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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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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
, 1h22Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films about altered memories, Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Kōichi Yamadera, Tamio Ōki, Shigeru Chiba
In 2029, the world is interconnected by a vast electronic network that permeates every aspect of life. Much of humanity has access to this network through cybernetic bodies, or "shells", which possess their consciousness and can give them superhuman abilities.
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
, 1h53Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Ryūsuke Ōbayashi, Miina Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Tomomichi Nishimura
Three years after the events of the first movie, Noa Izumi and Asuma Shinohara are now testing new Labors at a facility run by the Metropolitan Police. Isao Ota is a police academy Labor instructor. Mikiyasu Shinshi has since been reassigned as the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's head of General Affairs. Seitaro Sakaki has retired with Shigeo Shiba taking over his position as head of the labor maintenance team with Hiromi Yamazaki, Kiichi Goto and Shinobu Nagumo remaining with the unit as Kanuka Clancy had permanently returned to New York. Most of them had been replaced by fresh labor pilots.
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
, 1h38Directed by Mamoru Oshii, Koji Sawai
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the future, Cyberpunk films
Actors Shigeru Chiba, Miina Tominaga, Ryūsuke Ōbayashi, Toshio Furukawa, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Yō Inoue
Set in 1999, Tokyo is undergoing a huge re-development program: old suburbs are being demolished and man-made islands are being constructed in Tokyo Bay under the Babylon Project. Dominating the scene is the "Ark," a huge man-made island that serves at the Project's nerve center and chief Labor manufacturing facility.
Robotech: The Movie (1986)
, 1h22Directed by Noboru Ishiguro, Carl Macek
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films set in the future
Actors Kerrigan Mahan, Iona Morris, Edie Mirman, Wendee Lee, Robert V. Barron, Michael McConnohie
In the year 1999, the alien spacecraft SDF-1 crashed on Earth, followed ten years later by the alien Zentraedi, seeking to reclaim the vessel for their rulers, the Robotech Masters. The First Robotech War erupted over the vessel, ending with victory for humankind, at the cost of the SDF-1 itself. Now, in 2027, the Robotech Masters themselves arrive in Earth’s Solar System, aiming to recover the ship’s still-functional mother computer, being studied at Earth’s Robotech Research Center in Japan. The Masters launch a covert attack on a small human settlement, killing Colonel B.D. Andrews of the Army of the Southern Cross and secretly replacing him with a clone. Following a disastrous attack by the ASC on the Masters’ flagship, the Andrews clone proposes that the military take charge of use the mother computer to formulate a defense against the Masters. When his proposal is approved, he secretly begins beaming the contents of the computer’s database to the Masters, after which they plan to destroy the Earth.
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, 1h44Directed by Mamoru Oshii
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Animation
Actors Mako Hyōdō, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Toshio Suzuki, Shōji Kawamori, Kenji Kawai, Kōichi Yamadera
A fictional documentary about changing Japanese eating habits and the colorful thieves that swindle the restaurants which serve them. The film begins with the origins of Japanese food stalls following the countries defeat in World War II. The first grifter introduced is Moongaze Ginji. He requests soba noodle soup with a raw egg (also known as "Moongaze Soba"). He declares the dish to be an imitation of a landscape.