CyberAgent has announced that it has entered into a partnership with MAPPA. The former has also acquired a stake in the latter’s production company.
In a press release, the two outline the collaboration:
By combining MAPPA’s animation production capabilities with the expertise the CyberAgent Group has built through its various media, game, and advertising businesses, the two companies will work together to strengthen their ability both to create anime and to deliver it to audiences. They will explore collaboration across a wide range of areas, from planning and production to broadcasting and streaming, games, merchandise, and events. In doing so, they will pursue works and new ways of enjoying them that only this partnership can make possible, while connecting those works with fans across borders. While honoring the culture and creative achievements built up over the years by the many people involved in anime, the two companies aim to contribute to the further development of the anime industry by continuing to create and deliver works that fans around the world will cherish for a long time.
MAPPA’s most recent project, Ranma 1/2 season 3, is streaming on Netflix. Kōnosuke Uda is again directing the anime at MAPPA. Returning chief animation directors Yoshiko Saitō and Kōsuke Kawamura will be joined by Riko Kaneda and Haruki Miura. Masahiro Kurio also returns as main animator with the addition of Atsuko Ishida and Yoshihiro Takeda. The anime’s first season premiered nationwide in Japan in October 2024 while the second season premiered one year later in October 2025. Both the first and the second season are available to stream on Netflix.
