Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kazuchika Kise

Writing Credits

Shirow Masamune
(manga) (as Masamune Shirow)
Tow Ubukata
(composition) and
Tow Ubukata
(screenplay)

Cast

Maaya Sakamoto
Motoko Kusanagi
Ikkyû Jaku
Daisuke Aramaki
Ken'ichirô Matsuda
Batou
Tarusuke Shingaki
Togusa
Shunsuke Sakuya
Ishikawa
Takurou Nakakuni
Saito
Yôji Ueda
Paz
Kazuya Nakai
Borma
Miyuki Sawashiro
Logicoma
Tatsuhisa Suzuki
Hose
Aya Hisakawa
Thied
Chad Horii
Chung
Mayumi Asano
Kurutsu
Ai Kayano
Emma
Yuka Keicho
Hozumi
Takahiro Fujiwara
Niguchi
Shin'ya Hamazoe
Yanozaki
Rieko Kamenaka
Vice-Minister Kitahara
Hironori Kondo
Chief
Takehiro Hasu
Policeman
Masayoshi Sugawara
Examiner
Bryn Apprill
Emma Tsuda
Major Attaway
Niguchi
Anthony Bowling
Yanozaki
Colleen Clinkenbeard
Dr. Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied
Cynthia Cranz
Kitahara
Wyn Delano
Mizuki
Jason Douglas
Paz
Chuck Huber
Brinda
Bill Jenkins
Sadamoto
Jason Liebrecht
Akira Hose
Brian Mathis
Mamuro
Elizabeth Maxwell
Motoko Kusanagi
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Kurutsu
Anastasia Munoz
Hozumi
Alex Organ
Togusa
Phil Parsons
Borma
Brandon Potter
Ishikawa
Chris Rager
Ibachi
Christopher Sabat
Batou
Jad Saxton
Logicoma
Marcus D. Stimac
Saito
Mark Stoddard
Kasuga
John Swasey
Daisuke Aramaki
Eric Vale
Tsumugi
David Wald
Raizo

Produced by

Kengo Abe
producer
Mitsutoshi Arimoto
producer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
chief executive producer
Kôichi Kamiyama
executive producer
Shûji Kaneko
executive producer
Tôru Kawaguchi
chief producer
Satoshi Kôno
executive producer
Takuya Matsushita
executive producer
Katsuji Morishita
executive producer
Tomoyasu Nishimura
producer
Shirô Sasaki
executive producer (as Sasaki Shirou)
Tetsufumi Suzuki
assistant producer
Jun'ichirô Tsuchiya
chief producer
Shinjirô Yokoyama
executive producer
Ken Ôkawara
chief producer
Keiji Ôta
executive producer

Music by

Keigo Oyamada
(as Cornelius)

Cinematography by

Kôji Tanaka

Editing by

Jun'ichi Uematsu
(as Junichi Uematsu)

Art Direction by

Takamasa Masuki
Yûsuke Takeda

Production Management

Hiroyo Hasegawa
production supervisor
Kazumitsu Kubota
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Takayuki Hamana
unit director
Tetsurô Inagaki
director: ending sequence
YKBX
director: opening sequence

Art Department

Naoki Arakawa
artboards / prop designer
Kazu Doi
color key
Hiroshi Haraguchi
storyboard artist
Shûichi Kaneko
weapon designer
Yumiko Katayama
color key: main characters
Hiroshi Katô
artboards: Totonyan
Kazuchika Kise
storyboard artist
Sayoko Noda
color designer
Takayuki Yanase
weapon designer

Sound Department

Yoshikazu Iwanami
sound director
Yûko Kai
recording assistant: Jinnan Studio
Kisuke Koizumi
sound producer: Jinnan Studio
Yasumasa Koyama
sound effects
Takayuki Yamaguchi
recording mixer

Special Effects by

Masahiro Murakami
special effects
Sumie Murakami
special effects

Visual Effects by

Kazuhisa Abe
cg animator: Orange
Hirofumi Araki
motion graphics
Yûta Fujiwara
cg animator: Orange
Makoto Ichinohe
cg animator: Orange
Maiko Iketani
cg chief: Orange
Eiji Inomoto
3d cg director: Orange
Masashi Itô
monitor designer/cyberspace design drafts: Stereotype
Yûhei Mamada
cg animator: Orange
Kaori Maruyama
cg animator: Orange
Takashi Masuyama
cg animator: Orange
Takashi Miyakoda
cg animator: Orange
Hiroki Nagase
cg animator: Orange
Kazuyuki Nakahashi
cg modeling: Orange
Akihiko Orikasa
cg chief: Orange
Yûki Sakano
cg animator: Orange
Masaki Sasahara
cg animator: Orange
Kana Suzuki
cg modeling chief: Orange
Seita Takahashi
2d designer: Stereotype
Toshiyuki Yamashita
monitor designer/cyberspace design drafts: Stereotype
Kôji Yasuda
cg chief: Orange
Minato Yokosuka
cg modeling: Orange
Yûsuke Zesho
cg animator: Orange

Camera and Electrical Department

Maiko Imazeki
photography: Production I.G
Yukiko Matsumoto
photography: Production I.G
Mirei Ogawa
photography: Production I.G
Shin'ichirô Ogita
additional photography: Studio BACU
Miki Sakuma
photography: Production I.G
Hironori Takagi
photography manager
Tetsuya Takahashi
photography: Production I.G

Animation Department

Sumiko Aihara
background artist: Telecom Animation Film
Noriko Arisawa
cel painter: Production I.G
Kazu Doi
cel painter: Production I.G
Kana Fujishiro
second key animator
Erika Fujita
cel painter: Production I.G
Yûko Fujita
cel painter: Production I.G
Hisaki Furukawa
key animator (as Naoya Furukawa)
Takayuki Gotô
animation director
Yuka Hara
key animator
Kazuyo Hasegawa
assistant animation director / key animator
Takashi Hashimoto
key animator
Kazuki Higashiji
background artist
Izumi Hirabayashi
background artist: Bamboo
Chika Hirabuki
background artist: Bamboo
Izumi Hirose
cel painting chief: Production I.G
Motonobu Hori
key animator
Hatsune Hoshino
second key animator
Nanako Hyûga
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Reina Igawa
key animator
Mariko Ishikawa
key animator
Shinji Itadaki
key animator
Rina Itô
cel painter: Production I.G
Su Rok Jeong
background artist: Bamboo
Tomomi Kamiya
key animator
Ryôsuke Kanai
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Tamiko Kanemori
background artist: Telecom Animation Film
Haruya Kaneshi
assistant inbetween checker / inbetween artist: Production I.G
Takahisa Katagiri
key animator
Takahito Katayama
key animator
Miho Katô
key animator (as Miho Kato)
Yûko Katô
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Toshio Kawaguchi
animation director
Momoko Kawai
second key animator
Yukie Kawakami
second key animator
Aika Kawasaki
key animator
Yun Ji Kim
assistant inbetween checker / inbetween artist: Production I.G
Mika Kinoshita
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Kazuchika Kise
animation director / character designer / chief animation director / key animator
Tomomi Kitani
cel painter: Production I.G
Naho Kiyoike
key animator
Hiroyuki Kobashi
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Kayo Kojio
background artist: Bamboo
Naoko Kôda
assistant animation director / key animator
Asami Mannen
key animator
Shinji Matsubara
cel painter: Production I.G
Tatsuya Miki
second key animator
Kazuhiro Miwa
key animator
Hitomi Miyazaki
key animator
Eri Mizukami
background artist: Bamboo
Fumi Morita
key animator
Yûjirô Moriyama
second key animator
Sara Moroyuki
key animator
Takashi Mukôda
key animator (as Takashi Mukouda)
Natsue Muramoto
background artist: Telecom Animation Film
Takayuki Nagashima
background artist: Bamboo
Tomomi Nakajima
background artist: Bamboo
Riko Nakamura
background artist
Satoru Nakamura
animation director
Rio Niisato
second key animator
Ken Nishimura
background artist
Tetsuya Nishio
animation director / key animator
Hiroshi Nitta
background artist: Telecom Animation Film
Sayoko Noda
cel painter: Production I.G
Kumiko Numata
key animator
Shôko Ochiai
background artist: Bamboo
Harumi Okamoto
background artist: Bamboo
Yuri Okata
cel checker / cel painter: Production I.G
Sunghoo Park
key animator (as Seong Hoo Park)
Kotoe Saitô
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Narumi Sakai
cel painter: Production I.G
Aya Sakurai
background artist: Bamboo
Kunihiko Sakurai
animation director / key animator
Atsuko Sasaki
animation director
Aya Satô
background artist
Kumiko Satô
cel painter: Production I.G
Izumi Seguchi
key animator
Hiroko Seigan
second key animator
Miyoko Shikibu
key animator
Keiichirô Shimizu
background artist: Telecom Animation Film
Sorato Shimizu
key animator
Mariko Shimokawa
cel checker / cel painter: Production I.G
Jun Shirai
key animator
Yûko Shiromizu
background artist: Bamboo
Tomoko Sugata
inbetween artist: Production I.G / inbetween checker
Tomoko Sugidomari
key animator
Asuka Suzuki
second key animator
Ema Suzuki
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Nonoko Suzuki
key animator
Shôko Suzuki
background artist: Telecom Animation Film
Asami Tachikawa
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Katsuhiro Takagi
key animator
Saya Takamatsu
key animator
Toshimitsu Takechi
second key animator
Yûichi Tanaka
key animator
Yoshifumi Terai
key animator
Chiyomi Tsukamoto
assistant animation director / key animator
Keiichi Tsunoda
key animator
Miori Tsuzaka
key animator
Keika Ushimaru
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Hisayo Usui
background artist
Yukiko Watabe
key animator
Natsumi Watanabe
cel painter: Production I.G
Hiroshi Yakô
second key animator
Naoko Yamada
background artist
Hiroha Yamauchi
background artist: Bamboo
Takayuki Yanase
mechanical designer
Yuki Yokoyama
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Yawara Yoshimoto
inbetween artist: Production I.G
Tôru Ôkubo
second key animator
Fujiko Ômori
cel painter: Production I.G
Hidetoshi Ômori
key animator
Kentarô Ônuki
background artist: Bamboo
Naohiro Ôsugi
key animator

Music Department

Yoshimoto Ishikawa
music producer
Toyoaki Mishima
programming/recording & mixing: 3-D Studio
Tôru Takayama
mixing engineer: Switchback Studio
Kenta Yonesaka
recording engineer: ending theme

Additional Crew

Takao Abe
overseas manager
Katsuki Aoyama
advertising producer
Jun'ichi Fujisaku
supervisor
Masaki Fujita
production committee: Toho
Daisuke Fukunaga
special report/trailer director
Mikio Gunji
production committee: Production I.G
Hirokazu Hara
overseas manager
Isao Hidaka
production committee: Kôdansha
Yukio Higuchi
advertising assistance
Chihiro Hiraga
title logo designer: THESEDAYS
Chizuko Imanishi
theater pamphlets
Tetsurô Inagaki
production: opening sequence
Michiru Ishikawa
production committee: Production I.G
Kayo Isomura
overseas manager
Masao Itô
production committee: Flying Dog
Yuka Iwasaki
special report/trailer production
Keisuke Kanbe
official homepage production: KAI-YOU
Taichi Katsu
advertising assistance
Takeshi Katsurada
supervisor
Maki Kawai
overseas manager
Miyuka Kidachi
advertising publicity
Yûki Kishi
supervisor
Shigeaki Komatsu
production committee: Flying Dog
Masanori Komechi
production committee: Dentsû
Mariko Kondô
advertising
Takaaki Konishi
production committee: Bandai Visual
Sarah Alys Lindholm
translator (english version)
Akitoshi Maeda
advertising assistance
Hideki Mamoto
special report/trailer director
Haruka Matsubara
theater sales
Nobuko Matsuda
advertising assistance
Yukari Mizuno
advertising publicity: bronco.
Naoki Muramatsu
production committee: Dentsû
Yûko Murata
theater pamphlets
Keiji Naitô
coverage assistance: Shuffle Ltd.
Ryôko Naitô
setting production
Hiroyuki Nakano
production committee: Production I.G
Yasuji Nanbô
advertising assistance
Hiroyuki Nishioka
production committee: Bandai Visual
Ayumi Onodera
overseas manager
Francesco Prandoni
production committee: Production I.G
Jun Saitô
overseas manager
Yôhei Saitô
advertising assistance
Hiroyuki Shimizu
advertising producer
Miwa Shindô
overseas manager
Yûki Sotoyama
advertising assistance
Masaya Takabayashi
theater sales
Ayaka Takafuji
advertising
Atsushi Takahashi
advertising producer
Ai Takai
overseas manager
Eiichirô Takane
special report/trailer production
Akane Taketsugu
production assistant
Takashi Tanaka
production committee: Dentsû
Yasuyuki Taneda
production committee: Dentsû
Shôjirô Tsugesaka
production committee: Production I.G
Midori Ueno
production committee: Bandai Visual
Jouji Wada
production committee: Production I.G
Shôhei Yamamoto
assistant production assistant
Nobumasa Yamashita
theater sales
Naoto Yasunaga
supervisor
Takashi Yokemura
advertising assistance
Tomomi Yonemura
official homepage production: KAI-YOU
Daisuke Yoshitake
production committee: Bandai Visual
Sadako Ôkoshi
production committee: Bandai Visual
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