Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川 光久, Ishikawa Mitsuhisa, born October 30, 1958) is a Japanese anime producer and planner, as well as the co-founder and current chairman of the anime studio Production I.G.[1][2]
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Years active | 1981-present |
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Known for | Founder of Production I.G |
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Career
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa was an executive at Bee Train from 1997 to 2006,[3][4]
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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External links
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa at IMDb
- Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Profile at Production I.G.com