My Top 10 Anime of Studio MAPPA

So Today (June 14, 2021), studio MAPPA celebrates their 10th year anniversary in the anime industry. And to celebrate their milestones and success, I'm going to share My Top 10 Favorite Anime of Studio MAPPA. The meaning of MAPPA is "Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association", where Maruyama is the name of the founder of this studio. They've come a long way and I'm very happy for their success and achievements. They made quality animations and animated some of our favorite anime. So for me, this studio is one of the best and iconic out there.

I haven't watched all of their works so don't be surprised if I missed some of their much better anime. But for now here are my picks.

10. Inuyashiki

Inuyashiki is a good anime coming from MAPPA. It's just number 10 because the story is not new to us. It has huge similarities to Death Note, which is much better anyways. But its still good though. I'm just disappointed on the ending. I know it would be like that but the asteroid thing didn't make sense at all. It looks like an excuse to finish the series quickly.

9. Zombieland Saga

Zombies that turns into idols is already crazy if you think about it. But what's more crazy is how hilarious this anime is. MAPPA is good at making facial expressions and it all makes sense in this anime. You can see how Zombieland Saga differs from other Musical Idol type of anime. It's all thanks to MAPPA.

8. Kids on the Slope

By the way Zombieland Saga and Kids on the Slope are both musical anime that you can also read on my article about Top 10 Musical Anime. Kids on the Slope is one of the icons of MAPPA because this is the very first Anime that they made. This is where it all started and when you watch this anime, you can really tell that this studio has a bright future ahead.

7. Attack on Titan Final Season (Part 1)

I bet everyone knows everything about this anime. They were surprised after knowing that WIT dropped the show and MAPPA takeover the final season. The fans has a split reaction about this. Some become angry and some said it was the best. But for those who know MAPPA very well they know that the last season of AoT is not the best nor worst that the studio have ever made. I think that MAPPA is the perfect studio for that season but because it was rushed for its schedule and they are already working on Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man it didn't go well as we expected to be.

6. Kakegurui

MAPPA handles the 2 seasons of Kakegurui. And to be honest I'm a big fan of this. MAPPA actually did a great job in animation because everything from the facial reactions to their clothing is very similar to manga. The only negative I see about this series is that some parts of the anime was altered from the source material. For example, the duel between Yumeko and Kirari at the end of season 1 didn't happen in manga at all. As well as Rei Batsubami is a character added only in the anime and not in manga. But still it is still good and they didn't affect the story at all. It is just confusing to someone who reads manga.

5. Terror in Resonance

One of the best work of MAPPA but super underrated. I can't blame them because it is an original anime anyway. This is where the domination of MAPPA anime started because the projects that they get after this are all good. Terror in Resonance is one of the best Original story and the ending is just heartbreaking. This is where the rise of MAPPA started and I think Terror in Resonance is a big eye opener to anyone that such studio exist.

4. Dorohedoro

It is actually crazy to think that MAPPA still keeps on improving. Each year they keeps of releasing much better anime. Not just like to some studio that already reached their peak and now they are on the hard time finding their tracks once more. Dorohedoro is a dark anime that breaks CGI limit of anime. There are people who hates CGI anime. But Dorohedoro just showed to us that even CGI anime can be as good as the traditional ones. Well it's all thanks on the art style of MAPPA. Dorohedoro is CGI but still looks traditionally and its impressive.

3. Hajime no Ippo: Rising

This is actually a collaboration work of Madhouse and MAPPA. It's just crazy to think that these two companies agrees to work this anime together. Did you know that Masao Maruyama, founder of MAPPA, is also the founder and ex producer of Madhouse. It's like a collaboration of Maruyama and his former company. And the result really show what will happen if this two studio combines. The super goosebumps of Ippo's Stopping Dempsey Roll is the signature artstyle of MAPPA. And no wonder why the quality of Rising improves drastically from its prequel. This studio really know how to make cool fighting scenes.

2. Dororo

Of course the amazing reboot of Dororo was made by this studio. We should know this will happen because MAPPA is good at making animations about demons and dark stuffs. They made Dororo into whole new level. The story is already given but the animation takes a leap to whole new level. The already sad story of Dororo becomes more sad because of how good the animation is.  I don't have any words to explain this but Dororo is really awesome. Bow down to the real Demon Slayer.

1. Jujutsu Kaisen

I don't know on how many will agree with this but Jujutsu Kaisen is the best they've made so far. As I said earlier, MAPPA still keeps on improving and Jujutsu Kaisen is currently on top. Perfect adaptation from manga and animation that broke the internet. This is the result if you give this studio enough time and budget. Jujutsu Kaisen proves that MAPPA can make even much better anime in the future. And you know what I mean. The Chainsaw Man will hack all of the popularity this year.

MAPPA is one of the young studio that keeps on improving every year. I just hope they get the salary they deserve. They make 8 animes on 2020 and just thinking about effort and time they spent on that 8 is just awesome. So hands down to this studio. With their 10th Year Anniversary, they showed how modern anime should look like. And I'm so excited for their future projects. Congratulations to MAPPA! You deserve it.