Mitsuhisa Ishikawa

Production

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa

Born 1958-10-30 · Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa is the president and CEO of Production I.G, the animation studio he founded in 1987. He produced animation works such as The End of Evangelion (1997), Jin-Roh (1999) and Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (2004).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion poster
8.3

SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

1997

Ghost in the Shell poster
7.9

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

Ghost in the Shell

1995

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence poster
7.4

Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

2004

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth poster
7.4

Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth

1997

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic poster
7.0

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

2010

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)² poster
6.8

A highly experimental film presenting a story out of chronological order taking place 15 years after a near-apocalyptic catastrophe, about four traumatized 14 year olds who are tasked with piloting massive humanoid decisive weapons called Evangelion, the psychologically maladjusted adults who handle and command them, and the events and forces that affect them or which they take part in as they engage massive hostile invaders known as "Angels."

EVANGELION: DEATH (TRUE)²

1998

Revival of Evangelion poster
7.7

Revival of Evangelion is a re-edit of the Neon Genesis Evangelion films , released in 1998. It consists of Evangelion: Death (which was essentially a clip show that summarized the entire regular series) and The End of Evangelion , re-edited together to make a version that tells the entire story of Evangelion. It is considered to be the final form of the Evangelion films.

Revival of Evangelion

1998

Patlabor 2: The Movie poster
7.4

A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.

Patlabor 2: The Movie

1993

Garm Wars: The Last Druid poster
4.6

In a world where clone soldiers from three military tribes are locked in a perpetual battle of air, land and technology, one clone is separated from the battle and finds herself on the run with a group of unlikely companions.

Garm Wars: The Last Druid

2014

Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989 poster
3.7

Famous rockstar Kouji Nanjou has fallen in love with Izumi Takuto, a soccer player with dreams of seeing "real" soccer in Italy. In angsty boy-love fashion, the story consists of Kouji stopping at nothing to have Izumi stay with him, Izumi dealing with his feelings until the time comes where he has no choice but to decide, and all the other things the two must face and the problems from Kouji's family.

Bronze: Zetsuai Since 1989

1996

Blue Butterfly Fish poster
4.0

Ushio is a freediver with strange powers. He and his friends are at a tropical land in search of a rare fish, the Blue Butterfly. This pursuit leads them to Ayuuru, a local girl who might know where to find the legendary fish.

Blue Butterfly Fish

1994

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Theatrical Edition #26 Live Action Part (Special Rush Edit Version) poster
8.5

A live-action short film following Asuka and Misato from "Evangelion" as ordinary people outside of the universe of Evangelion.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Theatrical Edition #26 Live Action Part (Special Rush Edit Version)

2003

Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins poster
5.6

An animated short based on the game "Star Fox Zero", that was streamed during a Nintendo Treehouse live presentation on April 20, 2016. The short was produced by Miyamoto, in collaboration with Japanese animation studios Production I.G and Wit Studio.

Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins

2016

Panzer Dragoon poster
5.5

The brave Kyle and blind Alita were hunting creatures one day, when a large black dragon ambushed them, stealing the beautiful Alita away and killing their companion. Now, joined by a mysterious blue dragon hell-bent on helping to thwart the evil beast, Kyle races against the clock to stop the duo from reaching the black tower -- before it's too late!

Panzer Dragoon

1996