Innocence (Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence)

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English: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Synonyms: Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Innocence

Japanese: イノセンス

Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 6, 2004

Producers: Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Kodansha, d-rights, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network

Licensors: Funimation, Bandai Entertainment

Studios: Production I.G

Source: Manga

Genres: Military, Sci-Fi, Police, Psychological, Mecha

Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.82¹ (scored by 73,744 users)

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Ranked: #796²

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Popularity: #1095

Members: 132,499

Favorites: 861

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Synopsis

With Major Motoko Kusanagi missing, Section 9's Batou is assigned to investigate a string of gruesome murders—seemingly at the hands of faulty gynoids, or sex robots. But when a faulty gynoid leaves Batou a cryptic message, he begins to question the cause of their malfunctions. Suspicions of politically motivated murder and an illegal "ghost" quickly crop up, drawing Batou and his partner Togusa into a perilous web of conspiracy.

As their investigation goes on, the line between man and machine continues to blur, and reality and perception become indistinguishable. Confronting strange and dangerous foes, Batou and Togusa explore a futuristic world filled with machines and living dolls but utterly devoid of humanity.

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Background

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, and is so far the only anime to have been nominated for this prestigious award.

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Prequel:

Koukaku Kidoutai

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Characters & Voice Actors

Batou

Main

Ootsuka, Akio
Japanese

Togusa

Main

Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Kusanagi, Motoko

Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Aramaki, Daisuke

Supporting

Ishikawa

Supporting

Nakano, Yutaka
Japanese

Kim

Supporting

Takenaka, Naoto
Japanese

Haraway

Supporting

Sakakibara, Yoshiko
Japanese

Lin

Supporting

Crab Man

Supporting

Arm Doctor

Supporting

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Staff

Suzuki, Toshio

Producer

Maseba, Yutaka

Producer

Ishikawa, Mitsuhisa

Producer, Planning

Terashima-Furuta, Maki

Assistant Producer, Associate Producer

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Opening Theme

"Kugutsuuta ura mite chiru [Making of a Cyborg]" by Kenji Kawai

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Ending Theme

"Follow Me" by Kimiko Itou (ending credits)

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Oct 23, 2008

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Vurtox (All reviews)

159 people found this review helpful

No one can ever know to understand.
They can only hope to understand.

What is life, what means reality? Why does man pursue the creation of artificial life? Where do we draw the line between human and machine? What classifies the perfect species?

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence might very well fare as a compendium of philosophy due to the manifold questions it not only brings up but most often also provides the viewer with unique - maybe obscure at times - in any way thought-provoking arguments.

The movie depicts a state of cold surreality in an eerie and sterile environment. The distinction between the organic and read more

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Sep 5, 2011

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

Spagglespook (All reviews)

141 people found this review helpful

GITS Innocence is very much spiritual successor to the original GITS film, at least in terms of presentation of storyline and interspersion of philosophy.

Innocence is a film that will appeal to some people, but others will either find the story too lacking or smothered with philosophical guff. To be perfectly honest I found the story to be extremely simplistic and shallow, there really isn't much depth here unless if you look to the quotation of classics or philosophy as depth. Almost all of the dialogue in the film is devoted to quotation, it becomes quite tedious after a while - not least because read more

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Dec 29, 2007

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

anime_junkie (All reviews)

55 people found this review helpful

Although a slighty confusing and very philosophical story, it flows very well and comes together seamlessly in the end. The animation was beautiful, fluid and lifelike. The CG blended well and made each frame stand out. An awesome soundtrack that set the mood very well. There was gradual character development but it just seemed to fill in where the first movie left off. Overall a very good anime but not a very accessible one. The story was very cryptic at times with a very serious undertone that require concentration. Not as much action but what it lacks makes up in atmosphere and detail. Watch if read more

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Jun 7, 2013

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

HiImAnAlien (All reviews)

39 people found this review helpful

When Oshii directed the first Ghost in the Shell he didn't just adapted the original manga, but rather made from it something of its own. Whit the second movie, rather than to give something more accessible to the viewer, he made it into something even more personal.

Story:
It’s more of a standard story than that of the previous movie or the arc of the SAC series, it’s basically just a detective story that deals whit the exploitation of technology for sex. So, while a step back in this regard, it’s good that the animated franchise tries to deal whit cyber-punk themes from different perspectives. The read more

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