IG Port anime business profile: the holding company behind Production I.G and WIT STUDIO
IG Port groups some of anime's best-known studios under one listed holding company, but its filings show a rights business that earns far more than its production business.
Published: 2026-08-19. Updated: 2026-08-19.
Short answer: IG Port, Inc. is a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed holding company (code 3791) whose group includes animation studios Production I.G and WIT STUDIO and manga publisher Mag Garden. For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026, consolidated revenue was JPY 14,064 million, down 3.7%, and operating income was JPY 766 million, down 46.3%. The Copyrights segment, which collects royalties and revenue shares from secondary use of works such as Haikyu!!, Kaiju No. 8, and Attack on Titan, remained the group's most profitable business.
What IG Port is and how it was formed
IG Port, Inc. is the holding company of the IG Port Group, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under code 3791. Its consolidated subsidiaries include Production I.G, the studio behind Ghost in the Shell and Haikyu!!, WIT STUDIO, known for the first three seasons of Attack on Titan and Spy x Family, and Mag Garden, a manga publisher. Production I.G's own corporate profile lists IG Port as its parent company.
The structure dates to November 2007, when the listed studio Production I.G converted itself into a holding company and renamed itself IG Port, transferring almost all operations to a newly established company that kept the Production I.G name. Production I.G's history page also records a Jasdaq listing in December 2005, the absorption of group studio XEBEC in June 2019, and the absorption of Signal.MD in June 2025. Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, the founder of Production I.G, is IG Port's representative director and president.
Latest results: fiscal year ended May 2026
IG Port's latest annual filing, released on July 15, 2026, covers the fiscal year from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026, reported in Japanese yen under Japanese GAAP. Consolidated revenue was JPY 14,064 million, down 3.7% year over year. Operating income fell 46.3% to JPY 766 million, ordinary income fell 35.2% to JPY 920 million, and net income attributable to owners of the parent fell 19.1% to JPY 669 million.
The prior year had been a record: revenue of JPY 14,598 million, up 23.3%, lifted by the Haikyu!! film. The fiscal 2026 decline reflects that comparison, plus production losses. For the fiscal year ending May 2027, IG Port forecasts revenue of JPY 14,578 million and operating income of JPY 579 million, a further 24.3% decline.
IG Port segment results, fiscal year ended May 31, 2026. Source: consolidated financial results (kessan tanshin) released July 15, 2026.| Segment | Revenue | Year over year | Operating income (loss) |
|---|
| Video Production | JPY 8,105M | +10.7% | JPY (1,341)M |
| Publishing | JPY 2,313M | +4.0% | JPY 256M |
| Copyrights | JPY 2,235M | (43.5)% | JPY 1,426M |
| Merchandise Sales | JPY 1,144M | +31.5% | JPY 621M |
What each segment actually sells
The filing defines four reportable segments. Video Production plans and produces animation for television, streaming, home video, and theaters, plus game, promotional, and live-action footage. Publishing plans, produces, and sells comic magazines and books, including e-books. Copyrights earns royalties and revenue distributions from secondary use of works. Merchandise Sales wholesales character goods, including to the group's I.G & WIT Anime Studio Store in Shanghai.
The margin structure is stark. Video Production grew revenue 10.7% in fiscal 2026 but widened its operating loss to JPY 1,341 million as labor, CG, and outsourcing costs rose and some titles required loss provisions on orders. Copyrights, despite a 43.5% revenue decline against the prior year's Haikyu!! film windfall, still generated JPY 1,426 million in operating income on JPY 2,235 million of revenue from titles including Haikyu!!, Kaiju No. 8, SPY x FAMILY, Attack on Titan, and BUBBLE.
Segment definition note: Segment names here are translated from IG Port's Japanese filing: Video Production (eizo seisaku), Publishing (shuppan), Copyrights (hanken), and Merchandise Sales (shohin hanbai). Figures are consolidated, in yen, with amounts under one million yen truncated in the original filing.
What the group produced and shipped in fiscal 2026
The filing names several productions in progress or delivered during the year: the theatrical film Haikyu!! VS the Little Giant, the streaming titles THE ONE PIECE and Star Wars Visions Presents: The Ninth Jedi, and television series including Agents of the Four Seasons. It also notes PV, commercial, game, and pachinko animation work.
In Publishing, the print monthly magazine Comic Garden ceased publication with its March 2026 issue, and the group is shifting toward its MAGCOMI and MAGKAN web comic services. The filing also records that Signal.MD was excluded from the consolidation scope during the year, consistent with its absorption into Production I.G in June 2025.
Strategy and ownership questions
IG Port's strategy pairs production capacity with rights ownership: the studios produce, the group invests in production committees, and the Copyrights segment harvests secondary-use income. In June 2025 the group announced a capital and business alliance with Sanrio, and at the August 2025 shareholders meeting, management said Evangelion director Hideaki Anno and NTT veteran Tomonori Tanaka had joined the board of subsidiary Production I.G.
As a listed company, IG Port's ownership is dispersed across public shareholders, with founder Mitsuhisa Ishikawa leading as president. Detailed shareholder breakdowns and per-studio financials are not broken out in the summary filing, so studio-level profitability inside Video Production is not directly visible.
Frequently asked questions
What companies does IG Port own?
IG Port's group includes animation studios Production I.G and WIT STUDIO, manga publisher Mag Garden, and Production I.G, LLC in the United States. Production I.G absorbed sister studio Signal.MD in June 2025.
How much revenue does IG Port make?
For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2026, IG Port reported consolidated revenue of JPY 14,064 million, down 3.7%, and operating income of JPY 766 million, down 46.3%.
Which IG Port segment is most profitable?
Copyrights. In the fiscal year ended May 2026 it earned JPY 1,426 million in operating income on JPY 2,235 million of revenue, while the much larger Video Production segment posted an operating loss of JPY 1,341 million.
Is IG Port publicly traded?
Yes. IG Port is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under code 3791. Its predecessor Production I.G first listed on Jasdaq in December 2005 and converted into the IG Port holding company in November 2007.
Sources and methodology
- Consolidated financial results (kessan tanshin) for the fiscal year ended May 2026, IG Port, via Tokyo Stock Exchange disclosure hosted by Kabutan. Primary filing released July 15, 2026: consolidated results, segment definitions and results, Comic Garden suspension, Signal.MD consolidation change, and fiscal 2027 forecast.
- Company profile and history, Production I.G. Official timeline: Jasdaq listing in December 2005, conversion to the IG Port holding company in November 2007, XEBEC absorption in 2019, Signal.MD absorption in June 2025.
- IG Port Annual General Meeting notes, Hibiki Path Advisors. August 2025 AGM report covering the Sanrio capital and business alliance, WIT STUDIO's fiscal 2025 loss, and Hideaki Anno joining the Production I.G board.
- IG Port FY2026 earnings summary, gamebiz. July 15, 2026 trade-press summary of consolidated and segment results, including forecast comparisons. Published in Japanese.