Animation studio MAPPA has saved itself fairly busy ever because it opened in 2011, and 2022 was an particularly large yr for it. Together with engaged on the second a part of the final season of Attack on Titan, the corporate additionally launched Chainsaw Man, Dance Dance Danseur, and introduced Jujutsu Kaisen 0 stateside. 2023 appears to be like to be an much more packed year for the studio, and it not too long ago launched new trailers for 2 of its upcoming tasks.
The primary trailer is for MAPPA’s new sequence Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku. Based mostly on Yuji Kaku’s 2018 manga, the anime focuses on an murderer named Gabimaru the Hole who will get caught whereas on project and realizes he can’t be executed. Believing the murderer to be saved alive by his love for his spouse, Gabimaru’s executioner Sagiri duties him with becoming a member of a bunch of fellow dying row inmates and their respective Yamada (guardians/parole officers) to search out the elixir of life. In typical MAPPA trend, it appears to be like superb and very bloody; the brand new trailer gives a have a look at the opposite characters becoming a member of Gabimaru on his journey and options the present’s opening tune, “Work” by Millennium Parade.
MAPPA additionally launched a brand new have a look at the primary half of the third part of Attack on Titan’s last season. The one-hour particular will see a brand new regiment of Survey Corps scouts struggle towards Eren Jaegar and his military of Colossal Titans as they try and destroy every thing exterior of Paradis’ borders. The brand new trailer additionally revealed the particular will function a brand new opening tune, “Underneath the Tree” from the band SiM, which additionally had a gap for Half 2.
For the remainder of 2023, MAPPA additionally has the presently in-progress second season of Vinland Saga, the second season of Jujutsu Kaisen, and one other new sequence within the type of Campfire Cooking. (This isn’t even counting the flicks for Yuri on Ice!!! and Zombie Land Saga which are supposedly nonetheless in manufacturing.) 2023 remains to be younger, and it’s possible that the studio has a number of different tasks lined up for this yr and past.
The one-hour particular for Assault on Titan: Half 3 will premiere on Friday, March 3, with the second and ultimate half set to hit later in 2023. Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku will arrive on April 1, and each sequence shall be accessible to look at on Crunchyroll.
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