Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K Release Date | Storyline | Voice Cast | Trailer | Runtime | Everything of your interest is here!

By Teresa Walker On Jun 10, 2024

Mamoru Oshii is the writer and director of the Japanese animated cyberpunk film Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, which is sometimes referred to as simply Innocence in Japan (イヽセンス, Inosensu). This film was in 2004. Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell, which was released in 1995, serves as a standalone sequel to this film, which is also based, albeit in a loose sense, on the manga written by Masamune Shirow.

Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Toho, and D-Rights were the companies that contributed to the production of the film. Toho was the company that was responsible for the distribution of the picture. Go Fish Pictures was the company that brought it to the United States on September 17, 2004, after it had been released in Japan on March 6, 2004. According to Go Fish Pictures, the film’s success at the box office in the United States had exceeded their expectations.

Innocence was honored with the Nihon SF Taisho Award in the year 2004. In addition, it was a contender for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, making it the first and only anime in the history of the festival to compete for the prize. The soundtrack for the movie was released under the name Innocence O.S.T., and on February 29, 2004, a novel that was related to the film was released under the title Ghost in the Shell: Innocence – After the Long Goodbye.

Let’s discuss its overview:

Directed By: Mamoru Oshii
Produced By: Toshio Suzuki, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Distributed By: Toho
Music By: Kenji Kawal
Edited By: Sachiko Mikii, Chihiro Nakano, Junichi Uematsu
Starring :Akio Otsuka, Atsuka Tanaka
Screenplay By: Mamoru Oshii
Origin Country: Japan
Original Language: Japanese

What’s The Release Date of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K”?

On June 23, 24, and 26, 2024, the 4K remaster of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence will be made available in cinemas across the United States. This release will be a celebration of the twenty years that have passed since the film made by Mamoru Oshii was initially released in 2004.

What’s the storyline of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K”?

There are aspects of “Phantom Fund” and Ghost in the Shell manga chapter “Robot Rondo” in the plot. In 2032, Public Security Section 9 cybernetic operator Batou teams up with Togusa, a low-upgrade agent, after Ghost in the Shell.

Section 9 investigates failed gynoids—doll-like sex robots—after many deaths. Due to the gynoids’ malfunctions, Batou and Togusa are investigating probable terrorist or political motives for the deaths. The latest gynoid remains contain an illegal “ghost”. Section 9 finds that illegally implanting human awareness into dolls makes them more lifelike and may have motivated the killings.

Information warfare/technology specialist Ishikawa arrives at a homicide site and says LOCUS SOLUS consignment officer Jack Walkson may have been slain by the yakuza. Ishikawa believes Walkson was assassinated in retribution for a yakuza boss killed by a gynoid. Batou and Togusa are intimidated by yakuza bar patrons when they question the current boss. Batou shoots and wounds many gang members, including Walkson’s decapitator. The new boss confesses his predecessor was involved in LOCUS SOLUS but doesn’t know how.

Batou is seemingly warned by the Major then shot in the arm by an unseen assailant while entering a store on his way home. Batou nearly kills the store owner in confusion during a battle, but Ishikawa calms him. Batou learns from Ishikawa that his e-brain was hacked, forcing him to shoot himself and attack the storegoers while having his arm replaced. Ishikawa claims Batou was hacked to stir up more scandal after his yakuza assault to impede the Section 9 probe.

Batou and Togusa then visit Kim, a doll-obsessed soldier-turned-hacker, in his mansion. Kim appears dead but reveals he “lives” within a human-sized marionette shell and debates philosophy with visitors. Kim reveals that LOCUS SOLUS has a secret headquarters in international waters. Batou discovers that Kim has surreptitiously hacked his and Togusa’s e-brains and is trapping them in a false reality after the Major warns him again. Batou resets Togusa’s brain to subdue Kim, knowing he hacked his brain in the store.

Batou breaks into the LOCUS SOLUS headquarters ship as Togusa remotely hacks its security systems using an unsuspecting Kim as a proxy to gather evidence. After learning of the hacking, ship security sends a virus to fry Kim’s cyberbrain. A secret virus installs combat software in the production-line gynoids, leading them to attack everyone on board and easily kill the poorly armed and scared security force. As Batou fights to the ship’s center, the Major remotely controls a gynoid to help him hack the ship’s security and combat the gynoids.

The Major tells Batou about the gynoids after taking control of the ship. LOCUS SOLUS hired the yakuza to trade young females and replicated their consciousnesses into the gynoids, giving them human “ghosts” for realism. Batou saves a girl from a “ghost dubbing” machine and tells that Jack Walkson pledged to save the girls by messing with the ghosting process after learning the truth about LOCUS SOLUS. The gynoids killed their masters, allowing Walkson to draw police and indirectly kill the yakuza chief. After freeing the girls, Batou claims Walkson harmed the gynoids by giving them damaged ghosts, causing them great grief. Batou asks the Major if she’s delighted after solving the case. She says she’ll always be with him online, then disconnects from the gynoid.

Who Will Be There as the Voice Cast of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K”?

Batou as Akio Otsuka
Motoko Kusanagi as Atsuko Tanaka
Togusa as Koichi Yamadera
Ishikawa as Yutaka Nakano
Azuma as Masaki Terasoma
Kim as Naoto Takenaka
Haraway as Yoshiko Sakakibara

Is there a trailer of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K”?

Yes, the official trailer of “Ghost in the shell 2:innocence 4k” has been released. You can watch the trailer of “Ghost in the shell 2: Innocence 4k”.

How Much Will Be the Runtime of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K” ?

On June 23, 24, and 26, 2024, the 4K remaster of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence will be made available in cinemas across the United States.The runtime of “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 4K” will be 98 minutes.

Conclusion:

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence follows Batou, a Section 9 cyborg cop and melee combat expert who was second-in-command to Motoko Kusanagi before disappearing. As in the solo sequel, Innocence’s characters investigate a mysterious wave of gynoids killing their owners. This ambitious and graphically spectacular sequel deserves another look from fans due to its subtle homages to classic science fiction in the plot, concepts, and characters.

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