Studio producer Manabu Otsuka, a former employee of Studio 4☌, became the CEO following Murayama's official departure. In April 2016, Maruyama resigned as a CEO of the studio and became a chairman. Maruyama first started working with Katabuchi for the film in 2010 during Madhouse era, but it took three years to start the production due to difficulties to raising funds. Due to financial difficulties at Madhouse, Murayama and Katabuchi established MAPPA in the hopes of producing the film however, despite moving studios, the film had a lot of production troubles, and wasn't released until 5 years later. Murayama served as the company's first representative director, and the studio's initial goal was to produce Sunao Katabuchi's In This Corner of the World. The studio was founded on June 14, 2011, by Masao Maruyama, a co-founder and former producer of Madhouse, at the age of 70.
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