Production I.G

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Production I.G has produced a number of acclaimed feature films, OVA (original video animation), TV shows, and videogames. For their refined storytelling and cutting-edge animation, Ghost in the Shell (1995, directed by Mamoru Oshii, N. 1 in US Billboard Top Video Sales Chart 1996), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999, directed by Hiroyuki Okiura, Jury's Special Prize at Fantasporto 1999), and Blood: The Last Vampire (2000, directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo), have earned critical accolades in Japan and all around the world. Innocence, directed by Mamoru Oshii in 2004, became the first Japanese animation feature ever to compete for the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes. In 2008, Mamoru Oshii's animated feature film, The Sky Crawlers was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 65th Venice Film Festival and won 3 awards at Sitges in the same year. The studio's first 3DCG animation feature film, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009), directed by Shinsuke Sato received the prize of Excellence at the 33rd Japan Academy Prizes. Hiroyuki Okiura's A Letter to Momo (2012), which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, was Best Animated Feature Film at the New York International Children's Film Festival and at the 6th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Mizuho Nishikubo's Giovanni's Island (2014) garnered 15 international awards, including Annecy, Fantasia and the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai (2015) won the Jury Award at Annecy 2015, three awards at Fantasia 2015, the APSA 2015 for Best Animated Feature Film, and was described by French newspaper Le Monde as "A lesson of elegance." The Fukushima disaster-themed short film Pigtails, that marked the directorial debut of animator Yoshimi Itazu (animator in Miss Hokusai, The Wind Rises and Paranoia Agent), won 24 awards around the world. In 2018, the studio launched its first Netflix Original series, B: The Beginning directed by Kazuto Nakazawa (Kill Bill: Vol. 1 animation part), which was selected in competition at Annecy and received the Jury Award at BIAF 2018. The studio's first VR experience, Ghost in the Shell: Virtual Reality Diver (2018) was selected for Venice VR, Sitges, BIFFF and BIAF.