IG Port

IG Port (株式会社IGポート, Kabushiki-gaisha Ai Jī Pōto) is a Japanese holding company that was established on December 1, 2007 as a result from a merger between the holding companies of Japanese anime studio Production I.G and manga publisher Mag Garden.[2]

IG Port, Inc.
Native name
株式会社ＩＧポート
Kabushiki gaisha Ai Jī Pōto
TypeKabushiki gaisha
JASDAQ: 3791
IndustryAnime, Film, Television, video games
FoundedDecember 15, 1987 (as IG Tatsunoko Limited)
December 1, 2007 (merger between Production I.G and Mag Garden to become IG Port)
FounderMitsuhisa Ishikawa
Takayuki Goto
Headquarters
Tokyo
,
Japan
Key people
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Founder/Director/Current President and CEO)
Takayuki Goto (Founder, Character Designer)
Hiroyuki Nakano (Executive Officer)
Mikio Gunji (Executive Officer)
ProductsAnime, Film, Television, OVA, Video games, Manga
Revenue¥75,892,78,000 (2017)
¥520,096,000 (2017)
¥286,042,000 (2017)
OwnerMitsuhisa Ishikawa (21.9%)[1]
Dentsu (9.9%)
Nippon Television Network (9.9%)
SubsidiariesProduction I.G
Wit Studio
Mag Garden
IGzwei
Signal.MD
Lingua Franca, Inc.
Websitewww.igport.co.jp

The announcement of the merger between Production I.G and Mag Garden was on July 4, 2007. Specifically, the original company, Production I.G, was transformed into a holding company a month before the merger.[3] Along with a name change, it transferred most of its former duties and management to a new developed subsidiary called Production I.G. After the merger with Mag Garden by stock exchange a month later, IG Port (the "old" I.G and Mag holding companies) now fully owns the "new" Production I.G, Xebec, and Mag Garden as its subsidiaries.[4]

In 2014, IG Port announced it was forming a new animation division named Signal.MD. Its goal is said to be to develop technology for full digital animation and smart devices. It will also build the foundation for the production of animation aimed at children and families (including Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom and Pokémon Origins). Production I.G board member Katsuji Morishita is expected to serve as president of SIGNAL.MD.[5][6]

On November 20, 2018, it sold Xebec to Sunrise after constant deficits that the subsidiary had in different years.[7]

References
  1. 大株主の状況(2017年5月31日現在） (in Japanese). IG Port. Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. "Production I.G Announces Mag Garden Merger". Retrieved 2008-08-06.
  3. "Production I.G to be a holding company I.G Port". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. "Production I.G Becomes Holding Company, With MAG Garden and XEBEC as Subsidiaries". Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  5. "I.G/Xebec/Wit Studio's Parent Forms New Animation Subsidiary". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  6. "IGがフルCGアニメーションのスタジオ設立　ファミリー・キッズアニメを目指す". animeanime.jp. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  7. https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/disclosure/tdnr/bepnnh/


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