
MAPPA: HISTORY: The studio was established on June 14, 2011, by Masao Maruyama , a co-founder and former producer of Madhouse , at the age of 70. [4] Maruyama served as the company's first representative director, and the studio's initial goal was to produce Sunao Katabuchi 's In This C orner 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. [5] 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. [6] In April 2016, Maruyama resigned as a CEO of the studio and became a chairman. Studio animation producer Manabu Otsuka, a founding member and a former employee of Studio 4°C , became ...