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What’s up with MAPPA? – Sakuga Blog

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If you’re the kind of fan who follows the behavior of studios, chances are that MAPPA’s current state has made you curious; they’re producing more than ever after all, despite having notoriously struggled to get some of their series finished in time. I’d like to take this post to bring up changes at the company that explain their curious and in some ways worrying growth. Studio MAPPA was founded in 2011 by Masao Maruyama, who left behind the corporate environment that had grown to dominate his former company Madhouse to pursue more creative freedom. But as years passed MAPPA also grew, which means that their list of obligations increased as well. A positive development that hid an ironic twist of fate – come 2016, he found himself in the same situation he created this studio to escape. Time is unforgiving too, so the always brilliant but now more tired Maruyama decided to embark on a more personal adventure with Studio M2. He left MAPPA in the hands of younger people, entrusting produc

If you’re the kind of fan who follows the behavior of studios, chances are that MAPPA’s current state has made you curious; they’re producing more than ever after all, despite having notoriously struggled to get some of their series finished in time. I’d like to take this post to bring up changes at the company that explain their curious and in some ways worrying growth. Studio MAPPA was founded in 2011 by Masao Maruyama, who left behind the corporate environment that had grown to dominate his former company Madhouse to pursue more creative freedom. But as years passed

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