IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix | |
Japanese cover of the first DVD volume
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IGPX インモータル・グランプリ (Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu Inmōtaru Guranpuri) |
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Genre | Action, sports, racing, mecha |
Anime television series | |
Immortal Grand Prix (microseries) | |
Directed by | Koichi Mashimo |
Produced by | Maki Terashima-Furuta Kaeko Sakamoto Eric P. Sherman Satoshi Kanuma |
Written by | Koichi Mashimo Yuuki Arie Eric P. Sherman Dave Wittenberg Jason DeMarco Sean Akins |
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Production I.G Bee Train |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Asahi |
English network | |
Original run | September 15, 2003 – September 19, 2003 |
Episodes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mitsuru Hongo |
Produced by | Norihisa Oki Maki Terashima-Furuta Kaeko Sakamoto Eric P. Sherman Ken Iyadomi |
Written by | Mitsuru Hongo |
Studio | Production I.G |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Asahi |
English network | |
Original run | November 5, 2005 – August 26, 2006 |
Episodes | 26 |
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (Japanese: IGPX インモータル・グランプリ Hepburn: Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu Inmōtaru Guranpuri?) refers to two anime series co-produced simultaneously by Cartoon Network and Production I.G. The first is a "microseries" consisting of five 5-minute episodes, and the second is a 26-episode animated series loosely related to the first.
Koichi Mashimo co-wrote and directed the microseries, while Bee Train Animation and Production I.G animated it, and Bandai Entertainment acted as the North American distributor. The full-length anime series was handled by director and writer Mitsuru Hongo and was animated by Production I.G, with Bee Train returning for in-between animation. Production I.G president Mitsuhisa Ishikawa joined on as producer for the series. It was the first time he had worked on a joint U.S. Japanese production, due to the Pokémon companion franchise.
The series' English dub was produced by Williams Street in Atlanta, Georgia and Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California. Both studios collaborated on the English script and casting, Bang Zoom directed and recorded the actors, and Williams Street handled the final mixing for the dub. IGPX was commended for being the first original series on Toonami.