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Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-03-06
Runtime: 100 mins
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
Original title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Production Companies: Bandai Visual, Production I.G, dentsu, ITNDDTD, Kodansha, Studio Ghibli
Production Countries: Japan

Akio Otsuka

Koichi Yamadera

Atsuko Tanaka

Tamio Ohki

Yutaka Nakano

Hiroaki Hirata

Masaki Terasoma

Sumi Mutoh

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Sukekiyo Kameyama

Ryuji Nakagi

Fumihiko Tachiki

Minoru Hirano

Katsunosuke Hori