Now a major motion picture starring scarlett johansson!ghost in the shellthe year is 2029, the world is made borderless by the net augmented humans who live in virtual environments'. '.strtoupper('w')atched over by law enforcement agents that are able to download themselves into super powered, crime busting mecha'. '.strtoupper('t')he ultimate secret agent of the future is not human, has no physical body and can travel freely through the information highways of the world'. '.strtoupper('h')acking and manipulating whatever, whomever and whenever required...gost in the shell innocencewhen machines learn to feel, who decides what is human'? '.strtoupper('i')t is the year 2032 and earth is a world where the few remaining humans coexist with artificial replicants, cyborgs and robots'. '.strtoupper('b')atou, a cyborg detective and his partner, togusa are charged with investigating the bizarre case of a malfunctioning female sex droid that has murdered its owner'. '.strtoupper('a')s they delve deeper into the investigation they are forced to confront violent yakuza thugs, devious hackers, influential government bureaucrats and powerful corporate criminals'. '.strtoupper('p')ainstakingly created by production ig and director, mamoru oshii g.i.t.s, avalon, patlabor innocence seamlessly combines groundbreaking 2 d and 3 d cg animation techniques to produce an action packed, sci fi fable of a solitary cyborg struggling to retain what's left of his humanity in a world where the human soul is gradually fading into obscurity.