Production I.G

Production I.G is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Musashino, Tokyo. It began on 15 December 1987 as I.G Tatsunoko, a branch of Tatsunoko Production founded by the producer Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and the character designer Takayuki Goto, and took its present name in September 1993. Since 2007 it has been a subsidiary of the holding company IG Port, which also owns Wit Studio. The studio moved from subcontractor to prime contractor to financier of its own productions, entered the copyright business and set up overseas subsidiaries and a finance arm. Its better known work includes the Ghost in the Shell series, Psycho-Pass, Haikyu!! and the animated sequences of Kill Bill Vol. 1, and it also produces intros and cut-scenes for video games.