Popular director leaves MAPPA to work on a new venture MAPPAMAPPA continues to lose employees mainly due to the reported toxic environment. While some animators chose to leave the creative firm due to the aforementioned reason, a renowned director ended his journey with MAPPA for a different purpose. Chainsaw Man Season 1 was released in 2022, and in no time, the dark fantasy anime impressed every fan with its wonderful animation \u2013 thanks to the animators of MAPPA and Ryu Nakayama\u2019s direction. Following the release of the finale episode of Chainsaw Man Season 1, the entire anime community awaited the announcement of Season 2. However, before the series\u2019 renewal, the Chainsaw Man creators announced a movie at JUMP FESTA 2024. Of course, the upcoming movie was supposed to show Nakayama in the director\u2019s shoes, but the latest news about him reveals a different story. Chainsaw Man\u2019s director, Ryu Nakayama, starts his own animation studio After working on several massive projects like Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, and more, Nakayama heads toward a new journey. The brilliant director recently shared the big news via his X account, which confirms that he\u2019s leaving MAPPA to start his own animation studio. Nakayama\u2019s post states: \u201cWe have recently established Andraft Co., Ltd. We aim to establish a better animation production system and deliver high-quality work to the world. I would like to challenge various genres without discrimination and open up new possibilities. Thank you for your continued support!\u201d Apart from the announcement, we also got a glimpse of the animation Andraft will bless the industry with. While the first animation of the studio was directed by Nakayama, it also involved AoT\u2019s animator, Fumika Ito, and Kenji Segawa, the animation director of Oshi No Ko. As disclosed by the official website of Andraft, the studio won\u2019t restrict its employees to traditional animation; it will give them every chance to step out of the box and be unique. Recently, we have seen several renowned personalities in the Japanese animation industry leaving their reputed jobs to pursue their dreams. For instance, before Nakayama\u2019s venture, we came across Yusuke Murata, the One-Punch Man\u2019s author, who surprised every fan by talking about his acquired animation studio on January 1, 2024. Of course, we\u2019ve yet to see what project Nakayama\u2019s newly established studio will undertake. They might pick up an underrated manga series for an anime adaptation, or the studio might surprise us by getting their hands on an incredibly popular or awaited project. You can check out our Chainsaw Man coverage here and the rest of our anime coverage here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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