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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie)

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©2004 Shirow Masamune/Kodansha • IG, ITNDDTD Production Committee 116739.


Alternative title:
Ghost in the Shell II: Niewinność (Polish)
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: L'attacco dei Cyborg (Italian)
GitS 2
Innocence
Innocence Ghost in the Shell
Призрак в доспехах 2: Невинность (Russian)
イノセンス (Japanese)
攻殼機動隊2-INNOCENCE (Chinese (Taiwan))
이노센스 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: The heavily cyborged police officer Batou, newly partnered with the mostly-human Togusa after the diappearance of Major Motoko Kusanagi, is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by prototype "sexaroids"—female androids created for sex.
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User Ratings: 3187 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 486 votes (sub:354, dub:98, raw:4, edit.dub:3, ?:2, others:25
10 Spanish subtitled
3 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 French subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French edited dub
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 789 votes (sub:530, dub:222, ?:3, raw:3, edit.dub:2, others:29
6 Spanish subtitled
4 French dubbed
4 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
2 French subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
2 Italian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 Very good: 753 votes (sub:517, dub:195, ?:5, raw:5, edit.dub:1, others:30
7 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 German dubbed
3 Polish subtitled
3 Italian dubbed
2 Korean subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Hungarian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 613 votes (sub:451, dub:130, raw:7, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:21
5 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Russian edited dub
1 Italian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 French dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 275 votes (sub:188, dub:74, ?:3, raw:2, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 140 votes (sub:104, dub:32, ?:1, others:3
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Not really good: 46 votes (sub:34, dub:10, raw:1, ?:1)
 Weak: 48 votes (sub:37, dub:9, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Bad: 16 votes (sub:11, dub:5)
 Awful: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:3, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 5881 users, rank: #121 (of 9757)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.845 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.7046, rank: #958 (of 9886)
Weighted mean: 7.742 (Very good−), rank: #1076 (of 9886) (seen all: 7.76 / seen some: 6.66 / won't finish: 4.46)
Bayesian estimate: 7.741 (Very good−), rank: #793 (of 7486)
Running time: 99 minutes
Production cost: ¥1,000,000,000
Vintage: 2004-03-06
Premiere date:
2004-03-06 (Japan)
2004-09-17 (USA)
2004-11-26 (Sweden - Stockholm International Film Festival)
2005-08-28 (UK)
2006-08-28 (Poland – Festiwal Fantastyczne Kino.Lato)
2008-11-03 (Canada - Super Channel)
Release dates: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"Kugutsuuta ura mite chiru" by Kenji Kawai
Ending Theme:
"Follow Me" by Kimiko Itoh
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 13
Comment:
Innocence was nominated, but did not win, at the 57th Cannes Film Festival.
Reviews:
News: Show:
Viz to Publish Novels (Jun 4, 2005)
New Bandai Releases (Apr 15, 2005)
Additional Sitges Winner (Dec 15, 2004)
Anime Eligible for Oscar (Nov 4, 2004)
Box Office Update (Nov 4, 2004)
Kobe Animation Awards (Oct 28, 2004)
Box Office Update (Oct 2, 2004)
Gundam F91 Screenings (Sep 16, 2004)
Innocence Online (Sep 16, 2004)
GitS2 Featurette Update (Sep 4, 2004)
Wired on Anime (Aug 26, 2004)
Innocence DVD Details (Jul 13, 2004)
Innocence At Cannes (Apr 21, 2004)
Japanese Box Office (Mar 9, 2004)
Speaking of Trailers (Feb 16, 2004)
GiTS: Innocence Trailer (Nov 6, 2003)
New Nausicaa Details (Sep 26, 2003)
Toho 2003 Movie Lineup (Dec 27, 2002)
Suzuki interview (Dec 25, 2002)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Blu-ray) 2009-01-13 (from $56.35)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (BD+DVD) 2017-02-07 (from $26.24)
DVD (Region 1)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (DVD) 2009-01-13 (from $27.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Limited Edition [SteelBook] (DVD) 2009-01-13 (from $35.00)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (DVD) 2017-02-07 (from $21.49)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Sub.DVD) 2004-12-28 (from $21.82)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Music Video Anthology (Sub.DVD) 2005-07-11 (from $19.98)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Music Video Anthology [Special Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2005-07-11 (from $13.98)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence / Millennium Actress (Sub.DVD) 2005-04-26
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence / Millennium Actress (Sub.DVD) 2005-04-26
Graphic novel
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Ani-Manga (GN) 2005-04-15 (from $31.99)
Novel
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - After the Long Goodbye [Hardcover] (Novel 1) 2005-10-04 (from $15.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Novel 1) 2007-07-17 (from $7.99)
Soundtrack
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-09-13 (from $124.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Script: Mamoru Oshii
Screenplay: Mamoru Oshii
Music: Kenji Kawai
Original Manga: Masamune Shirow
Character Design: Hiroyuki Okiura
Art Director: Shūichi Hirata
Cgi Director: Hiroyuki Hayashi (OP)
2D Work: Akiko Nakayama
3D CG:
Akira Inagaki (IKIF+)
Atsushi Satō (IKIF+)
Atsushi Tamori (Production I.G)
Daigo Hayashi (IKIF+)
Daisuke Kawaguchi (IKIF+)
Justin Leach (Production I.G)
Kazunori Suga (Production I.G)
Kazuya Sugiyama (IKIF+)
Kensaku Takaishi (Production I.G)
Kiyonobu Kitada (Production I.G)
Kōtarō Shishido (IKIF+)
Makiko Yamamoto (Production I.G)
Masahiko Hirano (IKIF+)
Masanori Numaguchi (IKIF+)
Midori Yuki (Production I.G)
Naruhiro Baba (IKIF+)
Patricia Hishikawa (IKIF+)
Rena Kaneko (IKIF+)
Saku Sakamoto (IKIF+)
Satoshi Shimura (Production I.G)
Sayoko Murakami (IKIF+)
Tokumitsu Kifune (IKIF+)
Toshiyuki Aoyama (Production I.G)
XinHong Wu (IKIF+)
Yuta Seo (IKIF+)
Yutaka Hamanaka (IKIF+)
Yuuko Okumura (IKIF+)
3DCGI Digital Effects:
Akira Suzuki (motor/lieZ)
Hibiki Watabe (motor/lieZ)
Hiromi Hayashi (motor/lieZ)
Kensuke Yamamoto (motor/lieZ)
Manabu Niwa (motor/lieZ)
Nobuyasu Segawa (motor/lieZ)
3DCGI Management: Kyoko Denda (motor/lieZ)
3DCGI Supervisor: Atsuki Sato (motor/lieZ)
3DCGI Support: Kentarou Naoi (motor/lieZ)
CG:
Kaoru Matsumoto (displays)
Kiyonobu Kitada (Production I.G)
Makoto Sugawara (birds)
Toyoaki Emura (birds)
Yoshimasa Yamazaki (displays)
CGI Art Director: Toru Shinozaki
Cinematography: Miki Sakuma
Color setting: Kumiko Yusa
Digital Paint:
Emiko Ueno (Production I.G)
Kazu Doi (Production I.G)
Mariko Shimokawa (Production I.G)
Mika Sugawara (Production I.G)
Nagisa Abe (Production I.G)
Sayaka Tsuda (Production I.G)
Suime Koga (Production I.G)
Takayoshi Ishikawa (Production I.G)
Tamaka Sato (Production I.G)
Yuka Yamakoshi (Production I.G)
Yūko Fujita (Production I.G)
Yuri Okada (Production I.G)
Yuriko Taniguchi (Production I.G)
In-Between Animation:
Asuka Manabe (Anime R)
Chikako Sasagawa (Studio Ghibli)
Chinatsu Ueno (Studio Cockpit)
Dong Gyu Lee (DR MOVIE)
Eri Baba (Production I.G)
Fumiaki Sahara (Production I.G)
Hitomi Satō (Production I.G)
Jeong-Hui Kim (DR MOVIE)
Kaori Fujii (Studio Ghibli)
Katsuya Kikuchi (Production I.G)
Kazunori Akiyama (Production I.G)
Kazuyo Hasegawa (Production I.G)
Keiko Katou (Production I.G)
Kotoe Saitō (Production I.G)
Lee Jeong Eun (DR MOVIE) 
Manabu Shimizu (Wombat)
Mariko Suzuki (Studio Ghibli)
Mariko Yamamoto (Production I.G)
Masato Nishikawa (Anime R)
Mika Kinoshita (Production I.G)
Minori Noguchi (Studio Ghibli)
Mizuka Takahashi (Production I.G)
Naoyoshi Shiotani (Production I.G)
Narihito Sekikawa (Production I.G)
Rieko Tsuji (Production I.G)
Sachiko Okumura (Production I.G)
Sansai Onoki (Wombat)
Satsuki Muramatsu (Studio Cockpit)
Shinichi Yokota (Production I.G)
Shouta Matsushita (Production I.G)
Shunsuke Hirota (Studio Ghibli)
Sound Jee Hee (DR MOVIE)
Taiki Ono (Production I.G)
Takayuki Hida (Production I.G)
Tomoko Naikai (Production I.G)
Tomoko Sugata (Production I.G)
Tsutomu Kaichi (Studio Ghibli)
Yoko Sugita (Wombat)
Yukie Watanabe (Studio Cockpit)
Yukimi Isozaki (Wombat)
Yumi Kuroiwa (Production I.G)
Yumi Nakagawa (Production I.G)
Machine & Vehicle Design: Atsushi Takeuchi
Production Committee:
Akira Sanemoro (D-Rights)
Daisuke Kadoya (NTV)
Fumihiro Hirai (NTV)
Hiroya Nishikawa (D-Rights)
Hitoshi Nishioka (NTV)
Kazuhiko Seta (TOHO)
Keiko Miyazaki (NTV)
Kengo Makida (Tokuma Shoten)
Kino Arai (D-Rights)
Kouji Kishimoto (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Maiko Hirano (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Makoto Hagyuuda (Tokuma Shoten)
Minami Ichikawa (TOHO)
Noriko Yanagisawa (NTV)
Ryoichi Fukuyama (Dentsu)
Ryuuichi Mori (Dentsu)
Sanae Mitsugi (Tokuma Shoten)
Takayuki Tsukagoshi (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Takehiko Chino (Dentsu)
Tetsuo Nakazawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Tetsuya Yamamoto (D-Rights)
Tooru Itabashi (D-Rights)
Tooru Iwafuchi (Tokuma Shoten)
Wataru Tanaka (Dentsu)
Yaeko Nagami (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Yoshiko Nagasaki (NTV)
Yoshishige Shimatani (TOHO)
Yuuko Muranaka (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Production Design: Yohei Taneda
Production manager: Toru Kawaguchi
Recording Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Sound Design: Randy Thom
Sound Effects Editing: Scott Guitteau
Supervising Layout Artist: Takashi Watabe
Theme Song Performance: Kimiko Itoh (ED, River of Crystals)
Titles: Kaoru Mano
Vehicle Design: Yoshio Mizumura
Visual Effects: Hisashi Ezura
Weapon Design: Tetsuya Nishio
Weapons Advisor: Kikuo Notomi
Japanese companies
Background Art: Ogura Kobo
Broadcaster: Animax
Co-Production: Studio Ghibli
Development: Imagica
Digital Effects: Omnibus Japan
Investor Group: Ghost Team
Mixing Studio: Kawaguchiko Studio
Music Production: Aube Studio
Opening CG Production: Polygon Pictures
Original Soundtrack: flying DOG/JVC Ent.
Post Production: KiKi
Publicity: Major, Inc.
Special Support:
Pizza Hut Japan
Threatrical Release: Toho International Theatres
English cast
English staff
ADR Director:
Kevin Seymour (Animaze Dub)
Richard Epcar
Translation:
David Fleming (Animaze Dub)
Judith Aley (Go Fish Subtitles)
Linda Hoaglund (Go Fish Subtitles)
Yurika Dennis (Manga / Madman Version)
ADR Script: Mary Claypool (Animaze Dub)
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi (Animaze Dub)
Producer:
Haruyo Kanesaku (Animaze Dub)
Richard Epcar
Taku Otsuka (Animaze Dub)
Yutaka Maseba (Animaze Dub)

Adaptation: Richard Epcar (English Dub)
Chief Producer: Nobuo Masuda (Animaze Dub)
Dialogue Editing: Les Claypool III (Animaze Dub)
Digital ADR Tracking:
Eddie J. Correa (Animaze Dub)
Phil Brewster (Animaze Dub)
Operations Assistant: Joseph Chung (Animaze Dub)
Production Assistant:
Brian Cutts (Animaze Dub)
Kanae Saki (Animaze Dub)
Re-Recording Mixing:
Chris Elam (Animaze Dub)
Chris Haire (Animaze Dub)
Les Claypool III (Animaze Dub)
Recording & Mixing: Ed Woolley
Sound Supervision: Les Claypool III (Animaze Dub)
Subtitle Timing: David Fleming (Animaze Dub)
Crispin Freeman as Togusa
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Motoko Kusanagi
Richard Epcar as Batou

Michael McCarty as Ishikawa
Travis Willingham as Kim (Animaze dub)

Barbara Goodson as Haraway (Animaze dub)
Bob Papenbrook as
Crab Man
Cyborg Dr.
Underwater Cyborg
Yakuza 2
David Earnest as
909 Dispatcher (Animaze dub)
Detective (Animaze dub)
Doug Stone as
Lin (Animaze dub)
Store Owner (Animaze dub)
Ellyn Stern as Haraway
Erik Davies as Azuma
Fred Sanders as Koga (Animaze dub)
Jim Lau as Locus Solus Security System #1 (Cantonese; Animaze dub)
Joe Romersa as
Crab Man (Animaze dub)
Undersea Cyborg Escort (Animaze dub)
Joey D'Auria as Kim
John Snyder as Cyborg Arm Doctor (Animaze dub)
Karen Huie as Locus Solus Security System #2 (Cantonese; Animaze dub)
Kyle Hebert as
Detective (Animaze dub)
Yakuza 2 (Animaze dub)
Laura Bailey as
Dispatcher (Animaze dub)
Girl (Animaze dub)
Loy Edge as Forensics Chief (Animaze dub)
Michael McConnohie as
Forensics Man
Forensics Staff
Section 9 Member
Security 3
Mr. X as Yakuza 4
Richard Cansino as
Man
Security 1
Wakabayashi
Yakuza 1
Robert Axelrod as
Koga
Lin
Roger Craig Smith as
Sect. 9 Briefing Voice (Animaze dub)
Yakuza 1 (Animaze dub)
Yamadori Transport Pilot (Animaze dub)
Sandy Fox as Togusa's Daughter (Animaze dub)
Sherry Lynn as
Gynoid
Rescued Girl
Stephanie Sheh as
Dispatcher
Girl
Steve Kramer as
Detective
Katsunari Wakabayashi (Animaze dub)
Security 4 & 5
Shop Owner (Animaze dub)
Terrence Stone as
Forensics Chief
Pilot
Security 2
Shop Owner
Yakuza 3
Travis Willingham as Yakuza 3 (Animaze dub)
Wendee Lee as
Female Customer (Animaze dub)
Gynoid (Animaze dub)

Jim Lau (Animaze dub)
Joe Romersa (Animaze dub)
John Snyder (Animaze dub)
Karen Huie (Animaze dub)
Kyle Hebert (Animaze dub)
Loy Edge (Animaze dub)
Roger Craig Smith (Animaze dub)
Steve Kramer (Animaze dub)
English companies
ADR Production:
Animaze (Bandai release)
Epcar Entertainment
ZRO Limit Productions (Bandai release)
Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
Ovation TV (USA, Japanese with subtitles)
Super Channel
Internet Streaming: AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Music Videos)
FUNimation Entertainment (2016)
Go Fish Pictures
Madman Entertainment (australia)
Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom)
Viz Media (Ani-Manga)
Recorded By: Epcar Entertainment
Recording Studio: Magnitude 8 Post (Bandai release)
Sound Mixing: Dolby Laboratories
Sound Post-Production: Skywalker Sound
Translation: ZRO Limit Productions (Bandai release)
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Mirage Entertainment (Blu-Ray)
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Jean-Marc Pannetier
Executive producer: Carlo Levy
French companies
Broadcaster: J-One
Distributor: Dybex
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Arturo Velez
Translation: Paco Galindo (Spain dub)
Executive producer:
Dardo Ferrari (DSX Films)
Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)

Subtitling: Ángel-Manuel Ybáñez (Selecta Visión: Music Video Anthology)
Carlos Becerril as Batô
Concha García Valero as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi (Spain dub)
Gaby Willert as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi
Gemma Ibáñez as Motoko Kusanagi (Catalan dub)
Jordi Hurtado as Togusa (Spain dub)
Juan Carlos Gustems as Bato (Catalan dub)
Salvador Vives as Batô (Spain dub)
Victor Covarrubias as Togusa

Alan Miró as Daisuke Aramaki
Domenech Farell as Kim (Catalan dub)
Emilio Freixas as Daisuke Aramaki (Catalan dub)
Jesús Díez as Leader of Section 9 Aramaki (Spain dub)
Paco Gázquez as Ishikawa (Spain dub)
Xavier Fernández as Togusa (Catalan dub)

Eduard Elias as Ishikawa (Catalan dub)
Francesc Belda as Lin (Catalan dub)
Javier Viñas as Kim (Spain dub)
Jesus Barrero as Titles Lecture
Magdalena Leonel as
Dra. Harraway
Titles Lecture
Rosa Pastó as Dra. Harraway (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Albert Socias (Catalan dub)
Alberto Vilar (Catalan dub)
Carlos Vicente (Spain dub)
Lara Ullod (Catalan dub)
Oriol de Balle (Catalan dub)
Oscar Redondo (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
3xl (Televisió de Catalunya)
Buzz Channel (Spain)
Canal UCR
Canal+ Xtra (Spain)
Distributor:
Argentina Video Home
Edisur (Chile)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Spain; DVD and Blu-ray)
Dubbing Studio:
Elefante Films
Takemaker (Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming:
Anime Box (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
Netflix (Spain)
Nubeox
Licensed by:
DSX Films (Argentina and Chile)
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Alessandro Rossi

Dialogues: Rossella Acerbo
Dubbing Assistant: Francesca Bertuccioli
Dubbing Engineer: Marco Meloni
Alessandro Rossi as Batou
Riccardo Rossi as Togusa

Alessandra Korompay as Motoko Kusanagi

Roberto Draghetti as Ishikawa
Serena Verdirosi as Haraway
Sergio Graziani as Aramaki
Italian companies
Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
German cast
German staff
(none)
Christin Marquitan as Motoko Kusanagi
Erich Räuker as Ishikawa
Hasso Zorn as Daisuke Aramaki
Klaus-Peter Grap as Togusa
Tilo Schmitz as Batou
Uli Krohm as Polizist
German companies
Distributor: Universum-Films
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD
Dutch cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Distributor: MC Entertainment
Russian cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: IDG Poland S.A.
Polish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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