Started as the joint collaboration of visionary production manager Ishikawa Mitsuhisa and popular character designer Gotou Takayuki, the company was established in December 1987 as I.G Tatsunoko, a name bearing the initials of its founders as well as the renowned studio they were from. The new company met with success and in 1993 its founders renamed it Production I.G. Since then, the studio has enjoyed yearly growth in sales and size.