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The Kickstarter stories just don’t stop ‘round here. It’s about a year since we reported on the launch of Production I.G. launching their Kickstarter project to fund their short Kick-Heart . At the time, it seemed like a totally wild and crazy idea. Since then, …Read more »
Fans of the Psycho-Pass anime will be happy to get confirmation of something Production I.G President and CEO Mitsuhisa Ishikawa mentioned during his Anime Expo panel. As announced via a trailer at a Psycho-Pass screening event in Tokyo on Friday—which was also streamed live on …Read more »
Katsuya Terada is one of the most interesting artists currently working in Japan, at least in this writer's humble opinion. If the name doesn't sound familiar, you may know his work from the character designs used in Production I.G's Blood: The Last Vampire . He …Read more »
If there’s one thing around we write about as much as Evangelion , it’s gotta be Kickstarter. Since about this time last year, the crowd-funding site became the hot new thing when it comes to anime. Just to recap, on Kickstarter itself, we’ve seen the …Read more »
After Production I.G.’s foray into Kickstarter with Kick-Heart last October, we’ve been seeing anime crowdfunding projects come out of the woodwork one after the other. There was the Kickstarter to help fund Mirai Mizue’s WONDER project, the recent announcement of Anime Sols to crowdfund DVD …Read more »
This season already started with a handful of much-talked-about anime, but none were perhaps as hotly anticipated as Attack on Titan ( Shingeki no Kyojin ). Production I.G subsidiary Studio Wit takes up the task of adapting Hajime Isayama's popular Attack on Titan manga and, …Read more »
The season is still young, but Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ( Suisei no Gargantia ) has about as effective an opening episode as one could ask for. The spring series comes from Production I.G, with Kazuya Murata ( Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of …Read more »
Cartoon Network's Toonami anime block is preparing for a bunch of changes late next month. Among them are a brand new TOM, a new Absolution, and a new overall on-air look. More details to come at a later date, but Toonami's Tumblr provided another reason …Read more »
Production I.G subsidiary WIT is working on a few new projects for this year, one of which is an original sci-fi anime movie titled Hal . The movie is being directed by animator/storyboard artist Makihara Ryoutarou, who previously worked on shows like Tatami Galaxy and …Read more »
Writer Gen Urobuchi ( Madoka Magica , Fate/zero ) and director Kazuya Murata ( Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos ) are teaming with studio Production I.G on Suisei no Galgantia ( Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet ), which follows a soldier who gets …Read more »
Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga has been weaving its bizarre spell in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine since 2009, and in addition to a live-action adaptation, it's set to hit TV in animated form next year. Directed by Death Note 's Tetsuro Araki with animation from …Read more »
Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san ( You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san ) is an award-nominated comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Kubo. Production I.G originally adapted the tale of the eponymous perverted dog demon into a 2011 anime, and now it's set to return with a second …Read more »
This week marked the deadline for the funding of Kick-Heart , the crowd-funded anime short by Production I.G. and Masaaki Yuasa. With the ringing of the closing bell came good news: not only had Kick-Heart met its $150,000 goal, backers had helped reach a total …Read more »
While this week’s biggest crowd-funding story was that of Production I.G.’s Kick-Heart , it wasn’t the only game in town. Japan-based manga website J-Comi, which offers free, legal digital versions of classic manga, held its own crowd-funding project in recent days, offering up digital sets …Read more »
As we recently reported , last week saw the announcement of an extremely ambitious and exciting project from animation house Production I.G. and director Masaaki Yuasa: Kick-Heart , an animated short to be paid for by fan contributions via crowd-funding website Kickstarter. Kick-Heart , a …Read more »
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