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The studio was established on June 14, 2011, byMasao Maruyama, a co-founder and former producer ofMadhouse, at the age of 70.[5] Maruyama served as the company's first representative director, and the studio's initial goal was to produceSunao Katabuchi'sIn This Corner of the World. Due to financial difficulties at Madhouse, Maruyama 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, withdrawing his management position and going on to establish Studio M2 to createPluto (Japanese TV series). Leaving the studio in hands of animation producer Manabu Otsuka, a founding member of MAPPA and a former employee ofStudio 4°C, who became the CEO following Maruyama's official departure.
In September 2019, Otsuka established Animation Studio Contrail to produce directorSunao Katabuchi's next work. Serving as the president for the same.[8]
In addition to the head office inNakano, a studio inSendai was established in April of 2018 specializing in in-betweening and finishing and a studio inOsaka in March of 2022 that specializes in 3DCGI, To decentralize the excessive concentration of animation production in Tokyo and to bring opportunities for the graduates of the local vocational schools in their own respective region, instead of them having to move to Tokyo.[9]
The Tokyo studio consists of production department, CGI department, directing department, animation department, rights division, planning and development department.[10]
Currently, other than every animation related project being primarily handled here, The head office also houses The Rights department which is responsible for copyright, illustrations, merchandises, coordination of events and advertisement of relatedintellectual property(s). To expand in this area in April 2025, a record label "mappa records" was startedKensuke Ushio's OST forChainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc being the first publication under that label[11]
Opened on April 2018, it was established to build a more stable production base, and to increase the percentage of in-house production, is mainly responsible for the processes of in-between animation and digital painting. There are future plans to establish a CGI section for 3DCG, compositing, and backgrounds.
Opened in 2023, in the center ofOsaka city acts as a satellite office of the CGI Department. This studio is primarily staffed by the 3DCG section artists. The studio has future plans to establish other departments such as the CGI Department's background art section, the Animation Department, and the Production Department, with the aim of creating a functional production equivalent to that of Tokyo.
Sex: Prologue (OVA, 2018) – promotional video for the 30th anniversary of mangaSex byAtsushi Kamijo; directed by Sayo Yamamoto[106]
Kick-Flight Promotional Video; Kick-Flight × KANA-BOON (ONA, 2019) – promotional video for the mobile gameKick-Flight, featuring the song "Flyers" byKana-Boon; directed by Munehisa Sakai[107]
Mechronicle (unknown, TBA) – directed by Shinji Kimura[108][109]
Dreaming Machine (film) – cancelled film, originally directed bySatoshi Kon and taken over by Yoshimi Itazu after Kon's death; planned co-production with Madhouse[110][111]
Yuri!!! On Ice: Ice Adolescence (film) – cancelled film to be directed by Sayo Yamamoto and announced in 2017 before being delayed in 2019 and inproduction hell for several years. The film was cancelled in April 2024.[112]
The studio's scheduling, work, and culture have been the subject of scrutiny by industry creators and critics.[116] Veteran animator Hisashi Eguchi criticized the studio's low pay.[117] Mushiyo, another animator at MAPPA, also criticized the company for not properly training its animators and the studio's culture of overwork, which led to them eventually quitting their job at the studio.[118] Besides the animator's individual output within the studio, they also criticized the company's decision to produce four series concurrently.[118] Kevin Cirugeda fromSakugablog suggested the problems were due to the studio's incredibly fast-paced growth and "recklessness".[119]
MAPPA denied offering "unreasonable compensation" to "creators" in a response to claims that the studio underpaid workers;[120] however, animator Ippei Ichii claimed that an anime produced by MAPPA under Netflix was suggesting a pay of¥3,800 per cut,[120] to which Ichii claimed that¥15,000 is the minimum cost that animators should negotiate for.[120]
^Four special episodes were included in the Blu-ray/DVD release.
^Two special episodes were included in the Blu-ray/DVD release (volume 2).
^Two special episodes were included in the Blu-ray/DVD release (volume 3).
^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.[18]
^A special episode titledImprint Butterfly was included in the BD/DVD release.
^A special episode titledYuri!!! on Ice: Yuri Plisetsky GBF in Barcelona EX "Welcome to the Madness" was included in the BD/DVD release (volume 6).[26]
^Three special picture drama episodes were included in the BD/DVD release.
^abcdefCredited as Chief Director (総監督,Sō Kantoku).
^Two special episodes were streamed on March 28, 2020, and August 26, 2020.[40][41]
^Six short bonus episodes were included in the Blu-ray release (volume 2).[44]
^The season consisted of 28 standard-length episodes followed by two specials, which were later edited into seven additional standard-length episodes.[51]
^An extended version ofIn This Corner of the World featuring about 30 minutes of additional footage for a total duration of 168 minutes. It surpassed the extended 70mm cut ofFinal Yamato by five minutes to become the longest animated film to date.
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