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MAPPA Co., Ltd.
Native name
 株式会社MAPPA
Kabushiki-gaisha MAPPA
Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Japanese animation
Founded June 14, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-14)
Founder Masao Maruyama (Chairman)
Headquarters Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
 Manabu Otsuka (CEO)
Products Animation Planning and Production
Number of employees
 310 (as of April 2022)[1]
Divisions MAPPA Tokyo Asagaya 1st Studio
MAPPA Tokyo Ogikubo 2nd Studio
MAPPA Tokyo Ogikubo 3rd Studio
MAPPA Sendai Studio
MAPPA Osaka Studio
Subsidiaries CONTRAIL CO., Ltd.[2]
Website mappa.co.jp

MAPPA Co., Ltd. (Japanese: 株式会社MAPPA Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha MAPPA?) is a Japanese animation studio headquartered in Suginami, Tokyo. Founded in 2011 by Madhouse co-founder and producer Masao Maruyama, it has produced anime works including Kids on the Slope, Terror in Resonance, Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World, Zombieland Saga, Dororo, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Attack on Titan: The Final Season. MAPPA is an acronym for Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association.[3][4]

History

The studio was founded on June 14, 2011, by Masao Maruyama, a co-founder and former producer of Madhouse, at the age of 70.[5] Murayama served as the company's first representative director, and the studio's initial goal was to produce Sunao Katabuchi's In This Corner of the World. Due to financial difficulties at Madhouse, Murayama and Katabuchi established MAPPA in the hopes of producing the film; however, despite moving studios, the film had a lot of production troubles, and wasn't released until 5 years later.[6] Maruyama first started working with Katabuchi for the film in 2010 during Madhouse era, but it took three years to start the production due to difficulties to raising funds.[7]

In April 2016, Maruyama resigned as a CEO of the studio and became a chairman. Studio producer Manabu Otsuka, a former employee of Studio 4°C, became the CEO following Murayama's official departure.

Criticism

The studio's scheduling, work, and culture have been the subject of intense scrutiny,[8] with veteran animators like Hisashi Eguchi criticizing their practices;[9] to which Kevin Cirugeda from Sakugablog surmised as being due to the studio's incredibly fast-paced growth and "recklessness".[10] Mushiyo, another animator at MAPPA, also criticized the company for not properly training its animators and the studio's culture of overwork, which lead to them eventually quitting their job at the studio.[11] Besides the animator's individual output within the studio, they also criticized the company's decision to produce four series co-currently.[11]

Cirugeda also noted that in the 20 anime MAPPA produced from 2015 to 2020, the company had only been on the production committee for three of them, all of which listed MAPPA near the bottom or at the very bottom of the list, indicating that they served to a capacity almost as if they were being specifically contracted for work even on "original" series.[10]

MAPPA denied offering "unreasonable compensation" to "creators" in a response to claims that the studio underpaid workers;[12] however, animator Ippei Ichii claimed that an anime produced by MAPPA under Netflix was suggesting a pay of ¥3,800 per cut,[12] to which Ichii claimed that ¥15,000 is the minimum cost that animators should negotiate for.[12] Another animator complained about being paid ¥250 for sub-contracted in-between animation on a project hinted to be a MAPPA production.[12]

Productions

Anime television series

Year Title Director(s) Eps. Note(s) Refs.
2012 Kids on the Slope Shinichirō Watanabe 12 Based on a manga by Yuki Kodama.
Co-produced with Tezuka Productions.		 [13]
Teekyu Shin Itagaki 12[lower-alpha 1] Based on a manga by Roots and Piyo. [14]
2013 Teekyu 2 12[lower-alpha 2] Season 2 of Teekyu. [15]
Teekyu 3 12[lower-alpha 3] Season 3 of Teekyu. [16]
2013–2014 Hajime no Ippo: Rising Jun Shishido 25 Sequel to Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger.
Co-produced with Madhouse.		 [17]
2014 Terror in Resonance Shinichirō Watanabe 11 Original work. [18]
Rage of Bahamut: Genesis Keiichi Sato 12[lower-alpha 4] Based on a digital card game by Cygames. [20]
2014–2015 Garo: The Carved Seal of Flames Yuichiro Hayashi 24 Based on the Garo tokusatsu television series. [21]
2015 Punch Line Yutaka Uemura 12 Original work. [22]
Ushio & Tora Satoshi Nishimura 26 Based on a manga by Kazuhiro Fujita.
Co-produced with Studio VOLN.		 [23]
2015–2016 Garo: Crimson Moon Atsushi Wakabayashi 23[lower-alpha 5] Season 2 of Garo: The Animation. [24]
2016 Ushio & Tora (season 2) Satoshi Nishimura 13 Season 2 of Ushio & Tora. [25]
Days Kōnosuke Uda 24 Based on a manga by Yasuda Tsuyoshi. [26]
Yuri!!! on Ice Sayo Yamamoto
Jun Shishido[lower-alpha 6]		 12[lower-alpha 7] Original work. [28]
2017 Idol Incidents Daisuke Yoshida 12 Based on a media mix project by Mages.
Co-produced with Studio VOLN.		 [29]
Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul Keiichi Sato 24 Season 2 of Rage of Bahamut. [30]
Kakegurui Yuichiro Hayashi 12[lower-alpha 8] Based on a manga by Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura. [31]
Altair: A Record of Battles Kazuhiro Furuhashi 24 Based on a manga by Kotono Katō. [32]
Inuyashiki Keiichi Sato[lower-alpha 9]
Shuhei Yabuta		 11 Based on a manga by Hiroya Oku. [33]
2017–2018 Garo: Vanishing Line Sunghoo Park 24 Season 3 of Garo: The Animation. [34]
2018 Banana Fish Hiroko Utsumi 24 Based on a manga by Akimi Yoshida. [35]
Zombie Land Saga Munehisa Sakai 12 Original work. [36]
2019 Dororo Kazuhiro Furuhashi 24 Based on a manga by Osamu Tezuka.
Co-produced with Tezuka Productions.		 [37]
Kakegurui ×× Yuichiro Hayashi[lower-alpha 9]
Kiyoshi Matsuda		 12 Season 2 of Kakegurui. [38]
Sarazanmai Nobuyuki Takeuchi[lower-alpha 10]
Kunihiko Ikuhara		 11 Original work.
Co-produced with Lapin Track.		 [39]
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Jun Shishido 12 Based on a manga by Maybe. [40]
Granblue Fantasy the Animation Season 2 Yui Umemoto 12[lower-alpha 11] Based on a video game by Cygames.
Season 1 produced by A-1 Pictures.		 [43]
2020 Uchitama?! Have you seen my Tama? Kiyoshi Matsuda 11 Based on a franchise by Sony Creative Products.
Co-produced with Lapin Track.		 [44]
Dorohedoro Yuichiro Hayashi 12[lower-alpha 12] Based on a manga by Q Hayashida. [46]
Listeners Hiroaki Ando 12 Original work. [47]
The God of High School Sunghoo Park 13 Based on a manhwa by Yongje Park. [48]
Mr Love: Queen's Choice Munehisa Sakai 12 Based on a video game by Papergames. [49]
The Gymnastics Samurai Hisatoshi Shimizu 11 Original work. [50]
2020–2021 Jujutsu Kaisen Sunghoo Park 24 Based on a manga by Gege Akutami. [51]
Attack on Titan: The Final Season Yuichiro Hayashi
Jun Shishido[lower-alpha 6]		 16 Based on a manga by Hajime Isayama.
Seasons 1–3 produced by Wit Studio.		 [52]
2021 Zombie Land Saga Revenge Munehisa Sakai 12 Season 2 of Zombie Land Saga. [53]
Re-Main Masafumi Nishida[lower-alpha 9]
Kiyoshi Matsuda		 12 Original work. [54]
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Seimei Kidokoro 11 Based on a manga by Amahara and Coolkyousinnjya. [55]
Takt Op. Destiny Yuuki Itoh 12 Based on a media mix project by Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA.
Co-produced with Madhouse.		 [56]
2022 Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 2) Yuichiro Hayashi
Jun Shishido[lower-alpha 6]		 12 Second part of Attack on Titan: The Final Season. [57]
Dance Dance Danseur Munehisa Sakai TBA Based on a manga by George Asakura. [58]
Chainsaw Man Ryū Nakayama
Makoto Nakazono[lower-alpha 6]		 TBA Based on a manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto. [59]
2023 Attack on Titan: The Final Season (part 3) Yuichiro Hayashi
Jun Shishido[lower-alpha 6]		 TBA Third and final part of Attack on Titan: The Final Season. [60]
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 TBA TBA Season 2 of Jujutsu Kaisen. [61]
TBA Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Kaori Makita TBA Based on a manga by Yuji Kaku. [62]

Anime films

Year Title Director(s) Dur. Note(s) Refs.
2016 Garo: Divine Flame Yūichirō Hayashi 78m Continuation of Garo: The Animation. [63]
In This Corner of the World Sunao Katabuchi 129m[lower-alpha 13] Based on a manga by Fumiyo Kōno. [64]
2019 In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World 168m[lower-alpha 14] Extended version of In This Corner of the World. [65]
2021 Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Sunghoo Park 105m Based on a manga by Gege Akutami. [66]
TBA Yuri!!! on Ice the Movie: Ice Adolescence Sayo Yamamoto TBA Continuation of Yuri!!! on Ice. [67]
Alice and Therese's Illusion Factory Mari Okada TBA Original work. [68]
Zombie Land Saga the Movie TBA TBA Continuation of Zombie Land Saga. [69]

Original video animations (OVAs)

Year Title Director(s) Eps. Note(s) Refs.
2017 Days: OVA Kōnosuke Uda 2 Bundled with limited editions of manga volumes 21 and 22. [70]
2018 Days: Touin Gakuen-sen! 3 Bundled with limited editions of manga volumes 26 and 28. [71]

Original net animations (ONAs)

Year Title Director(s) Eps. Note(s) Refs.
2012–2015 Komachi and Dangorō Hisashi Abe 4 Original work. [72]
2020 Bōkyaku Battery Parako Shinohara 1 Based on a manga by Eko Mikawa. [73]
2021 Yasuke LeSean Thomas
Takeru Satou[lower-alpha 6]		 6 Original work loosely based on real-life historical figure Yasuke.
Released on Netflix.		 [74]
2022 Kakegurui Twin TBA TBA Based on a manga by Homura Kawamoto and Kei Saiki.
To be released on Netflix.		 [75]

Other productions

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  • Dreaming Machine (film, N/A) – cancelled film, originally directed by Satoshi Kon and taken over by Yoshimi Itazu after Kon's death; planned co-production with Madhouse[76][77]
  • Hana wa Saku (ONA, 2013) – music video for song by Yoko Kanno, the theme for NHK's Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Project; directed by Sunao Katabuchi[78]
  • Korekarasaki, Nando Anata to. (ONA, 2013) – music video for song by Mishmash and Aimee Isobe; directed by Sunao Katabuchi
  • Sex: Prologue (OVA, 2018) – promotional video for the 30th anniversary of manga Sex by Atsushi Kamijo; directed by Sayo Yamamoto[79]
  • Kick-Flight Promotional Video; Kick-Flight × KANA-BOON (ONA, 2019) – promotional video for the mobile game Kick-Flight, featuring the song "Flyers" by Kana-Boon; directed by Munehisa Sakai[80]
  • Persona 5 Royal (game, 2019) – opening animation for PlayStation 4 video game by Atlus; directed by Yuichiro Hayashi
  • Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade (game, 2022) – opening animation for mobile game by Sumzap; directed by Takuji Miyamoto
  • Mechronicle (unknown, TBA) – directed by Shinji Kimura[81][82]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Four special episodes were included in the Blu-ray/DVD release.
  2. ↑ Two special episodes were included in the Blu-ray/DVD release (volume 2).
  3. ↑ Two special episodes were included in the Blu-ray/DVD release (volume 3).
  4. ↑ A recap of the first six episodes was aired on November 17, 2014. Two special "short story" episodes were released on December 28, 2016, and February 20, 2017.[19]
  5. ↑ A special episode titled Imprint Butterfly was included in the BD/DVD release.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Chief Unit Director (演出チーフ?)
  7. ↑ A special episode titled Yuri!!! on Ice: Yuri Plisetsky GBF in Barcelona EX "Welcome to the Madness" was included in the BD/DVD release (volume 6).[27]
  8. ↑ Three special picture drama episodes were included in the BD/DVD release.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Chief Director (総監督?)
  10. ↑ Chief Director (チーフディレクター?)
  11. ↑ Two special episodes were streamed on March 28, 2020, and August 26, 2020.[41][42]
  12. ↑ Six short bonus episodes were included in the Blu-ray release (volume 2).[45]
  13. ↑ Original version
  14. ↑ The extended version features about 30 minutes of additional footage for a total duration of 168 minutes. It surpassed the extended 70mm cut of Final Yamato by five minutes to become the longest animated film to date.

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