Established in 1987, Production I.G is one of the world’s leading animation studios. For their storytelling and quality of animation, Ghost in the Shell (1995), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999), and Blood: The Last Vampire (2000), have earned critical accolades in Japan and around the world. Ghost in the Shell 2: 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 thereafter. Hiroyuki Okiura’s A Letter to Momo (2012) 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, Best Animated Feature Film at APSA 2015, and was described by French newspaper Le Monde as “A lesson of elegance.”