New animation company "Ichigo" was established, and the famous director Mamoru Oshii is fully committed to promoting the first blockbuster

The bustling Japanese animation industry has a new force joining. Today, on May 15, the new animation company "Ichigo" announced its establishment, and the company's first animated blockbuster will be written and directed by the famous director Mamoru Oshii. Stay tuned.

The name of the new animation company "Ichigo" comes from the "Ichigo" in the Japanese idiom "Ichigo Ichie", which means that life is like the first sight . The long-silent famous director Mamoru Oshii will fully support the first animated blockbuster of "Ichigo", and personally serve as the original author, screenwriter and chief director. It is said that this work is Mamoru Oshii's masterpiece that he has been brewing for 10 years. The film is tentatively scheduled to be released in early summer 2020. More details will be released in due course, so stay tuned!

Mamoru Oshii was born on August 8, 1951 in Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. He is a Japanese animation director and film director. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Department of Education at Tokyo Gakugei University. In 1980, he directed his first animated TV series, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, which started his directorial career. In 1988, he served as the director of the science fiction animated film Patlabor. In 1995, he directed the science fiction animated film Ghost in the Shell. In 2004, he was nominated for the Best Animated Film Director Award at the 44th Annie Awards for the science fiction animated film Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. In 2008, the animated film Sky Killer directed by him won the Future Digital Film Award at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.