
Atsuko Tanaka  ...  Major Motoko Kusanagi
Osamu Saka  ...  Chief Daisuke Aramaki
Akio Ôtsuka  ...  Batou
Kôichi Yamadera  ...  Togusa
Yutaka Nakano  ...  Ishikawa
Tôru Ôkawa  ...  Saito
Takashi Onozuka  ...  Paz (2 episodes, 2003)
Taro Yamaguchi  ...  Borma
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn  ...  Major Motoko / ... (2 episodes, 2003)
William Knight  ...  Chief Daisuke Aramaki
Richard Epcar  ...  Batou
Crispin Freeman  ...  Togusa
Michael McCarty  ...  Ishikawa
Dave Wittenberg  ...  Saito
Bob Buchholz  ...  Paz (2 episodes, 2003)
Dean Elliott  ...  Borma
Ethan Murray  ...  Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 2003)
Hiroshi Yanaka  ...  Fukami
Dino Andrade  ...  Children (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Kevin Brief  ...  Kanzaki (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Loy Edge  ...  SWAT (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Barbara Goodson  ...  Maruta (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Michael Gregory  ...  Reiko (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Kate Higgins  ...  Children (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Paddy Lee  ...  Fom (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Michael McConnohie  ...  Commander (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Liam O'Brien  ...  Fake Laughing Man (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Peggy O'Neal  ...  Girl (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Douglas Rye  ...  Litton (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Barry Stigler  ...  Foreign Minister (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Doug Stone  ...  Matsuoka (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Julie Ann Taylor  ...  Miyahara (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Kari Wahlgren  ...  Sales Person (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Tom Wyner  ...  Interior Minister (51 episodes, 2002-2005)
Bob Papenbrook  ...  Doorman (50 episodes, 2002-2005)
Mari Devon  ...  Seymour (27 episodes, 2003-2005)
Ryûji Saikachi  ...  
Natsuo Tokuhiro  ...  
Shiro Saito  ...  
Daisuke Egawa  ...  
Hikari Yono  ...  
John Snyder  ...  Kazundo Gouda (23 episodes, 2004-2005)
Comments: A New Beginning, A New Threat...

Summary: The subplot about the Tachikoma robots developing an awareness of their existence falls by the wayside in two episodes focusing on Chief Aramaki's life outside Section 9. He visits an old flame in London and is drawn into a bizarre money-laundering scheme, then outwits a former co-worker's son who's become an assassin. In episode 20, the filmmakers finally return to the central storyline of the Laughing Man, which may be tied to J.D. Salinger's 1949 story of the same name. The cyber-criminal may also be linked to the Sunflower Society, a group that files class action lawsuits against large corporations, including one involving a cure for "cyberbrain sclerosis." The tangled multiple storylines detract from an otherwise engaging series with strong characters. The extras include interviews with the mecha designers, and the directors of photography and 3-D computer graphics. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon