Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa | |
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 Mitsuhisa Ishikawa in October 2010 | |
| Born | October 30, 1958 (age 58) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Anime executive producer/producer and project developer |
| Employer(s) | Production I.G Bee Train Tatsunoko Productions |
| Known for | Production I.G animation studio |
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川 光久, Ishikawa Mitsuhisa, born October 30, 1958) is a Japanese anime entrepreneur, the co-founder and current president and CEO of Production I.G, as well as a producer for the studio.
Career
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa was executive at Bee Train from 1997 to 2006,[1][2]
Ishikawa acted as executive producer for the anime sequence The Origin of Ren in Kill Bill, and was the producer of the first two Ghost in the Shell films.[3] 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.[4] Ishikawa has also produced Batman: Gotham Knight, Halo Legends and Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic.
Ishikawa is also one of the owners of Tatsunoko Productions and a part-time director.[5]
References
- ^ "From the President". Production I.G. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "Errata: Bee Train No Longer Subsidiary of I.G". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ "Mitsuhisa Ishikawa". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川光久) President, Production I.G." Japan Society Innovators Network. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Production I.G to Acquire 11.2% Stake in Tatsunoko". AnimeNewsNetwork. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
External links
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at IMDb
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Profile at Production I.G.com
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