MAPPA is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the release of three special visuals from Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, Attack on Titan Final Season, and Jujutsu Kaisen. The animation studio was founded on June 14, 2011.
The studio also posted its 15th Anniversary program schedule on its official Twitter/X account, which will be streamed on its YouTube channel on June 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM JST). Additional information can also be found on the MAPPA’s official website for its 15th anniversary.
The first visual highlights Reze from Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.
The anime film’s co-animation director Shoichi drew the illustration, with Misaki Nakano handling the digital painting, Taichi Uchima with the background art, and Yusuke Tannawa with the compositing.
The Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc anime film premiered in Japan on September 19, 2025 and was released in North America on October 24, 2025.
The 12-episode Chainsaw Man TV anime series was released in October 2022 and ran for one cour. Crunchyroll streamed the anime worldwide. A sequel to Reze Arc titled Chainsaw Man: Assassins was announced last December during Jump Festa 2026 and will adapt the “International Assassins” arc from the original manga series. MAPPA will return as the animation production company.
Sony Pictures describes the main synopsis of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc as:
Denji worked as a Devil Hunter for the yakuza, trying to pay off the debt he inherited from his parents, until the yakuza betrayed him and had him killed. As he was losing consciousness, Denji’s beloved chainsaw-powered devil-dog, Pochita, made a deal with Denji and saved his life. This fused the two together, creating the unstoppable Chainsaw Man. Now, in a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into his world, and Denji faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.
The second visual spotlights Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan Final Season.
Final Season director Yuichiro Hayashi is credited with drawing the layout of the visual, with Tomohiro Kishi handling the illustration, Iku Onishi with the digital painting, Yumena Ohama with the background art, and Yusuke Tannawa with the compositing.
Attack on Titan Final Season‘s first part debuted in Japan in December 2020 while its second part premiered in January 2022. The third part, which also took the form of an extended special titled Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Part 1 by Crunchyroll, was released in March 2023, with the fourth part following in November 2023.
The Attack on Titan TV anime series made its debut in Japan in 2013 and released three seasons that were initially produced by WIT STUDIO. MAPPA took over animation production for the fourth season. The franchise has inspired various spinoff manga, novels, games, and a two-part live-action Japanese film series.
Crunchyroll describes Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters Part 1 as:
The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Eren unleashes the ultimate power of the Titans. With a burning determination to eliminate all who threaten Eldia, he leads an unstoppable army of Colossal Titans towards Marley. Now a motley crew of his former comrades and enemies scramble to halt his deadly mission, the only question is, can they stop him?
The third visual showcases Nobara Kugisaki from Jujutsu Kaisen.
Hiromi Niwa, who was a co-character designer on Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1, is credited with drawing the illustration, with Junya Suzuki handling the digital painting, Eiko Matsushima with the paint check, Anri Maeda with the background art, and Teppei Ito with the compositing.
Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1 was first broadcasted in Japan on January 8, 2026 and aired 12 total episodes through to March 27, 2026. The anime’s first two seasons were released in 2020 and 2023, respectively.
The first season of Jujutsu Kaisen debuted in 2020 and ended in early 2021 after 24 episodes. It was followed by December 2021’s Jujutsu Kaisen 0 prequel movie (based on the manga’s four-chapter predecessor). A second season arrived later in July 2023 and ended in December 2023, with the latter “Shibuya Incident Arc” starting a few weeks after the opening “Hidden Inventory Arc.
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, a compilation film for the second season, previewed the first two episodes of The Culling Game Part 1 and was released in November 2025.
A fourth season was announced late last March and will serve as the final half of “The Culling Game Arc.”
Crunchyroll is streaming the Jujutsu Kaisen TV anime series in several countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:
Although born with tremendous power, Itadori Yuji lives a completely ordinary life. One day, to save a classmate, he eats a cursed finger, and now Ryomen Sukuna lives in Itadori’s soul. Guided by the Jujutsu Sorcerers, he joins the Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School, an organization that fights the curses. Now begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to end a curse.
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