Short answers, pulled from the story.
MAPPA was founded on the 14th of June 2011 by 70-year-old veteran animator Masao Maruyama. Maruyama established the studio in a small office in Suginami, Tokyo, with the initial goal of completing the film In This Corner of the World.
Manabu Otsuka became the CEO of MAPPA in April 2016 after Masao Maruyama resigned from his management position to become chairman. Otsuka was a former employee of Studio 4°C and a founding member of MAPPA who had previously served as the animation producer for many of the studio's early projects.
MAPPA opened a satellite studio in Sendai in April 2018 and an Osaka studio in March 2022. The Sendai location specialized in in-betweening and finishing, while the Osaka studio focused on 3DCGI and served as a satellite office of the CGI Department.
MAPPA released the series Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan season 4 in 2020. Jujutsu Kaisen was directed by Sunghoo Park and Attack on Titan season 4 was directed by Yuichiro Hayashi.
Veteran animators including Hisashi Eguchi and Mushiyo have criticized MAPPA for low pay and poor working conditions. Animator Ippei Ichii claimed that an anime produced by MAPPA under Netflix suggested a pay of 100 yen per cut, which he argued was below the minimum cost animators should negotiate.
MAPPA launched a record label called mappa records in April 2025. The first publication under that label was Kensuke Ushio's OST for Chainsaw Man, The Movie: Reze Arc.