GKIDS introduced on Twitter on Wednesday that it has acquired the North American theatrical rights to Mamoru Oshii‘s Ghost within the Shell 2: Innocence movie. A brand new 4K restoration of the movie will first premiere on the Chicago Critic’s Movie Competition this summer time earlier than a large launch.

GKIDS describes the movie’s story:

Within the 12 months 2032, the road between people and machines has been blurred virtually past distinction. A string of murders perpetrated by a prototype android mannequin has drawn the eye of Public Safety Part 9, a unit specializing in counter cyber-terrorism. With not one of the victims’ households urgent expenses, suspicions come up concerning the character of the androids and their manufacturing firm. In the midst of the investigation, the just about totally cyber-bodied agent Batou, and his nonetheless human associate Togusa embark on a journey by means of a technological dystopia, taking up ferocious Yakuza thugs, devious hackers, authorities bureaucrats, and company criminals to uncover the stunning reality behind the crime.

The theatrical screenings will coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the movie.

The 2004 movie is a sequel to Oshii’s earlier Ghost within the Shell 1995 anime movie, which adapts Masamune Shirow‘s manga of the identical identify. Mamoru Oshii directed the movie and Oshii wrote the screenplay. Manufacturing I.G labored on each movies.

Go Fish Footage launched the movie on DVD with English subtitles in 2004. Manga Leisure launched the movie with an English dub on DVD in the UK in 2006. Bandai Leisure then launched the movie on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2009 with a barely modified English dub solid from Manga Leisure‘s dub.

In 2016, Funimation obtained the rights for the movie and rereleased it on DVD and Blu-ray.

Replace: Anniversary info corrected. Thanks, Romuska.

Sources: GKIDS‘ Twitter account, GKIDS‘ Ghost within the Shell 2 web site