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Atsuko Tanaka has 16 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Ghost in the Shell.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain
2013
Action · Animation

Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Movie · Voice
Top 1%Prime Video · Included

Ghost in the Shell 2.0
2008 · Movie · Voice
Top 7%Prime Video · Included

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
2024 · Series · Voice
Top 56%Crunchyroll · Included

Devil May Cry
2007 · Series · Voice
Top 64%Crunchyroll · Included

Knights of Sidonia
2014 · Series · Voice
Top 68%Crunchyroll · Included

A Certain Scientific Railgun
2009 · Series · Voice
Top 78%Crunchyroll · Included

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.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi

After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
Dir. Shinichiro Ushijima · With Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii

In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'.
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera

Set in the rich Tekken universe, Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D follows Xiaoyu Ling, seasoned martial artist and high school student, tasked by the G Corporation to infiltrate an international school in Kyoto to gather information on the mysterious student Shin Kamiya. Before she can make any progress in the investigation, Shin is kidnapped by an unknown assailant. Digging deeper into Shin’s background in an attempt to rescue him, Xiaoyu learns about the frightening underbelly of the Mishima Zaibatsu. Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima… and the late Heihachi Mishima’s conspiracy that’s stained with blood.
Dir. Youichi Mouri · With Isshin Chiba, Unsho Ishizuka, Yuki Matsuoka

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Osamu Saka

as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · Voice
The year is 2030, and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the "Individual Eleven." With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gloomy pitfalls of defeat?
Dir. Kenji Kamiyama · With Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Koichi Yamadera

as Motoko Kusanagi (voice) · Voice
Prime Video · Rent
The story takes place in the year 2034, two years after the events in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG. Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi has left Public Security Section 9, an elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber-warfare, which has expanded to a team of 20 field operatives with Togusa acting as the field lead.
Dir. Kenji Kamiyama · With Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Koichi Yamadera

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."
Dir. Mamoru Oshii · With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera
Aika Sumeragi works as a salvager for hire, but gets caught up in a plot for world domination.
With Hiroko Konishi, Rei Sakuma, Minami Takayama

An ordinary walk home from school turns into an epic journey for Usato. After suddenly being dropped into another world with two fellow students, Usato learns he was summoned there by accident. But things turn around when he discovers a unique aptitude for healing magic! Now, he trains beyond human limitations, using his self-healing abilities to gain absurd strength and unrivaled stamina.
With Shogo Sakata, Ayaka Nanase, Kengo Takanashi

The adventures of the demon hunter Dante who himself is half demon and half human.
Dir. Hideki Kamiya · With Toshiyuki Morikawa, Misato Fukuen, Akio Otsuka

as Bayonetta (voice) · Voice
Bayonetta is an ancient witch who awakens from a five hundred-year slumber with no memory of her life. Armed with a gun in each limb, she embarks on a journey to rediscover her past, defeating all bloodthirsty angels that stand in her way.
Dir. Fuminori Kizaki · With Atsuko Tanaka, Mie Sonozaki, Wataru Takagi

An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose grandfather secretly hid him in the forgotten bowels of Sidonia, it’s a strange new world as he’s forced to come to the surface. Yet his recruitment comes just in time, for the Gauna have suddenly reappeared.
With Ryota Osaka, Sayaka Ohara, Takahiro Sakurai

Misaka's electro-manipulation skills - and her delightfully destructive railgun projectile movement - make her a rock star in Academy City. The techno-metropolis is filled with supernaturally powerful students known as Espers, including Misaka's flirtatious friend and roommate, Shirai Kuroko. She uses her teleportation skills as a member of the Judgment law enforcement team, fighting crime alongside fellow agent Uiharu. Joined by their friend Saten, a spunky Level 0 Esper, Misaka, Kuroko, and Uiharu have a blast taking on danger whenever and wherever it arises.
With Rina Sato, Satomi Arai, Aki Toyosaki

At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour will open. While attracting attention from around the world, top executives of large companies are kidnapped from the party venue where WSG tournament sponsors gather. Conan moves toward a solution and eventually finds a connection with the WSG abduction case that occurred 15 years ago in Boston, USA.
Dir. Chika Nagaoka · With Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki

In the year 2045, cybernetic mercenary Motoko Kusanagi returns to Section 9 to face a dangerous new threat: the posthumans.
Dir. Shirow Masamune · With Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera
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