{"id":37322,"date":"2022-05-25T16:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=37322"},"modified":"2022-05-25T16:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:49:14","slug":"medialink-group-and-mappa-announce-business-partnership-for-chainsaw-man-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/05\/25\/medialink-group-and-mappa-announce-business-partnership-for-chainsaw-man-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Medialink Group and MAPPA Announce Business Partnership For Chainsaw Man in Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Asian content distributor Medialink Group has announced a collaborative business partnership with animation studio <\/span>MAPPA<\/b> that includes anime distribution, licensing, and merchandising rights for <\/span>Chainsaw Man<\/span><\/i><\/a>. The agreement will cover several Asian territories, including China.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

More information about the partnership is expected to be released at a later date. Updates will be made available on Medialink and content platform Ani-One\u2019s social media accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Medialink Group chairman and CEO <\/span>Lovinia Chiu<\/b> provided the following statement on her company\u2019s new partnership with MAPPA:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMedialink is excited to bring this highly anticipated title from MAPPA to [the] whole [of] Asia. We believe our anime fans are as excited as we are, and Chainsaw Man is one of the most awaited titles in 2022 by the fan communities across the region, and will definitely create a big hit wave. Medialink and MAPPA will continue to provide the best anime titles to the anime fans, and the general market.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The original <\/span>Chainsaw Man<\/span><\/i> manga debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 3, 2018 to December 14, 2020. The series is written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. 11 tankoubon volumes have been published in total. A second part will be serialized on the Shonen Jump+ app and website in Summer 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a9Tatsuki Fujimoto\/SHUEISHA, MAPPA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The animation production staff includes <\/span>Ryuu Nakayama<\/b> (<\/span>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/span><\/i> episode director) as director, <\/span>Kazutaka Sugiyama<\/b> (<\/span>Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnatio<\/span><\/i>n) as character designer, <\/span>Tatsuya Yoshihara<\/b> (<\/span>Black Clover<\/span><\/i> director) as action director, and <\/span>Hiroshi Seko<\/b> as scriptwriter (<\/span>Attack on Titan: The Final Season<\/span><\/i> series composer).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Other staff include <\/span>Makoto Nakazono<\/b> (<\/span>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/span><\/i> Ep 16 director and storyboarder) as chief episode director, <\/span>Kiyotaka Oshiyama<\/b> (<\/span>Deca-Dence<\/span><\/i> cyborg designer) as devil designer, <\/span>Yuusuke Takeda<\/b> (Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/span><\/i>) as art director, <\/span>Naomi Nakano<\/b> (<\/span>Kemono Jihen<\/span><\/i>) as color designer, <\/span>Youhei Miyahara<\/b> (<\/span>Fate\/Grand Order \u2013 Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia<\/span><\/i> technical director) as screen designer, and <\/span>Kensuke Ushio<\/b> (<\/span>Japan Sinks: 2020<\/span><\/i>) as music composer. <\/span>MAPPA<\/b> is the animation production studio.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n