Starting
Original version with English subtitles (no more shows planned at the moment)
Poster
Director
Mamoru Oshii
Cast
Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi (voice)), Akio Otsuka (Batou (voice)), Iemasa Kayumi (Puppetmaster (voice)), Koichi Yamadera (Togusa (voice)), Yutaka Nakano (Ishikawa (voice)), Tamio Ohki (Aramaki (voice)), Tessyo Genda (Director Nakamura (voice)), Naruki Masahisa (Dr. Willis (voice)), Masato Yamanouchi (Minister of Foreign Affairs (voice))
Plot Outline
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Genre
Anime, Action, Science Fiction
Runtime
79 minutes
Production country
JP
Released
1995