The foreign DVD release of the film faced many issues ranging from licensing to audio.Contents1 Plot2 Allusions and references3 Production3.1 Director's ideas3.2 Title change3.3 English-language dub4 Related media4.1 Soundtrack4.2 Novel5 Reception6 Release6.1 Problems with the foreign DVD releases7 Voice cast7.1 Additional English Voices7.1.1 Manga UK/Madman cast7.1.2 Animaze cast8 References9 Further reading10 External linksPlotThe story is loosely based on Ghost in the Shell manga chapter 'Robot Rondo' (with elements of 'Phantom Fund').
This film makes many allusions and references to other famous works, such as The Future Eve. and a related novel called Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - After the Long Goodbye was released on February 29, 2004. The soundtrack for the film was released under the name Innocence O.S.T. The film was honored best sci-fi film at the 2004 Nihon SF Taisho Awards and was in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. To raise the sum, Production I.G studio's president, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, asked Studio Ghibli's president, Toshio Suzuki, to co-produce.With a story loosely connected to the manga by Masamune Shirow, the film was written and directed by Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. It was released in Japan on March 6, 2004, and was later released in the US on Septemby Go Fish Pictures, Innocence had a production budget of approximately $20 million (approximately 2 billion yen). It was co-produced by Production I.G and Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Disney, Toho and the Mitsubishi Corporation, and distributed by Toho.
For the manga, see Ghost in the Shell (manga).Ghost in the Shell 2: InnocenceJapanese film posterDirected byMamoru OshiiProduced byMitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G)Toshio Suzuki (Studio Ghibli)Tokuma ShotenNippon Television NetworkDentsuDisneyTohoMitsubishi CorporationScreenplay byMamoru OshiiBased onGhost in the Shellby Masamune ShirowStarringAkio ŌtsukaAtsuko TanakaMusic byKenji KawaiCinematographyMiki SakumaEdited bySachiko MikiChihiro NakanoJunichi UematsuProductioncompany Production I.G (animation)Studio Ghibli (production)Polygon Pictures (3DCG) Distributed byTohoRelease date6 March 2004 () (Japan)Running time98 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapaneseBudget$20 millionBox office$9,789,651Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known in Japan as Mobile Armored Riot Police: Innocence (攻殻機動隊 イノセンス, Kōkaku Kidōtai Inosensu), is a 2004 anime/computer-animated cyberpunk film that serves as a sequel to 1995's Ghost in the Shell.
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