Studio MAPPA has become very well-known in recent years for animating Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, Attack on Titan: The Final Season , and many others. However, Manabu Ootsuka, the president of MAPPA, said in a recent interview that he plans to improve the studio to the same level as Ufotable and Kyoto Animation.
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In an interview with the Japanese media outlet Comic Natalie, Ootsuka discussed various aspects of MAPPA, such as its founding and management. Furthermore, he mentioned that when he took on the role of CEO, he already had a vision of how to survive in that industry.
It's difficult to reach the level of quality of Ufotable and Kyoto Animation, which are considered the best animation studios in Japan. Therefore, Ootsuka increased his studio's productivity to stand out in the market in a short time.
“Not in the small context of the animation industry, but as a company. When we thought about what we needed to do to achieve this, the first thing was to increase productivity. It’s difficult to reach the quality of Kyoto Animation and Ufotable in a short time, and it’s too late for MAPPA to try to reach that level in 20 or 30 years. Therefore, we had to adopt a different approach from the studios that preceded us. “So we thought about how we could produce a lot and gain experience while maintaining a high level of quality, and at the same time establish the studio and get into the race with those studios in the shortest time possible.”
Synopsis:
Since Yuji Itadori, a high school student, became involved with the secret society of sorcerers called Jujutsu Kaisen, he has been training to confront curses, evil beings that haunt the world of the living. Therefore, to protect his friends and innocent people, Yuji decides to join the jujutsu sorcerers as a trainee under the tutelage of Satoru Gojo, the strongest sorcerer of all.
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Source: Kudasai