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Netflix India Releases Hindi Dub of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Anime
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Netflix India has added a Hindi dub to its Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 anime. The anime is now available on the streaming service in Japanese, English, and Hindi with the options of Japanese or English subtitles.
The Hindi dub cast includes:
- Neha Gargava as Motoko Kusanagi
- Manoj Pandey as Batou
- Archit Maurya as Stan
- Vallabh Bhingarde as Ishikawa
- Mohit Sinha as Saito
- Jigna Bharadwaj as Tachikoma A,B,C
- Vishal Menon as Togusa
- Nandikishore Pandey as Daisuke Aramaki
- Mohak Ninand as OT
- Manish Tandon as RB
- Lohit Sharma as Nomad
Prime Focus Technologies India produced Hindi dub of the anime. Dheerendra Barfa directed the Hindi dub production. Mahantesh Guggalshetty and Paul Cardoz were the sound mixers. Harpreet Chahal functioned as the recordist. Dhananjay Mehrotra was the adapter. Sumant Jamdar was the operation manager.
Netflix India describes the series:
After a global financial crisis, the world is engulfed in an AI-driven "sustainable war." It's up to Section 9 to counter new forms of cyber threats.
The anime debuted on Netflix worldwide on April 23. The first season has 12 episodes, with plans for a second season moving forward. Production I.G. USA president Maki Terashima-Furuta previously stated during an interview that the anime would have two 12-episode seasons, with Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) directing one of the seasons, and Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) directing the other.
Kodansha and Production I.G announced a new anime based on Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga in April 2017. Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki are directing the project at Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts. Russian illustrator Ilya Kushinov (The Wonderland) is the character designer. Nobuko Toda (Sweetness & Lightning, The case files of Jeweler Richard) and Kazuma Jinnouchi Busou Shinki: Moon Angel) are composing the music. Toda is best known for composing the music of the Metal Gear Solid series alongside Harry Gregson-Williams, and Toda and Jinnouchi collaborated on the Ultraman anime last year. The pair also composed the soundtracks for the Halo 4 and Halo 5 games.
Scriptwriters working on the series include: Kenji Kamiyama (Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex), Ryō Higaki (The Eccentric Family, Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit), Kurasumi Sunayama (Yowamushi Pedal, Gurren Lagann), Harumi Doki (Ultraman, Cyborg 009 Call of Justice), Dai Sato (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Samurai Champloo, Eureka Seven), and Daisuke Daitō.
Motion-capture actors include Kaori Kawabuchi (Motoko Kusanagi), Kaiji Soze (Daisuke Aramaki and Ishikawa), Shinji Kasahara (Batou), Chihei Okada (Togusa), Hidenori Takei (Saito), and Yarisa Yamashiro (Purin Ezaki).
Dark Horse Comics and later Kodansha Comics published Shirow's original 1991 manga and its sequels in North America.
DreamWorks and Paramount's live-action film adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson opened in the United States in March 2017, and opened in Japan in April 2017.
Sources: Netflix India, Netflix Japan via Anime News India
