In a futile attempt to force open a hatch with her bare hands, she overloads her body to the point of catastrophic failure, and is nearly killed before Batou arrives with an anti-tank weapon.

In one scene, Batou asks if it really is The Major inside of the gynoid's shell standing next to him.

;: Batou is a member of Section 9 and Major Kusanagi's second-in-command.

In the 18th episode of " Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig ", Batou is stationed on the monuments shoulder.

it is here that Batou notices a young girl who talks to the statue, addressing it as " Angel.

Kusanagi is frequently portrayed in the film as contemplative and brooding, in contrast to the down-to-earth nature of her colleague Batou.

Finally in the same episode, Batou expresses his fondness of Marx Brothers films, although not from the story, Salinger is a known fan of the films.

The section has increased in size, and is now run by Togusa, because Batou declined the position.

It is special, given that Batou pampers it with natural oil and refuses to operate any other while on assignments.

The silver Tachikoma is destroyed on sight after it rescues Batou from attack by an Armed Suit, a bipedal power-actuated armored exoskeleton.

While his name is officially romanized as " Batou ", in some copies of the first film's subtitles and credits, it is spelled " Bateau " ( the French word for " boat ").

Shirow's characterization of Batou in the manga, and indeed the other members of Section 9, is notably more light-hearted than the characterization used in Mamoru Oshii's films of the same name.

Batou loses his temper and impulsively calls up Section 9 Chief Aramaki, demanding an explanation for Yano's death, then storms off announcing ( in the English translation ), " That … Koil is dead meat!

In Ghost in the Shell 2: Man / Machine Interface, Batou makes only a cameo appearance, and is hardly recognizable.

The portrayal of Batou in Mamoru Oshii's films is very different from the depiction in the anime series.

In Ghost in the Shell and its sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Batou is much more subdued, even to the point of brusqueness.

In the films, as in the anime series, Batou is voiced by Akio Ōtsuka in Japanese and Richard Epcar in the English dubbed versions.

When Batou is required to leave in order to continue his investigation, Gabriel is left in the care of Togusa and his family.

The film strongly suggests that Batou harbors romantic feelings for the Major, however, no definitive statement of his feelings is ever made.

After shooting his own right arm as a result of brain-hacking, Batou is fitted with a new DNA-matched prosthetic arm with a shotgun hidden inside.

The movie closes with Batou putting his arm around the Major, although whether or not this is foretelling of any relationship between the two is left ambiguous.

The film was followed by a theatrical film sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, produced in 2004, which was also directed by Oshii and places the character of Batou in the lead role.

During a psychic monitoring of the virtual contact between the main character of the manga and another entity on the net, the psychic states, " Something of substance, something fruitful has passed between them ," to which Batou remarks, " A persimmon maybe?

In the 2004 semi-sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Batou and Motoko / 2501 briefly reunite towards the end of the film.

Particularly in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Batou also appears moderately distant and possibly bitter.

Batou gives her a car which has " 2501 " as the access code, which the Major suggests can be their private identification code for the next time they meet.

Also, as Batou treats them as individuals as opposed to interchangeable units, they begin to view themselves as such, which contributes to the development of their AI.

The name " Batou " also means " eight-headed " in Mandarin Chinese, which is significant since " Kusanagi " was the name of a sword that was taken from Orochi, an eight-headed and eight-tailed sea dragon in Japanese mythology.

* Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintenance ; there are several manga ( or graphic novel ) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime films, three television series and three video games.

The Major agrees to the merger just before Section 6 helicopter snipers destroy the shell and severely damage Batou and the Major.

In another scene, after having rescued a little girl, Batou asks the Major if she considers herself " happy ".

Throughout the film, the Major makes her first " true " appearance in Kim's manor, where she breaks into the hallway component of Kim's looping false memories and inserts herself ( represented by the little girl prosthetic body she inhabited at the end of the first movie ), providing clues to alert Batou to Kim's attempted ghost-hack on himself and Togusa.

When the Tachikoma sacrificed themselves to save Batou, Major Kusanagi understands that she was wrong in halting the usage of the Tachikoma and proposes that they might have evolved to have ghosts themselves.

During finale of the first S. A. C season, while all but three of the Tachikomas are either locked away in a lab or dismantled for study, three surviving Tachikoma units abandon their civilian posts to assist the Major and Batou.

Unlike the Major, Batou often expresses his anger at injustice and cruelty quite openly.

At times, Batou acts as a voice of reason and displays great concern for the Major, and she in turn admits that she can confide in him.

Like Oshii's films, the series suggests romantic tension between the Major and Batou.

When the Major notices the new vehicle, she comments to Batou that " his tastes had changed.

Additionally, while trapped in a ghost hacking loop, Batou notices clues left by his " guardian angel " ( Motoko ) with one being the number 2501.

From bottom left to top right: Paz, Borma, Saito, Batou, Motoko, Togusa, Aramaki, and Ishikawa.

From left to right: Borma, Ishikawa, Batou, Motoko Kusanagi, Togusa, Saito ( Ghost in the Shell ) | Saito, Pazu.