Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Get out of the Network!
2005 | 160m | Japanese
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Kenji Kamiyama |
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| Writer: | Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Sato, Taiki Sakurai |
| Staring: |
| The year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as "The Laughing Man" swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, and espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed, as Section 9 enters the hunt for a suspect capable of unfathomable actions in this compilation of Stand Alone Complex content. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 23, 2005 |
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| Director: | Kenji Kamiyama |
| Writer: | Junichi Fujisaku, Kenji Kamiyama, Dai Sato, Taiki Sakurai |
| Genres: | Animation, Action, Science Fiction, Crime |
| Keywords | cyborg, cyberpunk, anime, original video animation (ova) |
| Production Companies | Production I.G, Kôkaku Kidôtai Seisaku Iinkai, Kodansha |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 20, 2026 Entered: Jan 20, 2026 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Atsuko Tanaka | Motoko Kusanagi (voice) |
| Osamu Saka | Daisuke Aramaki (voice) |
| Yutaka Nakano | Ishikawa (voice) |
| Koichi Yamadera | Togusa/The Laughing Man (voice) |
| Toru Okawa | Saito (voice) |
| Taro Yamaguchi | Borma (voice) |
| Sakiko Tamagawa | Tachikoma (voice) |
| Ross Douglas | Daido (voice) |
| Takashi Onozuka | Pazu (voice) |
| Akio Otsuka | Batou (voice) |
| Ai Orikasa | Sano (voice) |
| Jouji Nakata | Kusunoki (voice) |
| Ken Narita | Nanao (voice) |
| Maaya Sakamoto | Little Motoko (voice) |
| Minami Takayama | Kuroha (voice) |
| Miyu Irino | Omba (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Yutaka Omatsu | Production Manager |
| Yoko Kanno | Original Music Composer |
| Junichi Fujisaku | Screenplay |
| Kenji Kamiyama | Screenplay, Director |
| Tetsuya Nishio | Character Designer |
| Dai Sato | Screenplay |
| Takayuki Goto | Character Designer |
| Kazuhiro Wakabayashi | Sound Director |
| Taiki Sakurai | Screenplay |
| Yusuke Takeda | Art Direction |
| Shirow Masamune | Comic Book |
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| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 7 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 31 | 190 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2026 | 1 | 712 | 743 |