Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川 光久, Ishikawa Mitsuhisa, born October 30, 1958) is a Japanese film producer. He is the co-founder and current chairman of the Japanese animation studio Production I.G.
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa | |
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Born | October 30, 1958 | (age 65)
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 was an 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]