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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (movie)

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


[ sequel of Ghost in the Shell (movie) ]

Alternative title:
Ghost in the Shell - Innocence
Ghost in the Shell - L'attacco dei Cyborg (Italian)
Ghost in the Shell II: Niewinność (Polish)
Innocence
Innocence Ghost in the Shell
Призрак в доспехах 2: Невинность (Russian)
イノセンス GHOST IN THE SHELL(仮題) (Japanese)
攻殼機動隊2-INNOCENCE (Chinese (Taiwan))
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
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.
Video:
User Ratings: 2254 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 366 votes (sub:278, dub:63, Spa.sub:7, raw:4, Ger.dub:3, Rus.sub:2, Rus.dub:2, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1, Fre.edit.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Excellent: 555 votes (sub:389, dub:145, ?:4, Ger.dub:4, Fre.dub:2, edit.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, Kor.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, raw:1, Ita.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Very good: 510 votes (sub:364, dub:115, ?:5, raw:5, Ger.dub:4, Fre.sub:4, Spa.sub:4, edit.dub:2, Spa.dub:2, Por.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Good: 422 votes (sub:324, dub:78, raw:5, Fre.sub:4, Spa.sub:3, Spa.dub:2, Por.sub:2, Fre.dub:1, Pol.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 195 votes (sub:145, dub:43, ?:2, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Ita.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, Spa.sub:1)
 So-so: 101 votes (sub:70, dub:29, Spa.sub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Not really good: 39 votes (sub:31, dub:7, ?:1)
 Weak: 34 votes (sub:28, dub:4, Ita.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:9, dub:4)
 Awful: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:2, Por.sub:1)
 Worst ever: 5 votes (dub:3, sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 4066 users, rank: #90
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.8426 (Very good-.15), std. dev.: 1.7695, rank: #622
Weighted mean: 7.7037 (Very good-.29), rank: #584
Bayesian estimate: 7.70292 (Very good-.29), rank: #416
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)
2006-08-28 (Poland – Festiwal Fantastyczne Kino.Lato)
2008-11-03 (Canada - Super Channel)
Releases: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"Kugutsuuta ura mite chiru" by Kenji Kawai
Ending Theme:
"Follow Me" by Kimiko Itoh
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 6
Comment:
Innocence was nominated, but did not win, at the 57th Cannes Film Festival.
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Related releases:
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Blu-Ray) 2009-01-13 (from $22.98)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (DVD) 2004-12-28 (from $12.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (DVD) 2009-01-13 (from $11.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Limited Edition (DVD) 2009-01-13 (from $20.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Innocence Music Video Anthology Specia (Sub.DVD) 2005-07-11 (from $9.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Music Video Anthology (Sub.DVD) 2005-07-11 (from $5.99)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - Ani-Manga (GN) 2005-04-15 (from $25.95)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Novel 1) 2005-10-04 (from $10.67)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Paperback) (Novel 1) 2007-07-17 (from $7.49)
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2005-09-13 (from $14.98)

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: Shuichi Hirata

Producer:
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Toshio Suzuki

2D Work: Akiko Nakayama

Animation Supervisor:
Kazuchika Kise
Tetsuya Nishio

Background Art:
Akihito Fujimori
Akira Yamakawa
Goki Nakamura
Hiromasa Ogura
Junichi Taniguchi
Junko Ina
Katsushi Aoki
Masahiro Kubota
Masatoshi Kai
Satoshi Kuroda
Yohei Takamatsu

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)
Yuka Yamakoshi (Production I.G)
Yuri Okada (Production I.G)
Yuriko Taniguchi (Production I.G)
Yuuko Fujita (Production I.G)

Editing:
Chihiro Nakano
Junichi Uematsu
Sachiko Miki

In-Between Animation:
Asuka Manabe (Anime R)
Chika Ueno (Studio Cockpit)
Chikako Sasagawa (Studio Ghibli)
Eri Baba (Production I.G)
Fumiaki Sahara (Production I.G)
Hiromi Kuroiwa (Production I.G)
Hitomi Sato (Production I.G)
Jung-Hee 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 Saitou (Production I.G)
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)
Naruhito Sekikawa (Production I.G)
Rieko Tsuji (Production I.G)
Sachiko Okumura (Production I.G)
Sansai Onoki (Wombat)
Satsuki Muramatsu (Studio Cockpit)
Shin'ichi Yokota (Production I.G)
Shouta Matsushita (Production I.G)
Shunsuke Hirota (Studio Ghibli)
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 Nakagawa (Production I.G)

Key Animation:
Akiko Nagashima
Atsushi Takeuchi
Daizen Komatsuda
Ei Inoue
Hidetsugu Ito
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Hiroyuki Morita
Hiroyuki Okiura
Kanta Kamei
Kazuchika Kise
Keiko Shimizu
Kenichi Konishi
Kouichi Arai
Kyoji Asano
Masaharu Tada
Masahito Yamashita
Masashi Ando
Nobutaka Ito
Satoru Utsunomiya
Shigeru Fujita
Shiho Takeuchi
Shinji Hashimoto
Shinya Ohira
Shouko Nakamura
Tadashi Hiramatsu
Takeshi Honda
Teriesa Winkler
Tetsuya Nishio
Tooru Ookubo
Toshio Kawaguchi
Toshiyuki Inoue
Toshiyuki Yahagi
Yasuhiro Nakura
Yasutaka Kubota
Yoshio Mizumura
Yoshiyuki Ito
Yuki Nakajima

Line Producer:
Masatoshi Nishizawa
Ryuji Mitsumoto

Machine & Vehicle Design: Atsushi Takeuchi

Production Design: Yohei Taneda

Recording Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi

Sequence Direction:
Naoko Kusumi
Toshihiko Nishikubo

Sound Design: Randy Thom

Supervising Layout Artist: Takashi Watabe

Theme Song Performance: Kimiko Itoh (ED, River of Crystals)

Titles: Kaoru Mano

Visual Effects: Hisashi Ezura

 

Akio Ohtsuka as Batou

Atsuko Tanaka as Motoko Kusanagi

Kouichi Yamadera as Togusa

Tamio Ohki as Aramaki

Yutaka Nakano as Ishikawa

Hiroaki Hirata as Koga

Masaki Terasoma as Azuma

Naoto Takenaka as Kim

Sumi Mutoh as Girl

Yoshiko Sakakibara as Harraway

Japanese companies 

3DCG Production:
IKIF+
Motor/lieZ
Production I.G

Co-Production: Studio Ghibli

Development: Imagica

Digital Effects: Omnibus Japan

In-Between Animation:
AIC
Anime R
Dr. Movie
Hal Film Maker
Production I.G
Shindo Production
Studio Cockpit
Studio Ghibli
Studio Gimlet
Studio MAT
Studio Takuranke
Sunshine Corporation
Wombat

Investor Group: Ghost Team

Mixing Studio: Kawaguchiko Studio

Music Production: Aube Studio

Music Production Cooperation:
Miyamoto Unosuke Store
Professional Percussion Co., LTD.
Promax Inc.

Music Recording Studio:
Aube Studio
Bunkyo Civic Hall
Hitokuchi-Zaka Studios
OYA STONE MUSEUM

Opening CG Production: POLYGON PICTURES

Original Soundtrack: flying DOG/JVC Ent.

Paint: Production I.G

Post Production: KiKi

Production:
"Innocence" Production Committee
Bandai Visual
Production I.G

Production Committee:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Japan)
d-rights
Dentsu Inc.
NTV
Tokuma Shoten

Recording Studio:
Mausu Promotion
Tokyo TV Center

Threatrical Release: Toho International Theatres

English cast 
English staff 

ADR Director:
Kevin Seymour (Animaze Dub)
Richard Epcar

Translation:
David Fleming (Animaze Dub)
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 Supervisor: 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)

William Frederick Knight as Aramaki

Barbara Goodson as Haraway (Animaze dub)

Bob Papenbrook as
Crab Man
Cyborg Dr.
Underwater Cyborg
Yakuza 2

David Earnest as Detective (Animaze dub)

Doug Stone as Lin (Animaze dub)

Ellyn Stern as Haraway

Erik Davies as Azuma

Fred Sanders as Koga (Animaze dub)

Joey D'Auria as Kim

Laura Bailey as Girl (Animaze dub)

Michael McConnohie as
Forensics Man
Forensics Staff
Section 9 Member
Security 3

Mr. X as Yakuza 4

Peter Emshwiller as
Guard
Terrorist

Richard Cansino as
Man
Security 1
Wakabayashi
Yakuza 1

Robert Axelrod as
Koga
Lin

Sandy Fox as Togusa's Daughter (Animaze dub)

Sherry Lynn as
Gynoid
Rescued Girl

Stephanie Sheh as
Dispatcher
Girl

Steve Kramer as
Detective
Security 4 & 5

Terrence Stone as
Forensics Chief
Pilot
Security 2
Shop Owner
Yakuza 3

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 C. Smith (Animaze dub)

Steve Kramer (Animaze dub)

English companies 

ADR Production: Epcar Entertainment

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Super Channel

Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Music Videos)
Go Fish Pictures
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (australia)
Manga Entertainment UK (United Kingdom)
Viz Media (Ani-Manga)

Recorded By: Epcar Entertainment

Recording: Firehouse Recording Studios

Sound Mixing: Dolby Laboratories

Sound Post-Production: Skywalker Sound

French staff 
French cast 
(none)
 

Adrien Antoine as Togusa

Daniel Beretta as Batô

Melody Dubos as Major Motoko Kusanagi

Jean-Claude Sachot as Aramaki

Jean-Yves Chatelais as Ishikawa

David Kruger as Voix ordinateur conférence

Florine Orphelin as Gynoïde

Georges Claisse as Kim

Jean-Michel Farcy as Cyborg docteur

Manoëlle Gaillard as Haraway

Marc Alfos as Narrateur prologue

Patrick Borg as Voix terminal

Patrick Mancini as Policier

French companies 

Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Concha García Valero as Mayor Motoko Kusanagi (Spain dub)

Jordi Hurtado as Togusa (Spain dub)

Salvador Vives as Batô (Spain dub)

Jesús Díez as Leader of Section 9 Aramaki (Spain dub)

Javier Viñas as Kim (Spain dub)

Rosa Pastó as Dra. Harraway (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 

DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión

TV Distribution: Selecta Visión


Italian staff 

Dubbing Director: Alessandro Rossi

Dialogues: Rossella Acerbo

Dubbing Assistant: Francesca Bertuccioli

Mixing: Alessandro Checcacci

Italian cast 

Alessandro Rossi as Batou

Riccardo Rossi as Togusa

Alessandra Korompay as Motoko Kusanagi

Angelo Nicotra as Kim

Roberto Draghetti as Ishikawa

Serena Verdirosi as Haraway

Sergio Graziani as Aramaki

Italian companies 

Distributor:
Eagle Pictures
Passworld

Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC

German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Christin Marquitan as Motoko Kusanagi

Erich Räuker as Ishikawa

Gerald Paradies as Kim

Hasso Zorn as Daisuke Aramaki

Heidrun Bartholomäeus as Haraway

Klaus-Peter Grap as Togusa

Tilo Schmitz as Batou

Uli Krohm as Polizist

German companies 

Distributor: Universum-Films


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

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)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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