History Trivia / GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex

* ShootTheMoney: At the time of its creation, ''Stand Alone Complex'' set a budgetary record working on all the CGI effects, and it ''really'' shows. Even after 10 years, the series has higher animation quality than most popular anime series that have come since.

** Togusa was recast from David Richardson i.e. "Christopher Joyce" in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for [=SAC=]. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character.

** Saitō's voice in the [=PS1=] game was performed by Jimmy Krakor[[note]]Saitō was in the movie but had no spoken dialogue.[[/note]] but is done here by Creator/DaveWittenberg.

** Togusa was recast from Matthew Kermit Miller i.e. "Christopher Joyce" in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for [=SAC=]. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character. Miller would appear in the third episode of season one as Dr. Miyashiro, however.
** There's also Ishikawa who is voiced here by Michael [=McCarty=] instead of his movie actor Michael Sorich. Notably, Sorich had already been replaced in the role by the late Creator/BobPapenbrook in the [=PS1=] game years before. Sorich appears in [=SAC=] as a few incidental characters while Papenbrook appeared as Marco Amoretti and other inconsequential roles.

* BannedInChina: YTV initially didn't allow the episode "JUNGLE CRUISE" to air due to the story. It was later aired after 12 AM in another broadcast.

* TalkingToHimself:
** In the original Japanese version, both Togusa and the Laughing Man are played by Creator/KoichiYamadera.
** The Japanese Tachikomas all have the same voice, although this is not the case in the English L.A. dub where everyone has different voice actors portraying them (for example, Batou's favorite is voiced by Creator/SandyFox, while the one who is reading books is Creator/LaraJillMiller).

** Togusa was recast from Christopher Joyce in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for [=SAC=]. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character.

** Togusa was recast from Christopher Carroll in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for [=SAC=]. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character. Carroll would appear in the first season as General Inspector Daido and as an assemblyman in 2nd Gig before retiring from the dubbing game to focus on live-action work.

** Fukami was voiced by Creator/SteveBulen in all his appearances except for in his assassinating Nanao in episode 6, where Creator/JamiesonPrice took over. It was likely due to the casting director mistaking him for a separate character due to his face [[FaceFramedInShadow not being visible]] in that scene.

** Saitō's voice in the [=PS1=] game was performed by Hank Crowell Jr.[[note]]Saitō was in the movie but had no spoken dialogue.[[/note]] but is done here by Creator/DaveWittenberg.

** Section 4 Chief Nakamura was voiced by Simon Prescott in the original movie but his appearance in ''Solid State Society'' was done by Michael Gregory, as Prescott had retired from dubbing work after voicing Dr. Akio Asuda, the creator of the Tachikoma, in 2nd Gig.

** Togusa's daughter was voiced in Japanese by Creator/MikaKanai, [[RelationshipVoiceActor wife of Togusa's actor]] Creator/KoichiYamadera at the time, for 2nd Gig, but was replaced by Nana Yamauchi in ''Solid State Society'' who continued to voice her in ''Innocence''. This was most likely due to Kanai and Yamadera's recent divorce making them work together too uncomfortable. On the English-speaking side, Creator/SandyFox voiced the daughter in 2nd Gig and reprised her part in ''Innocence'' but ''Solid State Society'' had Creator/SherryLynn fill in for her, possibly due to Fox's humanitarian work alongside [[Creator/LexLang her husband.]]

** On the Japanese side, likely due to the high cost, Tamio Oki was not brought back to voice Aramaki, being replaced in the role by Osamu Saka. Oki would return to his part once more in ''Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence'', however.

** Togusa was also recast from Christopher Carroll in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for [=SAC=]. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character. Carroll would appear in the first season as General Inspector Daido and as an assemblyman in 2nd Gig before retiring from the dubbing game to focus on live-action work.

** Saitō's voice in the [=PS1=] game was performed by Hank Crowell Jr.[[note]]Saitō was in the movie but had no spoken dialogue.[[/note]] but is voiced here by Creator/DaveWittenberg.

* PlayingAgainstType: Patricia Ja Lee as Fem, the Triad assassin. You may know her from the Power Rangers franchise as Cassie Chan the Pink Turbo and Pink Space Ranger.
** Both Wendee Lee and Yoko Soumi as the yandere Kaorio Kirishima.

** The Japanese Tachikomas all have the same voice, although this is not the case in the English L.A. dub where everyone have different voice actors portraying them (for example, Batou's favorite is voiced by Creator/SandyFox, while the one who is reading books is Creator/LaraJillMiller).

** On the Japanese side, likely due to high costs, Tamio Oki was not brought back to voice Aramaki in the series, being replaced in the role by Osamu Saka. Oki would return to his part once more in ''Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence'', however.

** Togusa was also recast from Christopher Carroll in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for this series. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character. Carroll would make two appearances in the series as Daido and an assemblyman before leaving the dubbing scene for good to focus on live-action work.
** There's also Ishikawa who is voiced here by Michael [=McCarty=] instead of his movie actor Michael Sorich. Notably, Sorich had already been replaced in the role by the late Creator/BobPapenbrook in the [=PS1=] game years before. Sorich ''did'' appear in [=SAC=] as a few incidental characters while Papenbrook appeared as Marco Amoretti in a standalone episode.

* PlayingAgainstType: Patricia Ja Lee as Fem, the Triad assassin. You may know her from the Power Rangers franchise as the Pink Turbo and Pink Space Ranger.

** Togusa was also recast from Christopher Carroll in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for this series. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character. Carroll would make two appearances in the series as Daido and an assemblyman before leaving the dubbing scene for good to focus on live-action projects.

** In English, Motoko's original actress from the original movie and the '97 [=PS1=] game, Mimi Woods, had moved away from Los Angeles and retired from acting altogether, so Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn was brought in and the rest was history. Many fans consider Mary to be the de facto English voice of the Major, feeling that Mimi's take was rather monotone by comparison.

* ShootTheMoney: At the time of its creation, ''Stand Alone Complex'' set a budgetary record working on all the CGI effects, and it ''really'' shows. Even after 10 years, the series has higher animation quality than many popular anime series that have come since.

** Togusa was also recast from Christopher Carroll in the movie and the prior [=PS1=] game to [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} fan]] [[Manga/{{Naruto}} favorite]] [[Anime/BloodPlus dubber]] Creator/CrispinFreeman for this series. Much like [=McGlynn=], Freeman has been widely regarded as the best English voice of the character. Carroll had already left the dubbing scene, for the most part, to focus on live-action work, necessitating a recast.

** There's also Ishikawa who is voiced here by Michael [=McCarty=] instead of his movie actor Michael Sorich. Notably, Sorich had already been replaced in the role by the late Creator/BobPapenbrook in the [=PS1=] game years before. Sorich ''did'' appear in [=SAC=] as a few incidental characters, however.

** There's also Ishikawa who is voiced here by Michael [=McCarty=] instead of his movie actor Michael Sorich. Notably, Sorich had already been replaced in the role by the late Creator/BobPapenbrook in the [=PS1=] game years before. Sorich ''did'' appear in ''Standalone Complex'' as a few incidental characters, however.