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Quentin Tarantino, the famous American filmmaker, has created landmark movies likePulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, and more. But did you know that in his quest to create one of his most popular works, he had to go knocking on the doors of a renowned Japanese anime studio?
The decision came due to Tarantino’s realization that animating the sequence would mean they would never have to shoot it. But after the movie’s release, the 7-minute animation became a pop culture symbol.
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Naoyoshi Shiotani is a Japanese director who has worked on several popular works for Studio Production IG. He is probably most famous forco-directingPsycho-Pass, the psychological thriller series. The director had joined Production I.G. fresh after graduating from animation school. When he first entered, the studio was slowly becoming a globally-known brand due to the international success ofGhost in the Shell.Inan interview, the director talked about an unexpected visitor that the studio had soon after he joined.
Somebody rang the bell and there was a foreigner standing at the door. We were thinking it was just some random foreigner who was interested in anime… He said that he’d really like us to help with his new film, if we could put animation together, and everybody had a quick look – who’s this person? Oh, it’s Quentin Tarantino!
Quentin Tarantinohad personally asked Studio Production I.G. to create the animation sequence of hisworldwide hit,Kill Bill.The animated sequence was included to unveil the backstory of O-Ren Ishii. A violent tale of bloody revenge was created in hand-drawn style by Production I.G. While the scene in the movie lasted for only seven minutes,Tarantino revealedthat a 30-minute version of the sequence actually exists.
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The animation sequence was initially written and designed by Tarantino, but it wasn’t animated because they figured itwould make the movie too long. But when talk of its re-release was circulating, they decided to include the sequence since it wouldn’t even need any shooting. That’s when Tarantino approached Production I.G. for the job.
Production I.G. was the Ideal Studio for the Animation ofKill Bill: Volume 1
Before Quentin Tarantino approached Production I.G. for animating O-Ren Ishii’s backstory, the studio was already receiving global recognition.Ghost in the Shellwas released in 1995, and the studio was lauded for its work on the movie. Soon after, the studio also animatedNeon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirthas well asNeon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelionin 1997.
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Its other representative works includePsycho-Pass, Blood: The Last Vampire, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, andHaikyuu!!. Tarantino approached Production I.G. after being impressed withBlood: The Last Vampire.However, the studio was so busy at the time that the request could not be accepted under any condition. But Tarantino did not give up and kept sending drafts of screenplays regularly to the studio without permission. Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the chairman of the studio, finally relented and accepted Tarantino’s request.
Later, when Naoyoashi Shiotani was creatingBlood+and made a third opening sequence for the series,he admittedthat Junko Nishimura had decided to use a method that was also used inKill Bill: Volume 1. Since the lines in the sequence needed to look in motion and at the same time cool and accentuated, Nishimura was inspired byKill Bill: Volume 1‘s animation.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1is available to stream on Prime Video.
Aaheli Pradhan
Anime Content Writer
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
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