Summary
- Some list of anime from MAPPA Studios to watch
- Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack On Titan, and Chainsaw Man are the popular anime from Mappa
- Zenshu is the new anime released in 2025 by Mappa Studios
MAPPA – Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association is a Japanese animation studio that started its journey in 2011 and has left a significant impact on the anime industry. MAPPA was founded by Masao Maruyama who was once part of the Madhouse company, and it has quickly risen to be associated with high-quality animation, spectacular fight scenes and a refined ability to undertake risk and daring projects. Year after year, this studio has continued to offer the best productions that electrify the audiences across the globe.
1. Jujutsu Kaisen
- Anime – Jujutsu Kaisen
- Author – Gege Akutami
- Genre – Shonen, Action, Supernatural
- Year – 2018
MAPPA studios name reached the top animation place because of Jujutsu Kaisen. The fights, domain expansion, six eyes animation were appreciated by a lot of audiences. Jujutsu Kaisen written by Gege Akutami focuses on the storyline of spirits and curses disrupting people’s everyday lives and the jujutsu sorcerers protecting them with their power.
However, the impressive animation, especially in action scenes, gives Jujutsu Kaisen an edge. The cursed techniques’ and fluid martial arts’ characterization by MAPPA is detailed as anticipated. The anime has gained critical acclaim and massive fan base due to dynamic camera angles, spicy colors and 2D/3D integrated effects provided by the studio.
2. Attack on Titan: The Final Season
- Anime – Attack On Titan
- Author – Hajime Isayama
- Genre – Shonen, Dark, Fantasy
- Year – 2013 – 2023
Many viewers had mixed feelings when MAPPA received the production of AOT from Wit Studio for the last season. Yet, MAPPA fully answered the call, providing the audience with a beautiful and powerful anime adaptation. The battle between the scout regiments and the Titan with the ODM gear was done by the MAPPA Studios with such perfection. They have addressed the Titans and their transformation sequences at this studio quite sometime. Through the accurate character designs and elaborate backgrounds, the authors managed to contribute both detail and urgency to the otherwise post-apocalyptic story. Nevertheless, credits to organizational commitment of MAPPA to keep the scale and the emotions of the series on an epic level, it has been impressive.
3. Chainsaw Man
- Anime – Chainsaw Man
- Author – Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Genre – Shonen, Dark, Supernatural
- Year – 2022
Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto was one of the most anticipated anime adaptations of the years, and MAPPA did not let’s down. The premise focuses on Denji, a young man who is transformed into a half-human, half-devil beast called Chainsaw Man in a world filled with other Devils going head to head in a violent society.
Just like AOT, and JJK, this anime was also a part of a series that required deep animation for the dark scenes that included blood, curses, and tormented death. MAPPA’s adaptation is the perfect show about combining black comedy, blood, and tissue. The Manga series’ anarchic tone with excellent lighting and sound design, the studio has elevated Chainsaw Man to become one of the great series of the Gen Z, newly arrived shonen animes.
4. Vinland Saga (Season 2)
- Anime – Vinland Saga
- Author – Shuhei Yabuta
- Genre – Seinen, Periodic, Historic
- Year – 2019
Following the magnificent performance by Wit Studio in the initial episodes, the MAPPA stepped in to adapt Vinland Saga Season 2. This historical drama is a story about Thorfinn, a young warrior in Viking, who seeks vengeance for his father’s death. Vinland Saga gave the MAPPA Studios being the best animation studio for the side of the Seinen anime.
The studio really done a great job in bringing the natural scenic places, and the greeny fields, mountains in the anime with beautiful animation. MAPPA redeployment changes the format to focus on character development rather than providing strong action scenes proving that the studio is diverse. The animation is still of high standards with clear and bright backgrounds as well as characters facial expressions that well complement the film’s gloomy theme.
5. Yuri!!! on Ice
- Anime – Yuri!!! On Ice
- Author – Sayo Yamamoto
- Genre – Sports, Drama, Comedy
- Year – 2016
Yuri On Ice was the first anime that gained a name for the MAPPA Studios in the anime industry as it made everyone turn back for the spectacular work. In 2016, the MAPPA studio was a pioneer of sport Anime, specifically about Figure skating in Yuri!!! on Ice. Yuri Katsuki is a young man who was a free skater but loses his passion and ability that forced him to join the program and learn from Victor Nikiforov.
One of MAPPA’s most emblematic features is the realistic skating scenes which consist of elements elaborated in collaboration with professional skaters. Closely associated with this element, anime’s fluent animation and a tender story defeated all possible critiques and even gained appreciation from people who do not watch anime, in general.
6. Dorohedoro
- Anime – Dorohedoro
- Author – Q Hayashida
- Genre – Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Shonen
- Year – 2020
If you are into dark fantasy and such an unusual sense of humor, Dorohedoro is worth your attention. The only specific detail is that it is a post-apocalyptic world covered with darkness, and the episodes tell about the wanderings of Caiman, a man with a lizard’s head, who wants to take revenge on the sorcerer who acted on himself.
MAPPA well showcased animation in Dorohedoro where darkness comprises 2D animation and polished 3D element. This puts the atmosphere depicted in the manga to perfection and the show is a great watched for its crazy visuals.
7. Zenshu
- Anime – Zenshu
- Author – Mitsue Yamazaki
- Genre – Isekai, Adventure
- Year – 2024
Although “Zenshu” is MAPPA’s recent original anime, people praised it for its animation work. It has also been pointed out by critics and audiences though, that the show continues to represent the studio’s brand of quality. The show is set around Natsuko Hirose, a talented animator who finally receives a director position relatively soon after that. That is why her first show takes the level of other-culture success and provides her with great recognition. Still, she soon gets into a problem with her next show, a Romantic Comedy about first love, because she had never been in love herself.
