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Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Nationality Japanese Occupation Anime Executive producer/Producer and project developer Employer Production I.G
Bee Train
Tatsunoko ProductionsKnown for Production I.G animation studio Mituhisa Ishikawa (石川 光久 Ishikawa Mitsuhisa ) is Japanese anime entrepreneur, the co-founder and current president and CEO of Production I.G, as well as a leading producer for the studio. He was also a former executive at Bee Train from 1997–2006,[1][2] and as of 2010 is expected to join Tatsunoko Productions company as a part time director.[3]
Ishikawa acted as Executive Producer for the anime sequence The Origin of Ren in Kill Bill, and was the producer of the Ghost in the Shell films.[4] In 2005 Ishikawa joined his first joint Japanese-U.S. collaboration, since the opening of the Production I.G branch in Los Angeles, IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix, a joint production with Production I.G and Cartoon Network.[5] Ishikawa has also produced Batman: Gotham Knight and Halo Legends.
References
- ^ "From the President". Production I.G. http://www.productionig.com/contents/about_us/02_/index.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "Errata: Bee Train No Longer Subsidiary of I.G". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-02-10/errata-bee-train-no-longer-subsidiary-of-i.g. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "Production I.G to Acquire 11.2% Stake in Tatsunoko". AnimeNewsNetwork. 2010-06-01. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-06-02/production-i.g-to-acquire-11.2-percent-stake-in-tatsunoko. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ^ "Mitsuhisa Ishikawa". Yahoo.com. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804359455. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川光久) President, Production I.G.". U.S.-Japan Innovators Network. http://innovators.japansociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=2. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
External links
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at the Internet Movie Database
- Mituhisa Ishikawa Profile at Production I.G.com
Works by Production I.G Feature films Blood-C • Blood: The Last Vampire • Book Girl • Broken Blade • Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Holidays of 2011 • Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic • Dead Leaves • Evangelion: Death and Rebirth • The End of Evangelion • Ghost in the Shell • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (animated sequence) • A Letter to Momo • Loups=Garous • Nadesico: Prince of Darkness • Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror • MiniPato • Patlabor: The Movie • Patlabor 2: The Movie • Sakura Wars: The Movie • Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters • The Sky Crawlers • Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai • The Weathering Continent • Tales of Vesperia: The First StrikeTelevision series Ani*Kuri15 (animated sequence) • Blade of the Immortal • Blood+ • Blood-C • Blue Seed • Bunny Drop • Cromartie High School • Eden of the East • Medabots Damashii • Ghost Hound • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG • Guilty Crown • Idaten Jump • Immortal Grand Prix • Kimi ni Todoke • K-tai Investigator 7 • Kuroko's Basketball • Le Chevalier D'Eon • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit • Otogi Zoshi • PaRappa the Rapper • PoPoLoCrois • The Prince of Tennis • Reideen • Real Drive • Sengoku Basara • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings • Toshokan Sensō • Vampiyan Kids • Windy Tales • xxxHolicOriginal video animations Batman: Gotham Knight (animated sequence) • Book Girl • Chocolate Underground • FLCL • Halo Legends (animated sequence) • Kai Doh Maru • One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak! • Please Save My Earth • The King of Fighters: Another Day • Zillion: Burning Night • The Prince of Tennis • Tokyo Marble Chocolate • HiyokoiVideo games Children of Mana • Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance • Ghost in the Shell • Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 12 • Namco × Capcom • Professor Layton and the Curious Village • Sonic Riders • Star Ocean: First Departure • Star Ocean: Second Evolution • Summon Night 4 • Surveillance Kanshisha • Tales • Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria • Wario Land: The Shake Dimension • Xenogears • Sands of DestructionCategories:- Bee Train
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- 1958 births
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