
The story
The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
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Tou UbukataScript
Masamune ShirowOriginal Creator
Junichi FujisakuSupervisor
Ryouji Masuyama2nd Key Animation
Takehiro HamatsuKey Animation
Yoshikazu IwanamiSound Director
Masahiko MurataDirector
Masahiko MurataStoryboard
Yuusuke TakedaArt Director
Mitsuhisa IshikawaExecutive Producer
Hiroshi KatouArt Design
Hiroyuki OkiuraKey Animation
Tetsuya NishioAnimation Director
Tetsuya NishioKey Animation
Tetsuya NishioSub Character Design
Shirou SasakiProduction
Masahiro MurakamiSpecial Effects
Masahiro MurakamiSpecial Effects
Shousei ItouAdvertising Producer
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