The current boss then admits his predecessor was somehow involved in LOCUS SOLUS, but insists he doesn't know how.Įntering a store on his way home, Batou is then seemingly warned by the Major and shot in the arm by an unseen assailant.

Batou opens fire, killing and wounding numerous gang members, including the cyborg that murdered Walkson. Batou and Togusa enter a Yakuza bar to question the current boss, only to be threatened by the bar occupants. A previous Yakuza boss was recently killed by a gynoid, so Ishikawa concludes Walkson was held responsible and killed in an act of revenge. Section 9 concludes human sentience is being artificially duplicated onto the dolls illegally, making the robots more lifelike, and possibly acting as a motive in the murders.Ĭalled to a homicide scene, information warfare/technology specialist Ishikawa explains the victim is Jack Walkson, a consignment officer at gynoid company LOCUS SOLUS, who may have been killed by the Yakuza. Additionally, the most recent gynoid's remains show they all contained an illegal 'ghost'. As the gynoids all malfunctioned without clear cause, the deaths are believed to be premeditated murders Batou and Togusa are sent to investigate possible terrorist or political motives. Opening in 2032, Public Security Section 9 cybernetic operative Batou is teamed with Togusa, an agent with very few cybernetic upgrades, following the events of Ghost in the Shell.Īfter a series of deaths due to malfunctioning gynoids-doll-like sex robots-Section 9 is asked to investigate. The story is loosely based on Ghost in the Shell manga chapter ' Robot Rondo' (with elements of ' Phantom Fund'). 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.

It was also in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first and only anime in history to compete for the Palme d'Or. Innocence received the 2004 Nihon SF Taisho Award. The film's US box office performance had exceeded Go Fish Pictures' expectation. It was released in Japan on March 6, 2004, and was later released in the US on Septemby Go Fish Pictures. The film was co-produced by Production I.G and Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Toho and D-Rights, and distributed by Toho.

The film serves as a standalone sequel to Oshii's 1995 film Ghost in the Shell and is loosely based on the manga by Masamune Shirow.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known in Japan as just Innocence ( イノセンス, Inosensu), is a 2004 Japanese animated cyberpunk film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.

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