It found a voice... now it needs a body.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemporary and open-ended.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
Who loves it, who doesn't
27 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
- Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
- Iemasa KayumiPuppetmaster (voice)
- Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice)
- Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)
- Tamio OhkiAramaki (voice)
- Tessyo GendaDirector Nakamura (voice)
- Masakazu NamakiDr. Willis (voice)
- Masato YamanouchiMinister of Foreign Affairs (voice)
- Shinji OgawaGaikôkan (voice)
Crew
- Mamoru OshiiDirector
- Kazunori ItoScreenplay
- Hisao ShiraiDirector of Photography
- Kenji KawaiOriginal Music Composer
- Shuichi KakesuEditor
- Mitsuhisa IshikawaProducer
- Ken IyadomiProducer
- Ken MatsumotoProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 200875% alikeBoth grave, earnest, contemporary.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 200474% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
Zardoz 197470% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
Lone Star 199668% alikeBoth earnest, grave.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 200168% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
Nightbreed 199067% alikeBoth earnest, grave.
Blade Runner 198267% alikeBoth earnest, grave.
Minority Report 200266% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
The Talos Principle II 202374% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
Deus Ex 200074% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
Often watched with
Recommendations from TMDB. Opening one adds it to Curator Co.
