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The Criterion Collection’s streaming service Criterion Channel announced on Wednesday that it will add the Gunbuster: The Movie and the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex to the service in March.
Gunbuster: The Movie is part of the 2006 Gunbuster vs Diebuster Aim for the Top! The GATTAI!! Movie double feature, which combines both Gunbuster and its sequel Gunbuster 2: Diebuster. The Gunbuster segment of the double feature is 95 minutes long, featuring a then-new 5.1 audio mix and re-recorded voice lines from the Japanese voice actors.
Discotek most recently released Gainax and Hideaki Anno’s 1988 Gunbuster OVA in 2023, with an all-new English dub cast.
The 26-episode first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex aired from 2002 to 2003, based on Masamune Shirow’s original manga. The anime was followed by the second season, titled Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG, which aired from 2004 to 2005. Anchor Bay most recently released the anime on Blu-ray Disc in North America in 2017.
Criterion Channel began adding anime to the service in August 2025.
Source: Criterion Channel’s Bluesky account (link 2)
