Batou

...from dying when linked with others. These separate personalities reveal three 'main' Tachikoma. The first one considers itself Batou's personal Tachikoma, which has a personality of a hyperactive child. It is curious, inquisitive,...

In this article: Section 9, Fuchikoma, Motoko Kusanagi, Adult Swim, Togusa, Masamune Shirow, and Stand Alone Complex

Kusanagi is frequently portrayed in the film as contemplative and brooding, in contrast to the down-to-earth nature of her colleague Batou. She usually wields an M-23 submachine gun that, while fictional, bears a striking resemblance to...

In this article: Motoko Kusanagi, Public Security Section 9, Hideo Kuze, CIS, Togusa, and Saito

Raj Puhto, a Siak operative and elite sniper who was the head of Ka Rum's bodyguard, surfaces in Japan. Batou and Saito are dispatched to intercept him. They locate him but are spotted before they can apprehend him, forcing Puhto and Saito...

In this article: Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society, Togusa, and Public Security Section 9

...characters from the preceding movie, like Togusa, the most organic member of the team, Chief Aramaki and Batou, as the protagonists. Batou was originally partnered with Major Kusanagi, who disappeared at the end of the first film. He's...

In this article: Mamoru Oshii, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Ghost in the Shell, Dog, DVD, Locus Solus, Togusa, Donna Haraway, and DreamWorks

...Tenma rejects. Except that the dogged BKA (German federal police) Investigator Lunge (voiced by Richard Epcar - Ghost in the Shell's Batou, Ninja Scroll's Gemma, Robotech's Ben Dixon) suspects him in the murder of the poison victims, Tenma...

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...combat but he is defeated when Kuze immobilizes Batou's right leg and subsequently impales Batou with a pole. Kuze tells Batou that the only reason that Batou lost was because of "minor differences in motivation". From the second series...

In this article: Section 9, Togusa, Stand Alone Complex, Mamoru Oshii, and Jericho

...force open a hatch with her bare hands, she overloads her body to the point of catastrophic failure, and is nearly killed before Batou arrives with an anti-tank weapon. The Major insists on linking with the shell and they converse at length,...

In this article: Project 2501, Public Security Section 9, Motoko Kusanagi, Tom Wyner, and Ghost in the Shell

...and Kenneth Koch. The main antagonist of the anime film '''' takes its name from this book. Also in the film, Section 9 members Batou and Togusa go to the North to question a mercenary hacker named Kim who lives in an elaborate mansion...

In this article: Locus Solus, Togusa, Section 9, Michel Foucault, and John Ashbery

...along the two parallel parts of the Section 9 investigation that forms the basis of the storyline, with some sections following Batou's experiences and others recounting Kusanagi's solo journey to the region where the plot appears to...

In this article: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, PlayStation 2, Section 9, PlayStation Portable, Action game, Saito, Coded Arms, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and North America

...nature of consciousness as it does advancing its ostensible story. To the extent that a narrative can be articulated, it centers around Batou (Akio Ohtsuka), a cop with the body of a machine and the soul of a man, who, along with his...

In this article: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Philosophy, Confucian, and Akio Ohtsuka