Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (I) (2004)
"Innocence" (original title)

In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.

Director:

Mamoru Oshii

Writers:

Masamune Shirow (comic "Koukaku-Kidoutai"), Mamoru Oshii (screenplay)

Stars:

Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Kôichi Yamadera

2 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Batô (voice)
Atsuko Tanaka	...	Major Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Togusa (voice)
Tamio Ôki	...	Section 9 Department Chief Aramaki (voice)
Yutaka Nakano	...	Ishikawa (voice)
Naoto Takenaka	...	Kim (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gou Aoba	...	(voice) (as Go Aoba)
Eisuke Asakura	...	(voice)
Robert Axelrod	...	Koga / Lin (voice)
Richard Cansino	...	Man / Security 1 / Wakabayashi / Yakuza 1 (voice)
Joey D'Auria	...	Kim (voice)
Erik Davies	...	Azuma (voice)
Stoney Emshwiller	...	Guard / Terrorist (voice)
Richard Epcar	...	Batou (voice)
Crispin Freeman	...	Togusa (voice)

Storyline

Batô is a living cyborg. His whole body, even his arms and legs, are entirely man-made. What only remains are traces of his brain and the memories of a woman. In an era when the boundary between humans and machines has become infinitely vague, Humans have forgotten that they are humans. This is the debauchery of the lonesome ghost of a man, who nevertheless seeks to retain humanity. Innocence... Is what life is.

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Plot Keywords:

cyborg | detective | future | philosophy | cyberspace | 

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Taglines:

When machines learn to feel, who decides what is human...

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Go Fish Pictures - Teaser Site [us]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese Cantonese English

Release Date:

6 March 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$317,722 (USA) (17 September 2004)

Gross:

$924,482 (USA) (29 October 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bandai Visual Company, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, DENTSU Music And Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mamoru Oshii:  [Basset Hound]  Director and Writer 'Mamoru Oshî' put a basset hound in the picture because he is a fan of the breed and owns one himself. He makes a reference to his own basset hound, Gabriel, in the scene inside Batô's apartment where the dog figurine plays music.

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Goofs

During the forensics examination, one of the computer screens misspells "research" as "RESAERCH".

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Quotes

Bateau: [referring to the grenades thrown by the thug] Your little gifts exploded above my head. Even presuming they went off at their most lethal range, you think two grenades are going to off an armored cyborg? You insult me.

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Connections

References First Blood (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Follow Me"
(Theme Song)
Music by Joaquín Rodrigo (as J. Rodrigo)
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer (as H. Kretzmer) / Hal Shaper (as H. Shaper)
Ediciones Joaquin Rodrigo, Madrid
Arranged by Kenji Kawai
Sung by Kimiko Ito
Courtesy of VideoArts Music
(from "Concierto de Arnjuez")

User Reviews

One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

The artwork in this is simply gorgeous. It is without a doubt one of the most visually engaging animes ever created. From start to finish the animation is pure excellence.

The story focuses around a murder investigation. It quickly gets very strange and hard to follow as many animes seem to do. However, if you don't try to over analyze it, it is really just a cool sci-fi detective story. Some of the characters are continued from the first movie which is rewarding to those who have seen it, but won't confuse everyone else.

This is a beautiful anime that will be enjoyed by both long time anime fans, and even first time viewers.