HARD WORKIN MAN

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Anime, Crime, Mystery, Science-Fiction
• Plot: On a visit to London for a conference, Aramaki drops by to visit an old friend who wants to ask a favor. But they find themselves taken hostage by a couple of thieves, and a crooked police officer doesn't want any survivors. Then Aramaki attends the funeral of an old war buddy, and learns of the disturbing behavior of his deceased friend's son. Later, Section 9 is assigned the task of protecting the Chinese foreign Minister from being assassinated. How are the two cases related?; ; Section 9's next case is a rash of mass-kidnappings. Rumor has it that a crime syndicate is harvesting organs and selling them on the black market. This case will put them up against an operative who is Motoko's equal.; ; Togusa, meanwhile, is on the trail of the Laughing Man again, and this time, his investigations lead him towards a leading micromachine corporation and an NGO called the Sunflower Society. But things are about to take a deadly turn.; ; Episodes:; 17. Angel's Share; 18. Lost Heritage; 19. Captured; 20. Re-View
• Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Toru Ôkawa, Takashi Onozuka, Taro Yamaguchi, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, William Knight, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman, Michael McCarty, Dave Wittenberg, Bob Buchholz, Dean Elliott, Ethan Murray, Hiroshi Yanaka, Sakiko Tamagawa, Toshihiko Miki, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Tôru Shinagawa, Mitsutaka Tachikawa, Eri Oono, Michelle Ruff, Peter Spellos, Paul St. Peter, Kim Strauss, Karen Strassman, Jonathan Fahn, John Lee, Tony Oliver, Mike Reynolds, Debra Rogers, John Rubinstein, Ryûji Saikachi, Natsuo Tokuhiro, Shiro Saito, Daisuke Egawa, Hikari Yono, Miu Tsuzuhara, Kôji Ishii, Wataru Hoshino, Kyôsei Tsukui, Toshiya Mori, Mitsuaki Mori, Miyu Irino, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Kazuya Ichijô, Kyôko Hikami, Daisuke Gôri, Atsushi Goto, Mitsuru Ogata, Yukiko Tagami, Sendai Eri, Yumi Kakazu, Rin Mizuhara, Minami Takayama, Asuka Tanii, Risa Tsubaki, Akiko Yajima, Takehiro Murozono, Toshitaka Shimizu, Michiko Yamamoto, Mitsuaki Hoshino, Yuka Imai, Ikkyu Juku, Kyôko Tsuruno, Shuhei Sakaguchi, Makoto Yasumura, Masayuki Katô, Hideo Watanabe, Naomi Kusumi, Yayoi Kazuki, Fumihiko Tachiki, Shihori Niwa, Kenta Miyake, Toshiaki Kuwahara, Tarusuke Shingaki, Ryusuke Oobayashi, Yûji Mikimoto, Kiyoyuki Yanada, Naoki Makishima, Koji Takahashi, Ayumi Kida, Katsuya Kobayashi, Akiko Hiramatsu, Makoto Ishii, Mitsuki Yayoi, Takehiro Koyama, Arisa Ogasawara, Yoshinori Mutsuo, Ayako Ito, Kirk Thornton, Jane Alan, Stephen Apostolina, Robert Axelrod, Kirk Baily, William Bassett, Kenji Kamiyama
• Director: Kenji Kamiyama
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: ZRO Limit Productions, Production I.G., Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Committee, Bandai Entertainment, Animaze
• Media Format: Series