MAPPA

MAPPA (MAPPA Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese animation studio established by Masao Maruyama in June 2011 after he left Madhouse. As of April 2026, it has 562 employees across its studios in Tokyo, Osaka, and Sendai. Maruyama intended for the film Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni (In This Corner of the World) to serve as the studio's debut release, although the project was not finished until 2016. By then, the studio had already co-produced Sakamichi no Apollon (Kids on the Slope) and Hajime no Ippo: Rising, and had released its first original anime, Zankyou no Terror (Terror in Resonance).
The name MAPPA stands for Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association. Maruyama resigned as president in 2016 to establish Studio M2, and was succeeded by Manabu Ootsuka, a former employee of Studio 4°C.