Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) |
| Director | Mamoru Oshii |
| Screenplay Writer | Mamoru Oshii |
| Based on Novel by | Masamune Shirow |
| Lead Actors (Voice Cast) | Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera |
| Cast (Voice Cast) | Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Tamio Oki, Yutaka Nakano, Naoto Takenaka, Yoshiko Sakakibara |
| Genre | Animation, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Release Date | March 6, 2004 (Japan) |
| Duration | 1h 40m (100 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$20 million (estimated) |
| Language | Japanese |
| Country | Japan |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$10 million (approx.) |
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Summary
The sequel to the 1995 cyberpunk anime epic features even more philosophical questions and gorgeous action.
Review
Masamue Shirow’s Ghost In The Shell is one of the defining moments in anime it was the first time many American audiences saw that there was more to Japanese animation that robots and schoolgirls. The people that complain that it moves too slowly between action sequences will loathe its follow up and, frankly, they shouldn’t bother there’s plenty of other movies with lots of explodo and kung-fu that can catch their attention. Ghost In The Shell 2is a movie that wears its philosophical underpinnings on its sleeve with characters (sometimes ponderously) contemplating questions of human existence as a mystery is slowly cleared up.
For those of you who are patient enough, however, the rewards are quite splendid the main open question from the first film is answered fairly definitively and the animation is beyond top notch with a near flawless blending of CGI and traditional animation. This is a science fiction movie that happens to be animated, closer in spirit to Blade Runner than anything else and it genuinely enthralled me.
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