One of the greatest achievements of this active international policy is the TV series IGPX (2005, directed by Mitsuru Hongo), co-developed and co-produced with Cartoon Network, the first collaboration between a US cable network and a Japanese production house. 1.įinding early international success in animating with such titles as Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell, Production I.G quickly decided to broaden exposure to international markets, and in March 1997 launched a Los Angeles-based overseas subsidiary. Production I.G visionary world is said to have deeply influenced many famous Hollywood creators, and this has eventually brought to the collaboration with Quentin Tarantino for the animation sequence in his world hit, Kill Bill: Vol. The studio's first VR experience, Ghost in the Shell: Virtual Reality Diver (2018) was selected for Venice VR, Sitges, BIFFF and BIAF. 1 animation part), which was selected in competition at Annecy and received the Jury Award at BIAF 2018. In 2018, the studio launched its first Netflix Original series, B: The Beginning directed by Kazuto Nakazawa ( Kill Bill: Vol. Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai (2015) won the Jury Award at Annecy 2015, three awards at Fantasia 2015, the APSA 2015 for Best Animated Feature Film, and was described by French newspaper Le Monde as "A lesson of elegance." The Fukushima disaster-themed short film Pigtails, that marked the directorial debut of animator Yoshimi Itazu (animator in Miss Hokusai, The Wind Rises and Paranoia Agent), won 24 awards around the world. Mizuho Nishikubo's Giovanni's Island (2014) garnered 15 international awards, including Annecy, Fantasia and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Hiroyuki Okiura's A Letter to Momo (2012), which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, was Best Animated Feature Film at the New York International Children's Film Festival and at the 6th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The studio's first 3DCG animation feature film, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009), directed by Shinsuke Sato received the prize of Excellence at the 33rd Japan Academy Prizes. In 2008, Mamoru Oshii's animated feature film, The Sky Crawlers was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 65th Venice Film Festival and won 3 awards at Sitges in the same year. Innocence, directed by Mamoru Oshii in 2004, became the first Japanese animation feature ever to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. 1 in US Billboard Top Video Sales Chart 1996), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999, directed by Hiroyuki Okiura, Jury's Special Prize at Fantasporto 1999), and Blood: The Last Vampire (2000, directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo), have earned critical accolades in Japan and all around the world. For their refined storytelling and cutting-edge animation, Ghost in the Shell (1995, directed by Mamoru Oshii, N. Production I.G has produced a number of acclaimed feature films, OVA (original video animation), TV shows, and videogames. ![]() Since then, the studio has enjoyed yearly growth in sales and size. The new company met with success and in 1993 its founders renamed it Production I.G. on the cutscene work, along with Atlus, It is a match made in heaven.Started as the joint collaboration of visionary producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and popular character designer Takayuki Goto, the company was established on Decemas I.G Tatsunoko, a name bearing the initials of its founders as well as the renowned studio they were from. will not be working on the anime adaption of P5. That will be done be by a studio named A-1 Pictures.Īltogether, Persona 5 seems like it is going to be a damn good game. Though they are working on the anime cutscenes of the game, Production I.G. The concept of working on stuff for games is not a new concept for I.G., who has worked on Tales of Graces as well. There wasn’t really any info released on who would be working on this before, but the company themselves have confirmed this, even as far as promoting it on their own site, even though it’s all in Japanese. Production I.G., the animation studio behind Ghost in the Shell, has confirmed that they are doing work on Persona 5, as well as the opening cutscene and other cutscenes of the game. ![]() Atlus has never steppped down from a challenge and has hired one of the best anime studios to work on Persona 5’sanimation cutscenes. Heck, they even made full feature anime movies of Persona 3/ Persona 4. With this, of course, the bar has been set pretty high for P5’s animation. This has been a staple of the series, ever since hitting the PS2 with Persona 3. From what it seems, these cutscenes were more or less like watching a legitimate anime series. When it comes to the Persona games, well-animated cutscenes are a must.
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