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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex :: DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE (02x02)

Episode Information

Title:

DI: Well-Fed Me; NIGHT CRUISE

Episode #:

02x02

Original Airdate:

Saturday November 26th, 2005

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Episode Crew
Director:	Kenji Kamiyama Kenichi Takeshita
Story:	Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay:	Shoutarou Suga

Episode Summary

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Gino is a Japanese National who survived the horrors of World War IV, the Second Vietnam War. Returning to his country, he takes a job as the helicopter pilot/chauffeur for the chairman of a large media conglomerate. The war has had its affects on Gino's psyche. His perspective of the world has been altered for the worst as he has begun to have ideas about resetting the world. It is at this time that Gino meets an unlikely beauty in a world of eternal pain.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Liam O'Brien (3)	voiced	Gino	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Robert Axelrod	voiced	Katakura

Episode Notes

Japanese Title: 「飽食の僕」　-　「Hōshoku no Boku」
The DVD translates the title as 「I, Glutton」

Kanji in First News Report: 招慰難民居住区連続爆破事件で犯行声明 (Shōi Nammin Kyojūku - Renzoku Bakuha Jiken de Hankō Seimei) - Shōi Refugee Residential District - Responsibility Claimed for Criminal Incident of Series of Explosions. The DVD translates the kanji as "Claim of Responsibility for Refugee District Bombings". Shōi is the name of the District. It means "Comforting Invitation" in Japanese.
The kanji 難民居住区 or Refugee Residential District will be seen again at the beginning of episode 4.

Kanji in First TV Report: Upper left reads 新浜市上空 (Niihama-shi Jōkū) - New Port City Aerial View. Bottom of screen reads 炎上する庁舎ビル (Enjō suru Chōsha Building) - Swift Blaze at Government Office Building. The DVD translates the bottom kanji as "Government Building on Fire", and does not translate the kanji in the upper left.

Kanji in Second TV Report: Upper right reads 生中継 (Namachūkei) - Live TV Broadcast. Left side of screen reads 庁舎ビル襲撃！ (Chōsha Building Shūgeki!) - Government Office Building Attacked! The DVD translates the kanji on the left as "Sneak Attack on Government Office Building", and does not translate the kanji in the upper right.

Kanji in Third TV Report: Upper right reads 新浜市 (Niihama-shi) - New Port City. Bottom of screen reads 庁舎ビル前より生中継 (Chosha Building Mae yori Namachūkei) - Live TV Broadcast from the Front of the Government Office Building. The DVD translates the bottom kanji as "Live from the Scene", and does not translate the kanji in the upper right.

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•Ilaria Graziano	「Monochrome」
•Origa	「Rise」
•Steve Conte	「Living Inside the Shell」
•Yōko Kanno	「Idoling」

Episode Goofs

Bandai Entertainment incorrectly spells one of the character's who plays Gino's colleague, Shuuhei Sakaguchi's given name in the outro credits as Syuhei.

Cultural References

"NIGHT CRUISE": Taxi Driver
The entire episode is a homage to the 1976 movie Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorcese. Taxi Driver is a movie about a Vietnam War Veteran so alone and so lost in the world that he has returned to. Gino is a veteran of the Second Vietnam War, Non-Nuclear World War IV, and the way that he moves through his life are all references to the protagonist of Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle (played by Robert De Niro).

The Major's Undercover Residence: Flatiron Building
The building that the Major sets up shop in is a Flatiron Building, which takes the name from the way it is shaped. The most famous Flatiron Building is located at the intersection of 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue, and Broadway in New York City.

Poster: Che Guevara
Gino has a poster of Che Guevara on a red background in his apartment. The one-time leader of Communist insurgents in the 1950's and 1960's, who was instrumental in the "26th of July Movement" that brought Fidel Castro to power in Cuba in 1959, Che Guevara (his full name is Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna) was assassinated in Bolivia in October of 1967.

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