Kubota is an army Intelligence Officer and former colleague of Aramaki. He often provides Aramaki with inside information. He appears to be of the same JGSDF Academy Class as Chief Aramaki, and appears to have equivalent rank (Colonel), though he is also interested in advancing his career politically, often handing unpleasant tasks over to Section 9 in order to prevent blame for &#039;dirty business&#039; being officially attached to his record of conduct.

In the not so distant future, mankind has advanced to a state where complete body transplants from flesh to machine is possible. This allows for great increases in both physical and cybernetic prowess and blurring the lines between the two worlds. However, criminals can also make full use of such technology, leading to new and sometimes, very dangerous crimes. In response to such innovative new methods, the Japanese Government has established Section 9, an independently operating police unit which deals with such highly sensitive crimes. 
Led by Daisuke Aramaki and Motoko Kusanagi, Section 9 deals with such crimes over the entire social spectrum, usually with success. However, when faced with a new A level hacker nicknamed “The Laughing Man”, the team is thrown into a dangerous cat and mouse game, following the hacker’s trail as it leaves its mark on Japan. 
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Gerald Michael Charlebois is an American voice actor who has voiced in many anime titles. However, one of his best-known roles was a live-action voice-over, that being the voice of Prince Olympius in Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue despite being age 71. Formerly, Charlebois was a live-action film and television actor in his heyday, but has since been well-known for his voice-acting roles. Charlebois also was a regular in Roger Corman's movies.

A Japanese actor and voice actor. He debuted as a member of the 11th Shin Kyodo Theater Company.

In a futuristic world where the internet and cybernetics has blurred the borders between societies; the members of Public Security Section 9 are reinstated to assist in solving numerous cases of cyber crime. 
A spate of similar crimes committed by separate suicidal groups known as "The Individual Eleven" becomes the core focus for Section 9 as war approaches in the form of refugees flooding into the country.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

Compilation movie of the "Individual Eleven" story from Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd Gig series. 
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John Novak is an actor and anime voice actor who frequently does voice work for the Ocean Group based in Vancouver, Canada.    He has also starred in the Wishmaster sequels Wishmaster 3: Beyond The Gates Of Hell, and Wishmaster; The Prophecy Fulfilled replacing Andrew Divoff as The Djinn.    He appeared twice in the TV series Sliders as a shyster lawyer, Ross J. Kelly.    He most recently starred as the Sheriff in Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance.    Novak is probably best known, in Canada at least, from Kokanee beer commercials, as he plays the Park Ranger who is constantly trying to prevent the Kokanee Sasquatch from stealing the beer.

In 2024, the terrorist incident known as "The Laughing Man Incident" occurred in which Ernest Serano, president of the groundbreaking micromachine company, Sereno Genomics, was kidnapped and ransomed. One day, the case having remained unsolved for six years, Detective Yamaguchi, who has been investigating "The Laughing Man Incident," sends word that he wants to meet with Togusa from Public Safety Section 9. However, soon after sending this message, Yamaguchi, crucial to the success of the case, dies in an accident. Many days pass and in the midst of a police interview relay concerning suspicions behind interceptors, a forewarning is received from "The Laughing Man" of his next crime. The incorporeal hacker begins to move once again.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)