6.429 minSeason 2 • Episode 12
LatestThe Section 9 crew start living their regular lives as if nothing ever happened — and the only one who finds it strange is Kusanagi.
In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
Direction
Kamiyama and Aramaki return; the political threading is dense.
Production
Controversial 3DCG that actually suits the synthetic world.
Writing
Posthumans as metaphor for algorithmic humanity? Chef's kiss.
Creator
Shirow Masamune
Atsuko Tanaka
Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Batou (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano
Ishikawa (voice)
Toru Okawa
Saito (voice)
Takashi Onozuka
Paz (voice)
Taro Yamaguchi
Borma (voice)
Sakiko Tamagawa
Tachikoma (voice)
Osamu Saka
Daisuke Aramaki (voice)
Megumi Han
Purin Ezaki (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Standard (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Takashi Shimamura (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'sustainable war' concept eerily predicted 2020s economic militarization discourse. Released March 2020, it hit different.
The 3DCG was produced at Sola Digital Arts using real-time rendering—ironic that a show about authenticity used cutting-edge synthetic production.
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Can you imagine a kid watching this show and then searching for the original anime and having a mental breakdown in the first five minutes?
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Netflix really has the power to make you hate anime adaptions.
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Artists : How generic do you want this to look? Netflix : Yes
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