Batou (バトー) is a main character in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002). He is voiced by Akio Ootsuka in Japanese and Richard Epcar in English.
Batou quick facts
- Full name
- Batou
- Japanese name
- バトー
- Gender
- Male
- First anime
- Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- First manga
- The Ghost in the Shell (1989)
Who is Batou?
Batou is nominally the second-in-command of Section 9.
Little is known about the strange, large foreigner who has been with Motoko Kusanagi for years. He was once American and served in the Special Forces in South America.
His amount of cyborg-ization is variable according to the storyline, from his limbs only up to most of his body, second only to the Major herself. Despite the availability of superior eyes, he grew superstitious about his old-style eye replacements, popular with many high-level military operatives. He also retains some residual body-image issues, causing him to continually purchase workout equipment despite the obvious anachronism.
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Who voices Batou?
Japanese
Akio Ootsuka
大塚明夫
Kenichirou Matsuda
松田健一郎
Hiroki Yasumoto
安元洋貴
English
Richard Epcar
David Kaye
Russell Wait
Other dubs
- French
- Yann Pichon
- German
- Tilo Schmitz, Volker Wolf, Christoph Jablonka
- Hungarian
- Gábor Vass, Tamás Bognár, György Juhász
- Italian
- Mario Zucca, Massimo Bitossi, Alessandro Rossi
- Korean
- Jeong-Gu Lee
- Portuguese
- Francisco Junior, Guilherme Lopes
- Spanish
- Leonardo García, Juan Oliva
Batou in anime
Ghost in the Shell
Main · MOVIE · 1995
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Main · TV · 2002
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL
Supporting · TV · 2026
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG
Main · TV · 2004
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Main · MOVIE · 2004
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Main · MOVIE · 2008
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Main · SPECIAL · 2006
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:1 Ghost Pain
Supporting · MOVIE · 2013
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
Main · ONA · 2020
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:2 Ghost Whispers
Supporting · MOVIE · 2013
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Supporting · MOVIE · 2015
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:3 Ghost Tears
Supporting · MOVIE · 2014
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
Supporting · MOVIE · 2014
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Main · OVA · 2005
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven
Main · OVA · 2006
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2
Main · ONA · 2022
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War
Main · MOVIE · 2021
Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen
Main · MOVIE · 2023
Batou in manga
The Ghost in the Shell
Main · MANGA · 1989
The Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface
Supporting · MANGA · 1997
The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor
Main · MANGA · 1991
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm
Main · MANGA · 2019
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Main · NOVEL · 2006
Koukaku Kidoutai: Arise - Nemuranai Me no Otoko Sleepless Eye
Main · MANGA · 2013
After the Long Goodbye
Main · NOVEL · 2004
Other Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex characters
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