Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, known in Japan as just Innocence (イノセンス), is a 2004 Japanese animated cyberpunk film written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. The film serves as a standalone sequel to Oshii's 1995 film Ghost in the Shell and is loosely based on the manga by Masamune Shirow. The film was co-produced by Production I.G and Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Toho and D-Rights, and distributed by Toho. It was released in Japan on March 6, 2004, and was later released in the US on September 17, 2004 by Go Fish Pictures. The film's US box office performance had exceeded Go Fish Pictures' expectation. Innocence received the 2004 Nihon SF Taisho Award. It was also in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first and only anime in history to compete for the Palme d'Or. The soundtrack for the film was released under the name Innocence O.S.T. and a related novel called Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - After the Long Goodbye was released on February 29, 2004.
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content: Richard Cansino as Man, Security 1, Yakuza 1 ; Steve Kramer as Detective, Security 4, Security 5 ; Sherry Lynn as Gynoid ; Terrence Stone as Pilot, Security 2, Shop Owner, Yakuza 3 ; Michael McConnohie as Forensics Staff, Section 9 Member, Security 3 ; Bob Papenbrook as Crab Man, Cyborg Doctor, Underwater Cyborg, Yakuza 2 ; Stephanie Sheh as Dispatcher, Togusa's Daughter ; Kevin Seymour (as Mr. X) as Yakuza 4 
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  A novel by Masaki Yamada called Innocence: After the Long Goodbye (イノセンス After the Long Goodbye) serves as a prequel, taking place just before the film and told from Batou's perspective as he searches for his dog Gabriel (Gabu). It was published by Tokuma Shoten on February 29, 2004, and the English-language version was published by Viz Media in the US in October 2005. Viz media later released a four-volume Ani-manga boxset in April 2005.
Title: Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)
Content:  In 2008, DreamWorks (who had handled U.S. theatrical distribution of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence through its Go Fish Pictures banner) and Steven Spielberg acquired the rights to produce a live-action film adaptation of the original manga. Avi Arad and Steven Paul were later confirmed as producers, with Jamie Moss set to write the screenplay. In October 2009, it was announced that Laeta Kalogridis had replaced Moss as writer. On January 24, 2014, it was reported that Rupert Sanders would direct the film, with the screenplay now written by William Wheeler. Wheeler worked on the script for approximately a 
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  In order to better market the film outside Japan, the Ghost in the Shell 2 moniker was added to the title of the film, with Innocence becoming the subtitle. Some fans saw this as conflicting with Oshii's statements that the film wasn't, in actuality, a standard Hollywood-esque sequel, and was able to, and intended to, stand on its own.
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  On the origins of the movie, director Mamoru Oshii says he didn't envision it solely as a sequel to Ghost in the Shell. He said, "I had a dozen ideas, linked to my views on life, my philosophy, that I wanted to include in this film ... I attacked Innocence as a technical challenge; I wanted to go beyond typical animation limits, answer personal questions and at the same time appeal to filmgoers." During production, the first decision Oshii made was to not make Motoko Kusanagi the main character and instead make it a story about someone searching for her. 
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content: Karen Huie as Locus Solus Security System #1 (Cantonese) ; Jim Lau as Locus Solus Security System #2 (Cantonese) ; Joe Romersa as Crab Man, Undersea Cyborg ; John Snyder as Cyborg Arm Doctor ; David Vincent as SWAT Commander, Yakuza 1 ; Kyle Hebert as Detective ; Roger Craig Smith as Briefing Voice, Yamadori Transport Pilot ; Sandy Fox as Togusa's Daughter 
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  Innocence had a production budget of approximately $20 million (approximately 2 billion yen). To raise the sum, Production I.G studio's president, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, asked Studio Ghibli's president, Toshio Suzuki, to co-produce. Polygon Pictures produced the 3DCG in the film.
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The critics consensus states: "The animation is lovely, but the plot is complex to the point of inscrutability, leaving Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence both original and numbing." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Criticism of the movie rests upon a mixture of reasons. It is cited to be overly heavy on philosophical dialogue and thus hard to follow, and its ending has been described as weak and unmeaningful in the arc of character development. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies praises the quality script and direction, stating that "it's a challenging film, but it's one of the best anime ever".
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Content:  Innocence ranked 28th at the US box office earning $317,000 on its opening weekend in September 2004. .The film eventually grossed $1 million in US box office, which completely exceeded Go Fish Pictures' profitability target. On December 28, 2004, DreamWorks Pictures (parent company of theatrical distributor Go Fish Pictures) released Innocence on DVD in the US. Reviews immediately began appearing on Amazon and other websites criticizing the movie's subtitle track: Instead of including the overlay subtitles from the theatrical release, DreamWorks produced the DVD subtitles using closed captioning, resulting in subtitles that intruded on the movie's visual effects. In addition to reading dialogue, audiences saw cues like "Footsteps ..." or 

Question: Who was the screenwriter for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence?
Answer: Mamoru Oshii.
Masamune Shirow.