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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex :: C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY (01x05)
 
Episode Information
  
Title: C: The Inviting Bird will Chant; DECOY
Episode #: 01x05
Original Airdate: Sunday December 05th, 2004
10/10 (1 Vote cast)
Episode Crew
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Ryuutarou Nakamura
Screenplay: Shoutarou Suga
 
Episode Summary
  
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With the recent death threat on the Superintendent-General's life that had been aired during a press conference about the illegal use of intercepters, Section 9 steps up their own investigation into the Laughing Man Incident. Aramaki briefs his team on a man named Nanao=A who has for some time been at the center of the investigation by the Laughing Man Unit at police headquarters. The Chief assigns Batou and Togusa to keep tabs on the man while he has the rest of the team dig deeper into Nanao's background to see if he is really the Laughing Man.
 
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Guest Stars
  
Guest Stars
•Amanda Winn LeevoicedKurutanRecurring (first appearance)
•Daran NorrisvoicedNanao=ARecurring (first appearance)
•Doug StonevoicedPlainclothesmanRecurring (third appearance)
•John RubinsteinvoicedErnest SeranoRecurring (first appearance)
•Julie Ann TaylorvoicedRanRecurring (first appearance)
•Steve BulenvoicedFukamiRecurring (second appearance)
•Tom WynervoicedHome Affairs MinisterRecurring (first appearance)
•Skip StellrechtvoicedPlainclothesman 
Uncredited
•Steven Jay Blum (1)voicedLaughing ManRecurring (first appearance)
 
Episode Notes
  
Japanese Title: 「マネキドリは謡う」 - 「Manekidori wa Utau」
The DVD translates the title as 「The Copycats Chant」
 
Kanji on the Home Affairs Ministry gate: 内務省 - Naimushō.
The Naimushō did at one time exist in Japan, but it was dismantled after the end of World War II. The current Home Affairs Ministry is called the Sōmushō. Written in Japanese as 総務省, which literally means General Affairs Ministry, the agency covers all aspects of Japan related to its domestic policy.
 
Tom Wyner, who voices the Minister of Home Affairs, is the voice actor of the Puppet Master in the 1995 movie Ghost in the Shell. He is credited in the movie under his pseudonym Abe Lasser.
 
In Pazu's interview with Nanao's colleague at the internet cafe, named in "ERASER" as パチンコ (Pachinko) Parlour Ishikawa, [AS] edited out the sex act that had been reflected from the man's video screen onto his shades, making the image completely white.
 
Kanji in the News Cast:
On Rainbow Intro:
おでかけ　天気予報 (Odekake Tenki Yohō) - Starting Now Weather Forecast

Forecast Window on Right of Screen:
今朝のお天気 (Kesa no Otenki) - Today's Weather
雲報 ・ 注意報　(Unhō ・ Chūihō) - Cloud Report ・ Storm Warning
マイクロマシン雲注意報 (Micro Machine Unchūihō) Micro Machine Cloud Storm Warning
各地の天気 (Kakuchi no Tenki) - Area Weather
6 時 発表 (6-ji Happyō) - 6 (am) o'clock Announcement (Like most countries, and unlike the United States, Japan uses the 24 hour clock)
世界の天気 (Sekai no Tenki) - World Weather

Kanji on Festival Sign:
2024年　日本国際博覧会 (2024-nen Nihon Kokusai Hakurankai) - 2024 Japan International Fair
淡路万博 - (Awaji Banbaku) - Awaji World's Fair
開催まで　あと 100日 (Kaisai made　Ato 100-ka) - (Days) Until Opening: 100 Days Remaining

City Names in Weather Report:
熊本 - Kumamoto
宮崎 - Miyazaki
鹿児島 - Kagoshima
大分 - Ooita (Prefecture)
長崎 - Nagasaki
佐賀 - Saga (Prefecture)
愛媛 - Ehime
高知 - Kōchi (Prefecture)
福岡 - Fukuoka
山口 - Yamaguchi
香川 - Kagawa
徳島 - Tokushima
鳥取 - Tottori
島根 - Shimane (Island Countries)
広島 - Hiroshima
兵庫 - Hyōgo (Prefecture)
岡山 - Okayama
和歌山 - Wakayama
京都 - Kyōto
奈良 - Nara
大阪 - Ōsaka
三重 - Sanjū
福井 - Fukui
滋賀 - Shiga
 
Kanji on "REPORT FILE":
警察庁指定
広域重要
081号
事件

Kesatsuchō Shitei
Kōiki Jūyō
081-gō
Jiken

Police Agency Designation
Metropolitan
Case #81
 
Kanji in Programs on TV:
犯罪評論家 (Hanzai Hyōron-ka) - Criminal Expert
作家 (Sakka) - Author
朝まで討論 (Asa made [pronounced 'mah-day'] Tōron) - Debate for Today
笑い男はなぜ再び姿をあらわ現したのか (Warai Otoko wa naze Futatabi Sugata o Utsutsushita no ka) - How do we know that the real Laughing Man has returned?
 
Kanji on Nanao's Computer Screen:
送信 (Sōshin) - Transmit
 
 
Featured Songs
  
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
•Origa「Inner Universe」 
•Scott Matthew「Lithium Flower」 
•Yōko Kanno「Siberian Doll House」 
•Yōko Kanno「Smile」 
•Yōko Kanno「Spotter」 
•Yōko Kanno「Surf」 
•Yōko Kanno「Silent Cruise」 
 
Cultural References
  
MOHA Head: "PROLOGUE"
The character design for the Minister of Home (Internal) Affairs is taken directly from the 1991 Ghost in the Shell manga by Shirō Masamune. The Minister first appears on the final page of the "PROLOGUE" chapter, and plays a role in later chapters of the manga.
 
Kurutan & Ran: "JUNK JUNGLE"
Kurutan and Ran appear with Motoko in the 1991 Ghost in the Shell manga by Shirō Masamune in Chapter 2, "JUNK JUNGLE".
 
 
Episode References
  
"[O]ut of the country": "ANOTHER CHANCE"
At Kurutan's, Motoko explains to her friend that during the initial Laughing Man Incident in 2024 she was out of the country. Her whereabouts will be discussed in the 2nd GIG episode "ANOTHER CHANCE".
 
 
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