Currently, many anime production companies are creating various anime to entertain us. However, I think that most people know about anime, but don't know about anime production companies and have no interest in them. However, if you look into anime production companies, you will find that the companies that make the anime you like are almost the same. Furthermore, each anime production company has a different style, so if you look into it, you will enjoy anime even more. This time, we will introduce the anime production company "Production I.G".
What is Production I.G?
"Production I.G" is a Japanese animation production company headquartered in Tokyo. It is a major production company that is responsible for everything from planning to production of anime. It was founded in 2007 and has about 130 employees. The company itself is very young, but it has a history before it became "Production I.G".
Characteristics of Production I.G
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Producer "Ishikawa Kimihisa" merged with "Chime" led by "Goto Takayuki" to avoid the dispersal of the staff who produced the anime "Red Photon Zillion". With assistance from the famous anime production company "Kyoto Animation", "I.G Tatsunoko Limited Company" was established in 1987. However, when the animation production company "Tatsunoko Productions" requested that the company name be changed, Ishikawa, who felt indebted to the name Tatsunoko, was shocked, but changed the company name to "Production I.G." The "IG" in "Production I.G" is taken from the initials of the president, Ishikawa, and the vice president, Goto. At the same time as changing the company name, the company returned all of the investment it had received from the original investors, "Tatsunoko Productions" and "Kyoto Animation."
Production I.G's Style
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When the company was first established, it was a subcontractor for other anime production companies. However, Ishikawa realized that the profits from subcontracting alone would not be enough to cover the management fees, so while continuing to do subcontract work, he also began producing his own works as a prime contractor. Since then, the company has produced "OVAs" and "theatrical films." They are particularly good at producing science fiction anime, such as their most famous work, "Stand Alone in the Shell." However, they can also handle anything from romance to fantasy, so they are a company that can handle a wide range of genres.
Production I.G Anime Ranking
10th Place: Library Wars
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The novel, which began serialization in 2006, was published in four volumes by Kadokawa Shoten. It was made into an anime in 2008, with a total of 12 episodes produced and broadcast. The year is 1988, and the "Media Improvement Law" was established to regulate expressions that violate public order and morals and infringe on human rights. The Media Improvement Committee was established to monitor the media, and creative works that violated the law were subject to control by a special media improvement agency. The law was so extreme that it was used to suppress works that violated it, and libraries existed to counter this oppression. This is the story of people who resist oppression in libraries.
9th Place Kimi ni Todoke
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This is a shojo manga that began serialization in Bessatsu Margaret in 2006, and ended in 2017. It was made into an anime in 2009, with a total of 38 episodes produced and broadcast. The main character, high school girl Sawako Kuronuma, has a very good personality, but because of her long black hair, she is called "Sadako" by her classmates and those around her. Kuronuma wants to make friends, but when she does talk to people, her gloomy way of speaking and laughing ends up scaring them even more. This sometimes leads to bullying. However, as she becomes closer to her classmate, Kazami Shota, the people around her start to change, and Kuronuma herself begins to grow. This is a classic shoujo manga anime with a love, youth, and school story.
8th place Ao Haru Ride
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This shojo manga, which began serialization in Bessatsu Margaret in 2011 and ended in 2015, was made into an anime in 2014, with a total of 14 episodes produced and broadcast. The main character, Futaba Yoshioka, was not good with boys in her junior high school days. However, her classmate Tanaka-kun was special to her, and she was okay with boys. She secretly had feelings for him, but Tanaka transferred schools before she could confess her feelings. Futaba was shunned by the girls who didn't like her being popular with the boys. After entering high school, she behaved like a rough girl so as not to be popular with the boys. When she meets Tanaka again at high school, she finds that his personality has changed from the way it was before. This is the story of their youthful love.
7th Place: Usagi Drop
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The manga, which began serialization in FEEL YOUNG in 2005 and ended in 2012, was made into an anime in 2011 and aired in a total of 11 episodes. The protagonist, Daikichi Kawachi, meets a beautiful girl at his grandmother's house after visiting her after hearing of her death. It turns out that 6-year-old Kaga Rin is his grandmother's illegitimate child. Daikichi, who has been watching the relatives arguing over who should take care of Rin and whether to place her in an institution, offers to take her in. However, Rin has closed herself off from the shock of her grandmother's death. This is the story of one man raising a girl. It's a very heartwarming anime, so please do check it out.
6th place Welcome to the Ballroom
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This manga, which has been serialized in "Monthly Shonen Magazine" since 2011 and is still being serialized, was made into an anime in 2017 and aired a total of 24 episodes. The main character, "Fujita Tatara", had no dreams for the future, no hobbies, and was living an ordinary junior high school life. One day, after being mugged, Tatara is saved by a boxer named Sengoku Kaname and by chance encounters ballroom dancing. After seeing ballroom dancing and finding it fascinating, Tatara begins to learn ballroom dancing, wanting to create something he likes. There, he meets a classmate named Hanaoka Shizuku, who he learns has won various awards for ballroom dancing. Then one day, Tatara gets caught up in an accident and ends up dancing with Shizuku. This is an anime themed around ballroom dancing.
5th Place: Stand Alone Complex
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This is an original anime by "Production I.G" that began broadcasting in 2002. A total of 26 episodes were broadcast. In the year 2030, a world where "digitization" of the brain is common, information networks are advanced, and consciousness runs around as light and electrons, various crimes occur in such a world. Public Security Section 9 is an independent counter-intelligence unit established under the direct control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to combat sophisticated crimes. This anime depicts the prevention and arrest of various cybercrimes. It is so famous that it has become a common term among anime fans. If you like science fiction, you should definitely check it out.
4th place ROBOTICS;NOTES
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The original adventure game released by "5pb" was made into an anime in 2012 and aired for a total of 22 episodes. A world where tablet devices "Pocket Computers" are used daily and "AR" has become commonplace. The robotics research club at Chuo Tanegashima High School in Tanegashima, where the Tanegashima Space Center is located, was in danger of being closed down. In order to avoid the club being disbanded, the club's captain, Akiho Senomiya, comes up with a reckless plan to make a life-sized walking robot. This is a science fiction anime in which the mysteries hidden in Tanegashima are revealed as she and her childhood friend Kaito Yashio, the only member of the club, come up with various plans to save the club from disbanding. It is a legitimate sequel to the creator of Steins;Gate.
3rd Place: Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
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Original anime by "Production I.G". Broadcast began in 2013 and aired a total of 13 episodes. In the distant future, science has advanced to the point where it is possible to search for a new planet to replace Earth. However, humanity, which has advanced into space, is at war with the alien lifeforms, the Hideaze. The protagonist, Redo, pilots the humanoid fighter "Chamber," developed to fight against the Hideous, and is caught in a warp while retreating, and is sent to an unknown space region. Looking around, he sees an expanse of ocean and a planet with no land, which turns out to be Earth, a planet that was supposed to be destroyed. There, a class of human beings live on ships. This is a science fiction anime set in such a distant future.
2nd place PSYCHO-PASS
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An original anime by "Production I.G". It was broadcast in 2012 with a total of 22 episodes. The second season was broadcast in 2014. The story is set in the year 2112, when the "Sibyl System" was introduced, which has the ability to quantify human psychological states and personality tendencies. This number is called "Psycho-Pass," and people live with the goal of living an ideal life free of stress in order to stabilize the number. However, people with an elevated crime coefficient, or number that indicates they are likely to commit crimes, are subject to crackdowns as "potential criminals," even if they are not currently committing any crimes. The crackdown is carried out by the Public Safety Bureau, which uses Dominators connected to the Sibila System to crack down on various crimes in this sci-fi blockbuster anime.
1st Place Guilty Crown
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Original anime by "Production I.G". It began broadcasting in 2011 and aired a total of 22 episodes. One day, the protagonist "Ouma Shu" encounters the resistance organization "Funeral Parlor" and meets "Yuzuriha Inori", who is famous on a video posting site. Shu ends up gaining the power of the king and joining the funeral parlor. The power of the king is the ability to turn people's minds into weapons, and this is a science fiction anime in which the protagonist fights against enemies by making full use of this ability.
Production I.G Summary
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This time, we introduced Production I.G. They also produce a variety of other anime, so please check them out. That's all. Thank you for reading.
