Innovations
Production I.G is one of the forerunners of digital animation techniques. While not exclusive in their usage of computer technology, they are given praise for their advances in digital compositing, digital effects, digital image/story boarding, and digital color grading. Because of this, some prefer to refer to Production I.G as an 'animation lab' rather than a studio.
The film Ghost in the Shell marked the first ever overlay of computer generated visuals onto a hand drawn background. Surprisingly, many of the digital looking effects in the film were laboriously hand produced.
Production I.G's advances in digital cinematography techniques have been credited in no small part to Effects Director Hisashi Ezura (江面 久), Director Hiroyuki Kitakubo (北久保 弘之), Animator Norifumi Kiyozumi (清積 紀文). Their first application of digital techniques was presented in the animated cut sequences for the Sony PlayStation game, Ghost in the Shell.
The first feature length animated film to use this digital manipulation by Production I.G was Blood: The Last Vampire released in 2000. This found the comprehensive usage of digital technology in a largely seamless manner. From this production onward, digital effects were used in almost every one of their projects including Sakura Wars: The Movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, MiniPato, and Innocence.
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