In the year 2032, Bat((ocirc)), a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a series of prototype female robots that have begun slaughtering their owners. The task is made more difficult as the robots are killing themselves following their acts, and political interests seem to be trying to cover everything up.

Innocence is a much darker film than the original Ghost in the Shell and the subsequent spin off TV series Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (hopefully you caught it over summer on SBS). Although set somewhere after the series, it is very much a self-contained film - no knowledge of the show or previous film is needed to enjoy the movie.Innocence owes as much to existential classics like The Seventh Seal as it does to the sci-fi genre. Whilst this was the case with the original, its even more the case with Innocence. Although it really offers no new arguments to traditional Sci-Fi philosophy, it captures every angle concisely and cinematically. This unusual combination of rounded philosophical plot and amazingly beautiful animation led to Innocence being the first animated feature nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.'