Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo   Mamoru Oshii   Written by Shirow Masamune   Kazunori Itô   Cast Atsuko Tanaka ... Kusanagi Motoko (voice) Akio Ôtsuka ... Batô (voice) Kôichi Yamadera ... Togusa (voice) Yutaka Nakano ... Ishikawa (voice) Tamio Ôki ... Aramaki (voice) Tesshô Genda ... Nakamura buchô (voice) Namaki Masakazu ... Urisu hakase (voice) Masato Yamanouchi ... Gaimu daijin (voice) Shinji Ogawa ... Gaikôkan (voice) Mitsuru Miyamoto ... Daida Mizuho (voice) Kazuhiro Yamaji ... Seisô kyokuin (voice) Shigeru Chiba ... Seisô kyokuin (voice) Hiroshi Yanaka ... Kenshi-kan (voice) Ginzô Matsuo ... Ossan (voice) Takashi Matsuyama ... Jikkô-han (voice) Sanryô Odaka ... Gishi (voice) Masamichi Satô ... Untenshu (voice) Atsuko Hayashida ... Operêtâ (voice) Yûji Ueda ... Tsûshin no koe (voice) Toshiki Kameyama ... Sogekishu (voice) Atsushi Goto ... Shiki-kan (voice) Maaya Sakamoto ... Shôjo (Kusanagi) (voice) Iemasa Kayumi ... Ningyô tsukai (voice) Steve Apostolina ... Technician (English version), (voice) (as Stephen Platt) Steve Blum ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) (as Roger Canfield) Steve Bulen ... Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist / Coroner (English version), (voice) Richard Cansino ... Mizuho Daita / Sniper Team (English version), (voice) (as Steve Davis) Gina Connell ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Dorothy Elias-Fahn ... Operator (English version), (voice) (as Dorothy Gabriel) Richard Epcar ... Batou (English version), (voice) (as Richard George) Michael Forest ... Old Man (English version), (voice) (as George Celik) Leo Gray ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Meg Hamilton ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Milton James ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) (as Murray Williams) Christopher Joyce ... Togusa (English version), (voice) William Frederick Knight ... Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (English version), (voice) (as William Frederick) Joan Mason ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Gilbert Navarro ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Wanda Nowicki ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) (as Toni Burke) Gloria Oldman ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Ben Parks ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Scott Prensor ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Simon Prescott ... Section 6 Department Chief Nakamura (English version), (voice) (as Ben Isaacson) Debra Rogers ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) (as S.J. Charvin) Joe Romersa ... Crass Truck Driver (English version), (voice) (as Joe Michaels) Donald Salin ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Lia Sargent ... Security Voice (English version), (voice) Kevin Seymour ... Garbage Collector A (English version), (voice) (as Tom Carlton) Sam Sheffer ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) Michael Sorich ... Ishikawa (English version), (voice) (as Mike Sorich) Peter Spellos ... Bad Guy in Getaway Car (English version), (voice) (as David Conrad) Doug Stone ... Garbage Collector B (English version), (voice) Phil Williams ... Dr. Willis (English version), (voice) (as Phil Williams) Amy Wong ... Additional Voices (English version), (voice) (as Amy Wong) Mimi Woods ... Major Motoko Kusanagi (English version), (voice) Tom Wyner ... Puppet Master (English version), (voice) (as Abe Lasser) Produced by Andy Frain   Makoto Ibuki   Mitsuhisa Ishikawa   Ken Iyadomi   Ken Matsumoto   Teruo Miyahara   Yoshimasa Mizuo   Takashi Mogi   Yasushi Sukeof   Shigeru Watanabe   Hiroshi Yamazaki   Original Music by Kenji Kawai

Additional Info Premiere: September 23, 1995 Theatrical Release: March 29, 1996 DVD Release: March 31, 1998 Blu-ray Release: November 24, 2009 Countries: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Armored Riot Police Kôkaku Kidôtai Shell Mobile Force Production Companies Kôdansha (Kodansha) (produced by) Bandai Visual Company (Bandai Visual) (in association with) Manga Entertainment (in association with) Production I.G. (production studio) Distributors Lionsgate Films   (2021) (United States) (IMAX) (4K Remaster) (theatrical) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2005) (United States) (special edition) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2009) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2014) (United States) (25th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray) (video) Ani-Monday   (United States) (TV) Manga Entertainment   (1996) (United States) (Manga Video) Manga Entertainment   (1996) (United States) (Laserdisc) (video) Palm Pictures   (1996) (United States) PolyGram Video   (1996) (United States) Sirius Publishing   (1996) (United States) (CD-ROM) (video) The Criterion Channel   (2023) (United States) (streaming) (TV) The Sci-Fi Channel   (United States) (TV) United Paramount Network (UPN)   (2000) (United States) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,198 / 21,247 Site Ranking #1,194 I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) #1,195 Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) #1,196 Dear John (2010) #1,197 Devil (2010) #1,198 Ghost In The Shell (1995) #1,199 Riverdale: Season 7 (2023) #1,200 Riverdale: Season 3 (2018) #1,201 Riverdale: Season 4 (2019) #1,202 Riverdale: Season 2 (2017)