RE-MAIN, the original water polo anime from MAPPA, just dropped its first teaser. The series, which is due out sometime this year, also revealed four new cast members. Those cast members are: Sōma Saitō as Shūgo Amihama, Makoto Furukawa as Takekazu Ejiri, Tasuku Hatanaka as …Read more »
MAPPA has been busy working on RE-MAIN, an original anime about a high schooler named Minato who joins the water polo team. It’s scheduled to debut this year, though a release date has not yet been given. Masafumi Nishida, who worked as a scriptwriter for …Read more »
Puts the “beatdown” in narrative beats Just beneath the surface of the ordinary world lurks a spirit realm populated by monstrous curses, dangerous supernatural creatures born of fear, hatred, and other negative human emotions. But none of that mumbo-jumbo means much to Yuji Itadori, a …Read more »
Following up on an earlier reveal in Weekly Shonen Jump, the news is officially out about the Chainsaw Man anime. The eternally busy MAPPA—which is currently working on JUJUTSU KAISEN and Attack on Titan Final Season, among many other recent projects—is handling animation production for the …Read more »
The final season of Attack on Titan will involve the company MAPPA, a switch from the previous company WIT STUDIO. In a new issue of Newtype, AOT producers explained why. “While season 3 was in production, we consulted with WIT STUDIO, and it was decided …Read more »
Last month saw the reveal of Taiso Samurai, a new original gymnastics anime from the ever-busy MAPPA studio. Now we have some more details, including a new trailer, key visual, and some additions to the impressively flexible cast. First up, the latest trailer for the …Read more »
MAPPA, the studio behind Yuri on Ice and Zombie Land Saga, is bringing the world of gymnastics to anime with Taiso Samurai, a new original series set to land this October. The series centers around male gymnast Shotaro Aragaki, a once-great member of Japan’s gymnastics …Read more »
Ante up for thirst and double down on crazy in the Kakegurui anime! Yumeko Jabami transfers into Hyakkaou Private Academy, a school for the well-to-do and elite, where life-defining connections are made. The only measures of success here are how bad you want it and …Read more »
The animation by MAPPA isn’t the only worthwhile aspect of the show, Nina and her co-stars are a delightful group that play off of each other very well. If you watched the first series, Genesis. there’s no reason not to continue with Virgin Soul. If …Read more »
MAPPA, the animation studio behind series like Yuri on Ice and recent film In This Corner of the World has just revealed its latest series. It’s called Vanishing Line , and it’s set to debut this October. The sci-fi series is set in an advanced …Read more »
Say “Hiroshima” to someone from the west and someone from Japan, and you’re likely to conjure up two very different mental images. For most people in America, Hiroshima is synonymous with a single moment: 8:15 am, August 6, 1945, the world’s first use of a …Read more »
To understand why production studios like TRIGGER, which featured in the previous all-anime issue, and MAPPA, which I have the distinct honor and pleasure to write about right now, matter in the grand scheme of anime production, it is imperative to understand the circumstances behind …Read more »
Animation studio MAPPA and production company GENCO revealed on Monday the crowdfunding site for their film In This Corner of the World ( Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni ). Based on a manga by Fumiyo Kono ( Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms …Read more »
The live-action superhero series Garo has had a major (likely pachinko-fueled) revival in the last few years. Garo's a Makai Knight, a Kamen Rider-like superhero. The show borrows the structure of a kids' hero show, but the contents are a little darker, the hero not …Read more »
photo by Grenouille Vert With over 40 years of experience, Masao Maruyama is one of the great stalwart figures of the anime industry. Originally an animator at Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Productions in the 1960s, Maruyama left to co-found legendary animation studio Madhouse in 1972, along …Read more »
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