Production I.G

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Production I.G, Inc.
Native name
株式会社プロダクション・アイジー
Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Ai Jī
FormerlyI.G Tatsunoko
TypeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryAnime, film, television, video games
FoundedDecember 15, 1987; 33 years ago (1987-12-15)
FounderMitsuhisa Ishikawa
Takayuki Goto
Headquarters
Kokubunji, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (President)
ProductsAnime, film, television, OVA, video games
Revenue¥5,440,000,000 (2006)[1]
¥400,000,000 (2006)[1]
Number of employees
172 (as of November 2020)
ParentIG Port[2]
SubsidiariesTatsunoko Production (11.2%)[3]
Websitewww.production-ig.co.jp

Production I.G, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社プロダクション・アイジー, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Purodakushon Ai Jī) is a Japanese anime studio and production enterprise, founded on December 15, 1987, by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan.[4] The letters I and G derive from the names of the company founders: producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and character designer Takayuki Goto.[5]

The studio has been involved in the creation of numerous anime television series, OVAs, theatrical films, and is further involved in video game design and development, as well as music publishing and management. Among its prominent works are Guilty Crown, Psycho-Pass, Eden of the East, Haikyu!! and the Ghost in the Shell series. It is known in the video game industry for developing intros, cut-scenes, and artwork for games such as Namco Tales Studio's Tales of Symphonia.

History[]

Initially founded as "I.G. Tatsunoko Limited" in 1987, it was a break-off branch-studio of Tatsunoko Productions which created Zillion. Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the producer of Zillion, founded the studio to obstruct the dispersing of the excellent staffs of the Tatsunoko branch.[6][7][8] The members of the Tatsunoko Production annex, "鐘夢 (チャイム)" (named after the English "chime"), which led by Takayuki Goto joined the Ishikawa's Tatsunoko Branch that used the same floor of Goto's annex and Goto was also the character designer of Zillion. Kyoto Animation, one of the finishers of Zillion, supported Ishikawa and the "IG Tatsunoko Limited" was founded on December 15, 1987. The "IG" was named after the initials of Ishikawa and Goto. The initial shareholders of the studio were Ishikawa, Goto, Hideaki Hatta (Kyoto Animation), Tatsunoko Production, etc. Among Production I.G's earliest most notable works was the feature-length cinematic anime adaptation of the Patlabor story, created by the group Headgear. In 1993, during the final stages of the production of Patlabor 2 the company ended capital relation to Tatsunoko Production that had 20% of the stocks of I.G and changed its name to the current "Production I.G" on September 1993. Thus, the film Patlabor 2, released on August 1993, became the last product bearing the name "IG Tatsunoko".

In early 1997, fellow Tatsunoko employee Koichi Mashimo presented an idea of his to President Ishikawa. Mashimo had conceived the idea of a small studio that could work on small productions and "nurture" the creative spirit of its staff members. Ishikawa liked the idea and sponsored Mashimo's endeavor and studio Bee Train Animation Inc. was formed as a subsidiary company.[9] Production I.G and Ishikawa helped supervise and produce the early productions such as PoPoLoCrois Monogatari, Wild Arms: Twilight Venom, and Arc the Lad. Along with Xebec it was the second subsidiary company under I.G. In 2006, Bee Train became independent and Ishikawa stepped down as an executive in the company.[10] The two studios worked again in 2008 to work on Blade of the Immortal, Batman: Gotham Knight, and again in 2010 for Halo Legends. In 1998, the company incorporated to become "Production I.G, Inc." Following that, Production I.G merged with ING, another production company founded by the same Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, in 2000. In a Q&A session Ishikawa said:[11]

It [The I.G in Production I.G] stands for two words: itsumo (always) and genki (happy); you should ask, is that true? In reality, it stands for Ishikawa, and my artist collaborator's name, Takayuki Goto, the initials of our last names. But, now that I am the sole president, we kept the name. But I am happy to say it means Itsumo Genki.

On July 4, 2007, the company announced a merger with Mag Garden, forming a new holding company called IG Port.[12] IG Port has become the parent company of Production I.G, Signal.MD and Wit Studio. Xebec was formerly a part of IG Port until November 20, 2018, when it was sold to Sunrise. On January 12, 2018, it was announced that Xebec's subsidiary, Xebeczwei, was announced to have been given to I.G as a subsidiary studio, and that work on Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond would proceed as planned. The studio is planned to be renamed to IGzwei following the transfer.[13]

Production I.G is closer to several divisions working under the same name (such as with Sunrise) than it is to being a single studio. These different studios are known as different "sections" in reference to the studio's Ghost in the Shell franchise. Around 2011, Section 6 head George Wada and animation producer Tetsuya Nakatake approached Ishikawa with the intention of founding a new studio under Production I.G to allow for more creative freedoms and faster production processes than were available at I.G itself. On June 1, 2012, Wit Studio was founded, with the studio's first project being Attack on Titan, which I.G assisted in producing.[14]

Works[]

Television series[]

OVAs[]

ONAs[]

Films[]

  • The Weathering Continent (1992, as I.G. Tatsunoko)
  • Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997, Rebirth, with Gainax)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997, with Gainax)
  • Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Vacation of 2011 (1999; with Xebec)
  • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (2000)
  • Blood: The Last Vampire (2000)
  • Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001)
  • Kill Bill Vol. 1: Chapter 3 - The Origin of O-Ren (2003, animated sequence)
  • Dead Leaves (2004)
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004, 3DCG by Polygon Pictures)
  • Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom (2005)
  • Tennis no Ōjisama: Atobe Kara no Okurimono (2005)
  • Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai (2005)
  • xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)
  • The Sky Crawlers (2008, 3DCG by Polygon Pictures)
  • Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)
  • Eden of the East: The King of Eden (2009)
  • Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009, 3DCG by Polygon Pictures)
  • Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (2010)
  • Broken Blade (2010–2011, with Xebec, film hexalogy)
  • Book Girl (2010)
  • Hiyokoi (2010)
  • Loups=Garous (2010, with TransArts)
  • Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011)
  • Tansu Warashi. (2011)
  • A Letter to Momo (2011)
  • Xi Avant (2011, short film)
  • The Prince of Tennis – The Battle of the British City (2011, with M.S.C)
  • Appleseed XIII: Tartaros (2011, production co-operation for Jinni's Animation Studio)
  • Appleseed XIII: Ouranos (2011, production co-operation for Jinni's Animation Studio)
  • Blood-C: The Last Dark (2012)
  • Library War: The Wings of Revolution (2012)
  • 009 Re:Cyborg (2012, with Sanzigen)
  • Wasurenagumo (2012)
  • Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)
  • Kick-Heart (2013)
  • Giovanni's Island (2014)
  • Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
  • Miss Hokusai (2015)
  • Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)
  • Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Owari to Hajimari (2015)
  • Gekijō-ban Haikyu!! Shōsha to Haisha (2015)
  • Pigtails (2015)
  • Kuroko's Basketball: Winter Cup Compilation (2016, compilation trilogy)
  • Haikyu!! Sainō to Sense (2017)
  • Haikyu!! Concept no Tatakai (2017)
  • Kuroko's Basketball The Movie: Last Game (2017)
  • Tokimeki Restaurant (2018)
  • Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System (2019, film trilogy)
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran (2019, film trilogy)
  • Fafner in the Azure: The Beyond (2019–2021, 12-part film series; credited as animation production, with I.G Zwei credited as Animation Production Studio)
  • Psycho-Pass 3: First Inspector (2020)
  • BEM: Become Human (2020)
  • Fate/Grand Order - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot ~ Paladin; Agaterám ~ (2021; animation production for second film)
  • Deemo: Memorial Keys (2021, with Signal.MD)
  • Shika no Ō: Yuna to Yakusoku no Tabi (TBA)

Live-action series[]

  • Stay Tuned! (2019)

Music videos[]

  • m-flo: Quantum Leap (2000)
  • Linda: Chains & Rings (2003)
  • Mylene Farmer: Peut-etre toi (2006)
  • Universe (2007)
  • Eden of the East: Falling Down (2009)
  • NO DOUBT (2017)
  • Marty Friedman: The Perfect World (2018)

Video games[]

  • Power Pros (1994)
  • Tales series (1995–2009)
  • Grandia (1997, CG support)
  • Ghost in the Shell (1997)
  • The Granstream Saga (1997)
  • Yarudora Series Vol. 1: Double Cast (1998, animated cutscenes)
  • Yarudora Series Vol. 2: Kisetsu o Dakishimete (1998, animated cutscenes)
  • Yarudora Series Vol. 3: Sampaguita (1998, animated cutscenes)
  • Yarudora Series Vol. 4: Yukiwari no Hana (1998, animated cutscenes)
  • Tekken 3 (1998, pre-rendered CGI cutscenes and animated cutscene)
  • Xenogears (1998, traditionally animated cutscenes and pre-rendered CGI cutscenes)
  • Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die (1998)
  • Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere (1999, traditionally animated cutscenes)
  • Love & Destroy (1999)
  • Psychometrer Eiji (1999)
  • Valkyrie Profile (1999)
  • Wild Arms 2 (1999)
  • Summon Night (2000)
  • Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? (2001)
  • Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens (2002)
  • Surveillance Kanshisha (2002)
  • Sakura Wars V Episode 0 (2004)
  • Lethal Enforcers 3 (2004)
  • Popolocrois Monogatari II (2000, opening and animated cutscenes)
  • Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005, CG animated cutscenes)
  • Namco × Capcom (2005)
  • Sonic Riders (2006, opening animation)
  • Children of Mana (2006, opening and animated cutscenes)
  • Sonic Riders (2006)
  • Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (2006)
  • Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007, CG animated cutscenes)
  • Star Ocean: First Departure (2007)
  • Star Ocean: Second Evolution (2008)
  • Wario Land: Shake It! (2008, cutscenes and gameplay)
  • Sands of Destruction (2008)
  • Infinite Space (2009)
  • Valkyria Chronicles III (2011)
  • Kid Icarus Uprising (2012, Thanatos rising shorts)
  • BlazBlue: Central Fiction (2015)
  • Persona 5 (2016, animated cutscenes, with Domerica)
  • Persona 5 Royal (2019, animated cutscenes, with Domerica)

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