Anime studios have been feeling the heat lately with criticism regarding payment and working conditions for animators, but MAPPA is hoping to address at least one of those issues with a new branch studio. In addition to using the new studio to work on the …Read more »
Ippei Ichii has done key animation and animation direction for dozens of anime, and he criticized the pay he says animators are receiving for Netflix anime created by MAPPA. Anime News Network offered translations of his tweets: “Apparently, a producer working on a Netflix anime …Read more »
Lots of MAPPA news today following their 10th anniversary livestream. Aside from Chainsaw Man, we also got the news that the studio is animating a feature film called Alice and Therese’s Illusory Factory (Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō). The film is written and directed …Read more »
A freelance animator who goes by Mushiyo on Twitter said that they used to work for MAPPA, and that the conditions there were so bad that they left. Anime News Network caught the story and translated the tweets, but since then Mishiyo has made their …Read more »
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 »
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