
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."
Cast

Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)

Koichi Yamadera
Togusa (voice)

Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)

Tamio Ohki
Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice)

Yutaka Nakano
Ishikawa (voice)

Hiroaki Hirata
Koga (voice)

Masaki Terasoma
Azuma (voice)

Sumi Mutoh
Mysterious Woman (voice)

Yuzuru Fujimoto
Criminal (voice)

Sukekiyo Kameyama
Rin (voice)

Ryuji Nakagi
Wakabayashi (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki
Bodyguard (voice)

Minoru Hirano
Cyborg Doctor (voice)

Katsunosuke Hori
Chief of Forensics Division (voice)

Naoto Takenaka
Kim (voice)

Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Invasion Captain (voice)

Yoshiko Sakakibara
Haraway (voice)

Nanami Hinata
Togusa's Daughter (voice)

Gou Aoba
(voice)

Eisuke Asakura
(voice)
Emiko Fuku
(voice)

Masao Harada
(voice)

Eriko Kigawa
(voice)
Shuji Kishida
(voice)

Kenichi Mochizuki
(voice)
Yasushi Niko
(voice)

Yuu Sugimoto
(voice)

Akeno Watanabe
(voice)

Makoto Yasumura
(voice)
Crew

Mamoru Oshii
Director, Screenplay
Junichi Uematsu
Editor
Chihiro Nakano
Editor
Sachiko Miki
Editor
Miki Sakuma
Director of Photography

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Producer

Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Maki Terashima-Furuta
Associate Producer
Ryuji Mitsumoto
Line Producer

Yohei Taneda
Production Design

Hiroyuki Okiura
Animation Director, Key Animation, Character Designer

Tetsuya Nishio
Key Animation, Supervising Animator, Character Designer
Toyoaki Emura
Key Animation
Yuki Nakajima
Key Animation
Shigeru Fujita
Key Animation

Takeshi Honda
Key Animation
Nobutake Ito
Key Animation

Hiroyuki Morita
Key Animation
Satoru Utsunomiya
Key Animation
Hidetsugu Ito
Key Animation

Kanta Kamei
Key Animation

Kenichi Konishi
Key Animation
Theresia Whinkler
Key Animation
Shinji Hashimoto
Key Animation
Yoshio Mizumura
Key Animation
Mitsunobu Nakamura
Key Animation
Akiko Nagashima
Key Animation

Toshiyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Kouichi Arai
Key Animation

Kyoji Asano
Key Animation
Toshio Kawaguchi
Key Animation
Atsushi Takeuchi
Key Animation, Layout, Mechanical Designer
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Key Animation
Ei Inoue
Key Animation

Masashi Ando
Key Animation
Yasutaka Kubota
Key Animation
Keiko Shimizu
Key Animation
Masaharu Tada
Key Animation
Shinya Ohira
Key Animation

Kazuchika Kise
Key Animation, Supervising Animator
Toshiyuki Yahagi
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Ito
Key Animation
Shiho Takeuchi
Key Animation
Masahito Yamashita
Key Animation

Tadashi Hiramatsu
Key Animation

Daizen Komatsuda
Key Animation

Shoko Nakamura
Key Animation
Yasuhiro Nakura
Key Animation
Tooru Ookubo
Key Animation
Naoko Kusumi
Second Unit Director

Mizuho Nishikubo
Second Unit Director
Ryo Kono
Assistant Art Director
Dennie Thorpe
Sound Designer
Ellen Heuer
Sound Designer
Frank 'Pepe' Merel
Sound Designer

Steve Slanec
Sound Designer

Will Files
Sound Designer
Scott Guitteau
Sound Designer
Jana Vance
Sound Designer
Brian Magerkurth
Sound Designer

Randy Thom
Sound Designer

Michael Semanick
Sound Designer
Juan Peralta
Sound Designer

Tom Myers
Sound Designer
Travis Crenshaw
Sound Designer
Hiroyuki Hayashi
Special Effects Supervisor

Hisashi Ezura
Visual Effects Supervisor
Masahiko Hirano
Visual Effects

Kenji Kawai
Original Music Composer, Music
Minoru Okamoto
Lead Animator
Takashi Watabe
Layout, Settings
Shinsuke Kojima
Assistant Production Design
Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Recording Supervision
Katsushi Aoki
Background Designer
Akihito Fujimori
Background Designer

Hiromasa Ogura
Background Designer
Hideki Nakamura
Background Designer
Satoshi Kuroda
Background Designer
Akira Yamakawa
Background Designer
Junichi Taniguchi
Background Designer
Yohei Takamatsu
Background Designer
Junko Ina
Background Designer
Yuuko Sugiyama
Background Designer
Masatoshi Kai
Background Designer
Masahiro Kubota
Background Designer

Shirow Masamune
Comic Book
Shuichi Hirata
Art Direction, Settings
Sean Hargreaves
Concept Artist
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