Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (攻殻機動隊イノセンス Kōkaku Kidōtai Inosensu) is a 2004 anime/computer-animated sci-fi sequel to the 1995 film Ghost in the Shell. With a story loosely connected to the manga by Shirow Masamune, the film was written and directed by original director Mamoru Oshii.

Synopsis
In the year 2032, the border between humans and machines has been reduced to almost imperceptible levels. The heavily cyborged police officer Batou, newly partnered with the mostly-human Togusa after the diappearance of Major Motoko Kusanagi, is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by prototype "sexaroids" — female androids created for sex.

Dubbing History[]

When originally released to DVD in the United States by Go Fish Pictures (a division of DreamWorks Pictures), it was released subtitle only, a controversial choice since every Ghost in the Shell anime released by Manga Entertainment outside of Japan had been dubbed up until that point. Because of this, the English dubs would be produced by other companies, under sublicense from DreamWorks Pictures.

The first English dub was produced in 2005 for the PAL market by Manga Entertainment UK and Madman Entertainment in Australia. This was the first dub Manga UK had produced since X in 1999 and the first dub Madman produced. The dub was recorded at Epcar Entertainment and had most of the original cast from the first film reprise their roles.

In 2009, Bandai Entertainment sublicensed the film from DreamWorks' then owner, Paramount Pictures, and rereleased it on DVD and Blu-ray. For this release, Bandai created a second dub for the American market, as Manga's dub was done to PAL standards and converting it to American standards (NTSC) would cause audio distortion. This dub contained most of the same cast as the Manga/Madman dub, this time being recorded at Animaze (the recording studio where the original movie was dubbed), with various roles recast but the main roles kept from the original dub.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Image	Character	Seiyū	Manga Dub (2005)	Bandai Dub (2009)
	Batou	Akio Ōtsuka	Richard Epcar
	Togusa	Kōichi Yamadera	Crispin Freeman
	Daisuke Aramaki	Tamio Ōki	William Frederick Knight
	Motoko Kusanagi	Atsuko Tanaka	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
	Ishikawa	Yutaka Nakano	Michael McCarty
	Azuma	Masaki Terasoma	Erik Davies
	Kim	Naoto Takenaka	Joey D'Auria	Travis Willingham
	Harraway	Yoshiko Sakakibara	Ellyn Stern	Barbara Goodson
	Koga	Hiroaki Hirata	Robert Axelrod	Fred Sanders
	Detective	¿?	Steve Kramer	Kyle Hebert
	SWAT Commander	¿?	Richard Cansino	David Vincent
	Forensics Chief	Katsunosuke Hori	Terrence Stone	Loy Edge
	Katsunari Wakabayashi	¿?	Richard Cansino	Steve Kramer
	Cyborg Arm Doctor	¿?	Bob Papenbrook	John Snyder
	Rescued Girl	Sumi Mutō	Sherry Lynn	Laura Bailey
	Togusa's Daughter	Nana Yamauchi	Stephanie Sheh	Sandy Fox

Additional Voices[]

Manga Dub

Robert Axelrod - Lin
Richard Cansino - Man, Security 1, Yakuza 1
Steve Kramer - Security 4, Security 5
Sherry Lynn - Gynoid
Michael McConnohie - Forensics Staff, Section 9 Member, Security 3
Bob Papenbrook - Crab Man, Underwater Cyborg, Yakuza 2
Kevin Seymour - Yakuza 4
Stephanie Sheh - Dispatcher
Terrence Stone - Pilot, Security 2, Shop Owner, Yakuza 3

Animaze Dub

Karen Huie - Locus Solus Security System #1 (Cantonese)
Jim Lau - Locus Solus Security System #2 (Cantonese)
Joe Romersa - Crab Man, Undersea Cyborg
Roger Craig Smith - Briefing Voice, Yamadori Transport Pilot
Doug Stone - Lin
David Vincent - Yakuza 1

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Format	Dub	Region	Country
Manga Entertainment	2006		Manga	2 PAL	United Kingdom
Madman Entertainment	2006		Manga	4 PAL	Australia
Bandai Entertainment	2009	+	Animaze	1 NTSC A DVB-T	United States
FUNimation Entertainment	2017	+	Animaze	1 NTSC A DVB-T	United States