Last year MAPPA's CEO said that he wants to animate all of Tatsuki Fukimoto's works.
At first people were hyped, but the current situation in MAPPA makes the fans skeptical.
Some of Fujimoto's works can be translated into nice movies or OVAs, others will require a lot of work in animation.
MAPPA's management forced people to think which studio will be better for this task.
Recent discussions surrounding Studio MAPPA's management and handling of animators made Chainsaw Man fans remember how last summer MAPPA's CEO, Manabu Otsuka, said that they are planning on animating all of Tatsuki Fujimoto's works, not just Chainsaw Man. And while before the hype that preceded the release of the anime was high and this news was welcomed with fanfare and joy, now people are questioning this decision.
Award-worthy movies
Fujimoto's works are quite diverse in the topics they cover. Some one-shots can be considered slice-of-life-y and even cute, although in a very distinct Fujimoto way — like Look Back. But some works will require a lot of animation, like Fire Punch: it was the series that brought him recognition and has a character that is constantly aflame.
Some of the one-shots will make nice two-part OVAs or even full-length movies — the former approach could fit Look Back while the latter will be perfect for Goodbye, Eri. Although fans are skeptical and don't want MAPPA to handle such precious works and ruin them. With Goodbye, Eri the trouble also lies in a very careful paneling that emulates a recording format which will be hard to translate into the animation medium and may destroy some intent behind the frames.
Should they do that?
There are some concerns about funding, as Chainsaw Man is one of the rare shows that is sponsored only by Shueisha and MAPPA and has no production committee overseeing it. This resulted in some scheduling issues as the same team that was working on the first season of Chainsaw Man was also tasked with doing Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie and the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen, and the result of this management decision is palpable.
Despite the extreme success of Chainsaw Man, fans are concerned about the current situation at MAPPA and whether the studio will be able to deal with more projects in the near future.
Who can do that?
One of the possible outcomes that may satisfy both MAPPA and the fans is to make an anthology akin to the one featuring works by Junji Ito and give the project to Studio M2, a branch of MAPPA made for passion projects that marvelously adapted Pluto. Others believe that these works will be better adapted by SHAFT with their signature nearly surreal style. But mostly the fans agree that they don't want Fujimoto's projects done directly by MAPPA.
Have you read Fujimoto's works outside of Chainsaw Man?
Will there ever be enough people to do so?
Summary:
Last year MAPPA's CEO said that he wants to animate all of Tatsuki Fukimoto's works.
At first people were hyped, but the current situation in MAPPA makes the fans skeptical.
Some of Fujimoto's works can be translated into nice movies or OVAs, others will require a lot of work in animation.
MAPPA's management forced people to think which studio will be better for this task.
Recent discussions surrounding Studio MAPPA's management and handling of animators made Chainsaw Man fans remember how last summer MAPPA's CEO, Manabu Otsuka, said that they are planning on animating all of Tatsuki Fujimoto's works, not just Chainsaw Man. And while before the hype that preceded the release of the anime was high and this news was welcomed with fanfare and joy, now people are questioning this decision.
Award-worthy movies
Fujimoto's works are quite diverse in the topics they cover. Some one-shots can be considered slice-of-life-y and even cute, although in a very distinct Fujimoto way — like Look Back. But some works will require a lot of animation, like Fire Punch: it was the series that brought him recognition and has a character that is constantly aflame.
Some of the one-shots will make nice two-part OVAs or even full-length movies — the former approach could fit Look Back while the latter will be perfect for Goodbye, Eri. Although fans are skeptical and don't want MAPPA to handle such precious works and ruin them. With Goodbye, Eri the trouble also lies in a very careful paneling that emulates a recording format which will be hard to translate into the animation medium and may destroy some intent behind the frames.
Should they do that?
There are some concerns about funding, as Chainsaw Man is one of the rare shows that is sponsored only by Shueisha and MAPPA and has no production committee overseeing it. This resulted in some scheduling issues as the same team that was working on the first season of Chainsaw Man was also tasked with doing Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie and the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen, and the result of this management decision is palpable.
Despite the extreme success of Chainsaw Man, fans are concerned about the current situation at MAPPA and whether the studio will be able to deal with more projects in the near future.
Who can do that?
One of the possible outcomes that may satisfy both MAPPA and the fans is to make an anthology akin to the one featuring works by Junji Ito and give the project to Studio M2, a branch of MAPPA made for passion projects that marvelously adapted Pluto. Others believe that these works will be better adapted by SHAFT with their signature nearly surreal style. But mostly the fans agree that they don't want Fujimoto's projects done directly by MAPPA.
Have you read Fujimoto's works outside of Chainsaw Man?
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