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Production I.G (株式会社プロダクション・アイジー, 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.
Production I.G 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, 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 the Namco Tales Studio's title, Tales of Symphonia.
The letters I and G derive from the names of the company founders, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and popular character designer Takayuki Goto. The company is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA), an association of over 50 Japanese anime studios.
Filmography of Production I.G (35 films)
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Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)
, 1h16Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Bruce Timm, Hiroshi Morioka, Toshiyuki Kubooka
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Kevin Conroy, Gary Dourdan, Jason Marsden, David McCallum, Jim Meskimen, Ana Ortiz
Anthologie de 6 histoires relatant les aventures de Batman.
The Sky Crawlers (2008)
, 2h2Directed by Mamoru Oshii
Genres Science fiction, War, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Ryō Kase, Chiaki Kuriyama, Troy Baker, Rinko Kikuchi, Doug Erholtz, Shōsuke Tanihara
The Sky Crawlers is set in an alternative history timeline where although the world is at peace, in order to ease the tension of a populace accustomed to war and aggression, private corporations contract fighter pilots to engage in actual combat operations against each other. The film introduces a mystery involving characters called Kildren (キルドレ, Kirudore , "kill-dolls") - humanoids genetically engineered in a way that enables to live eternally in adolescence.
, 1h45Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Osamu Saka, Yutaka Nakano, Tōru Ōkawa
In 2034, two years after the events of 2nd GIG, Public Security Section 9 is investigating a string of mysterious suicides by refugees from the Siak Republic. Chief Aramaki conducts a raid to arrest the refugee dictator only to find him already dead. In retaliation, a Siak operative plans a terrorist attack with a micromachine virus. Batou is sent to intercept the Siak operative and encounters Kusanagi, who is conducting her own investigation. Before they can apprehend the operative, he dies while attacking them. Kusanagi takes a case of virus ampules and warns Batou to stay away from the Solid State Society before leaving.
, 35minutesGenres Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Miyu Irino, Yui Makino, Vic Mignogna, Tetsu Inada, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Carrie Savage
In their continuing journey to find the feathers that are the fragments of Sakura's lost memory, Syaoran, Kurogane, Fai D. Flowright, Mokona Modoki and Sakura move through time and space with Mokona. Here, they visit the "Country of Birdcages," a seemingly peaceful country where people and birds live together, each person having a bird companion. From their arrival, Syaoran, Sakura and Mokona are separated from Kurogane and Fai who are confronted by warriors from the king and ultimately captured. Syaoran, Sakura and Mokona meet a kid name Koruri who introduces them to her princess, an alternate persona from Princess Tomoyo. Tomoyo explains to Syaoran's group that about how the king, her uncle, maintains oppressed citizens, having had their birds taken from them, and plans to use a key to seal the country. They are then attacked by the king's bird-like soldier, who easily defeat the opposing Syaoran and Tomoyo's commander, and kidnap Tomoyo and Mokona.
, 1hDirected by Takayuki Yamada
Genres Animation
Themes Sports films, Tennis films
Actors Junko Minagawa, Ryōtarō Okiayu, Takayuki Kondō
The Seishun Academy Middle School tennis regulars are invited on a cruise by Sakurafubuki Hikomaro to play a match with his own tennis team. Aboard the cruise ship, Ryoga Echizen introduces himself to the team as Ryoma's older brother. Ryoma reveals that Ryoga was adopted by Nanjiroh many years ago, when they lived in America, but mysteriously left home prior to Ryoma enrolling in Seigaku. That evening, after a banquet dinner, Takashi Kawamura, being a sushi chef, remarks that the food did not taste as expensive as it looked. In the bathroom, Sadaharu Inui discovers that the marble on the wall is fake when he tears off a piece of wallpaper. It becomes clear that something is not right. The next day, Sakurafubuki reveals to Tezuka and Oishi that they are actually part of an illegal gambling plot. If they purposely lose their matches the next day, Sakurafubuki will rake in a lot of money from people that have betted on Seigaku winning. But, should they choose not listen and win the matches, the team faces the grim possibility of losing their lives.
, 1hGenres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Jun Fukuyama, Sayaka Ohara, Kazuya Nakai, Shizuka Itō, Mika Kikuchi, Miyu Irino
A woman comes to Yūko to ask for assistance because her key won't unlock her mansion. Later, Yūko receives an invitation to the mansion. Yūko sends Watanuki and Dōmeki along with her to the mansion. They aren't the only people there. Many collectors were invited. When collectors start disappearing, Watanuki starts to suspect that something supernatural is happening.
, 1h36Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Films about computing, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Children's films, Golem
Actors Akio Ōtsuka, Yutaka Nakano, Atsuko Tanaka, Kōichi Yamadera, Hiroaki Hirata, Naoto Takenaka
The story is loosely based on Ghost in the Shell manga chapter "Robot Rondo" (with elements of "Phantom Fund"). Opening in 2032, Public Security Section 9 cybernetic operative Batou is teamed with Togusa, an agent with very few cybernetic upgrades, following the events of Ghost in the Shell.
Dead Leaves (2004)
, 55minutesDirected by Imaishi Hiroyuki
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Crime, Animation, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Takako Honda, Kappei Yamaguchi, Yūko Mizutani, Nobuo Tobita, Mitsuo Iwata, Kiyoyuki Yanada
Retro and Pandy, two unlikely renegades, awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past, but with superior physical abilities. After embarking on a brief but devastating crime spree for food, clothing and transportation in downtown Tokyo, they are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous prison called Dead Leaves, on the half-destroyed Moon.
Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001)
, 1h25Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Chisa Yokoyama, Michie Tomizawa, Kumiko Nishihara, Mayumi Tanaka, Kazue Ikura, Maya Okamoto
The film begins with the Imperial Revue celebrating Leni Milchstrasse's 17h birthday following a performance at the Great Imperial Theater. With division captain Ichirō Ōgami in Paris, Moon Division Captain Yūichi Kayama joins in the celebration. The next morning, on Christmas Day, Sumire Kanzaki and Maria Tachibana visit a theater, where Maria finds out that Brent was one of the mafia members in New York when Maria visited the United States years earlier. At the Great Imperial Theater, Ratchet Altair arrives from New York City to be assigned into the Imperial Assault Force Flower Division. Douglas-Stewart president Brent Furlong and his subordinate, Patrick Hamilton, summon the Kouma to obliterate a city. The Flower Division is summoned to the battlefield where the Kouma are at. However, during the battle, Ratchet appears in an Eisenkleid and briefly battles the Kouma. They retreat and the Flower Division is introduced to Ratchet. Meanwhile, Brent and another one of his subordinates, Haruyoshi Tanuma, arrive at the facility where the Japhkiels, robots made by Douglas-Stewart, are made. One of them attacks Tanuma to his horror. Patrick uses a soundwave technique to stop the attacking Japhkiel.
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
, 1h42Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Wolves in film, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Yoshikatsu Fujiki, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Eri Sendai, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Tamio Ōki
The story is set in a parallel 1950s Japan, in which Germany has conquered Japan. It focuses on Kazuki Fuse, a member of the elite Kerberos Panzer Cops, a metropolitan antiterror unit. Fuse confronts his own humanity when he fails to shoot a young female terrorist. The girl detonates a bomb in front of him, only killing herself. The incident damages the reputation of the unit and Kazuki is punished. He visits the ashes of the dead girl and meets Kei Amemiya, who claims to be the elder sister of the victim. They develop a relationship. Kei is eventually revealed to not be the suicide bomber's sister but instead a former bomb courier and a honey trap acting on behalf of the Special Unit's rival division Public Security.
, 1h25Directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tomoko Kawakami, Takehito Koyasu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kotono Mitsuishi, Aya Hisakawa, Takeshi Kusao
The story centers around Utena, a new student at Othori Academy who has a penchant for dressing like a boy. She is shown around by the happy-go-lucky fellow student Wakaba, who declares Utena to be her prince. As Utena watches over a fencing match between Juri and Miki, she notices her former boyfriend Touga, who is also watching over the match. She follows him to a yard where roses are grown, and after a brief conversation, reveals her motivation for dressing like a boy. Utena takes notices of Touga wearing a ring and then presumes it's a wedding ring, but Touga corrects her and states that the ring made him seek out the academy. After Touga leaves Utena with a white rose, the rose opens to reveal a ring with the same rose crest as on Touga's. Utena notices roses falling from above and discovers a huge rose garden above. In the garden she meets Anthy, who introduces herself as the Rose Bride. Shortly after, Anthy's current fiancé Kyoichi Saionji makes an appearance. After seeing Utena's ring, he challenges her to a duel. Anthy just tries to interrupt, but she is slapped by Saoinji. Enraged, Utena immediately accepts the duel and fights with a wooden broom. Utena tries her best to fight with a broom, but she is outmatched by Saoinji who is using a real sword. Things start to look dire for Utena, but Anthy throws herself at Utena and kisses her, which causes Utena to drag the Sword of Dios out of Anthy's chest and use it to defeat Saionji.
, 1h20Directed by Tatsuo Satō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Animation
Actors Yūji Ueda, Omi Minami, Houko Kuwashima, Yukie Nakama, Noriko Hidaka, Maya Okamoto
Two years have passed since the third battle of Mars, with the Nadesico taking possession of the Ruin. The Earth and the Jovian Federation have come to an uneasy peace. However, Akito and Yurika have both vanished and are presumed dead. Meanwhile, a new threat to peace is rising in the form of the "Martian Successors" (A splinter group of the original Jovian Federation who wish to continue the war and take revenge on the Earth and Nergal and bring about a new world order). A 15-year-old Ruri Hoshino, is now the new captain of the highly-mobile battleship Nadesico B, and has earned the respect and awe of many in the Military thanks to her unparalleled skill with machines.
, 1h25Directed by Hideaki Anno
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Junko Iwao, Fumihiko Tachiki
Shinji Ikari, the teenage pilot of a giant Evangelion cyborg, is distraught over the death of his friend Kaworu Nagisa. He visits fellow pilot Asuka Langley Soryu in a hospital and masturbates to her comatose body.
, 1h42Directed by Tensai Okamura, Hideaki Anno, Seiji Mizushima
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Animation, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura, Kotono Mitsuishi, Tomokazu Seki, Kōichi Yamadera
See Neon Genesis Evangelion The first part, Death, is a 70-minute long edit of the first 24 episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion in the form of a clip show, with additional footage not seen in the original broadcast. (The footage would later be integrated into the Japanese Laserdisc and the American and European Platinum Collection releases of the series, as "Director's Cut" versions of episodes 21-24)