Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence

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Movie
German title Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence
Original title イ ノ セ ン ス , Inosensu
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Country of production Japan
original language Japanese , Chinese , English
Publishing year 2004
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Mamoru Oshii
script Mamoru Oshii
production Mitsuhisa Ishikawa ,
Toshio Suzuki
music Kenji Kawai
camera Miki Sakuma
cut Sachiko Miki ,
Chihiro Nakano ,
Junichi Uematsu
synchronization
chronology

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Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence ( Japanese イ ノ セ ン ス , Inosensu ) is an anime produced in Japan in 2004 by director Mamoru Oshii and the successor to Ghost in the Shell .

The German premiere took place on July 31, 2005 as part of the Fantasy Film Festival . The film was released in German on DVD by Universum Anime in April 2006 , and was released as Blu-ray in March 2010.

action

In 2032, humans will live with cyborgs and dolls (robots without human characteristics). Batō, a cyborg with a mechanical body who works for Section 9, a secret unit of the Interior Ministry, is supposed to research a series of murders committed by female dolls with a colleague. They find out that someone has kidnapped young girls in order to transfer their souls ( called Ghost in the film ) into companion dolls from LOCUS SOLUS, as some customers ask for more than one robotic doll. It is, however, the case that the ghosts of the little girls in the dolls still leave memory free to install martial arts programs. The elaborate dolls thus gained access to elite circles, where their killer programs started. Behind everything seems to be a network of yakuza and political crime.

The search for the originator of the conspiracy leads the two police officers to a former special economic zone , now a lawless area, where they deal with the hacker Kim, in which they are subjected to hacking attacks on their minds and are thus never sure whether they are really themselves are in reality. As it turns out, Batō is supported there by Major Motoko Kusanagi , his former superior, whose Ghost has merged with program 2501 and has now spread across the global network (see Ghost in the Shell ).

Towards the end of the film, in a LOCUS SOLUS offshore robot factory, they discover that the killer programs were installed by the shipping manager LOCUS SOLUS, who has since been murdered by the Yakuza, in order to draw attention to the illegal activities.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) German speaker
Batō Akio Ōtsuka Tilo Schmitz
Togusa Kōichi Yamadera Klaus-Peter Grap
Motoko Kusanagi Atsuko Tanaka Christin Marquitan
Aramaki Tamio Ōki Hasso Zorn
Ishikawa Yutaka Nakano Erich Rauker
Kim Naoto Takenaka Gerald Paradise

music

The music for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence was composed by Kenji Kawai . Since the film is a sequel to Ghost in the Shell , he consciously orientated himself on the style of the previous film, the music of which also came from his pen. Innocence, for example, once again uses a choral song called Kugutsuuta ( d , German “ Puppet's Song ”) as the main theme - Uramite chiru ( 怨恨 み て 散 る , German “ Falling down with hatred”), Aratayo ni kamutsudohite ( 新 世 に 神 集 ひて , "The gods gather in the new world") and Kagirohi wa yomi ni matamu to ( 陽 炎 は 黄泉 に 待 た む と , "Heat shimmer waits in the underworld") - whose melody is based on traditional Japanese folk songs ( 民 謡 , min'yō ) based, accompanied by taiko drums and supplemented with influences from Bulgarian folk music , as traditional Japanese music does not have any chorals, and is sung by the Min'yō singers group Nishida Kazue Shachū. On the other hand, the lyrics of the song are kept in old Japanese as it is in the anthology of poems Man'yōshū from the 8th century.

The song Follow Me at the end of the film is sung by the singer Kimiko Itō . The text is by Herbert Kretzmer and Hal Shapey, the music by Joaquín Rodrigo .

reception

Awards

The film was shown at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2004 . In the past, only six animated films were nominated for the Palme d'Or.

criticism

"Impressive continuation of the anime classic of the same name from 1995, which formally marks a high point of the genre and its content is appealing, albeit sometimes a bit strikingly linked to the philosophical discourses about the soul of man and machine."

“The abstract thoughts are not always comprehensible, for example when conversations about the dualism of body and mind and the information society are enriched with references to Dante. But it is thanks to the contemplative atmosphere and the intoxicating worlds of images that combine classic cartoons and computer animation that this search for meaning becomes particularly noticeable. As in its predecessor, Oshii combines extremely calm scenes and fast-paced action with impressive self-confidence. This clearly differs from the manga template by Masamune Shirow, who focuses more on dynamics and by no means has the thoughtful atmosphere of the film adaptation. "

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Individual evidence

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  3. コ ン サ ー ト 情報 . In: Cinema Symphony. Retrieved March 6, 2015 (Japanese).
  4. 樋 口 沙 絵 子 の オ ー ル ナ イ ト ニ ッ ポ ン 「攻殻機動隊 ス ペ シ ャ ル」 . Retrieved March 6, 2015 (Japanese, transcript of a radio interview with Kenji Kawai).
  5. ^ Katherine Luther: Press Release - Ghost in the Shell: Innocence. About.com, May 2, 2004, accessed August 10, 2008 .
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  7. GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE . Top video news. Publisher: Children's and Youth Film Center on behalf of the BMFSFJ .

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