Animation Industry Watching No.24: 75 Years Old This Year, Life in Animation is a Life of Rabble-rousing Rabble-rousing! Interview with Masao Maruyama!
Five years have passed since Masao Maruyama, former president of Madhouse, established his new company MAPPA. During that time, the company has produced such excellent anime programs as "Apollo of the Hill" and "Rage of Bahamut Genesis," and the movie "In a Corner of the World," which will be released on November 12, 2016 (Saturday), was also produced by MAPPA.
This year, Mr. Maruyama will turn 75 years old, but what is his attitude toward animation production? We visited him at his workplace in the midst of a heat wave.
I have a system in place that will be safe even if he collapses next year or the year after that.
─ ─ Five years have passed since MAPPA was launched, and what is your current position?
───How did M2 come to be?
─ Is that true (laughs)? But it is true that you are working on this project, isn't it?
─ I understand that director Sunao Katabuchi approached you about the project "In a Corner of the World," which will be released in November.
───Producer Ryoichiro Matsuo of "Mai Mai Shinko" is in charge of "In This Corner of the World," isn't he? Did you invite Matsuo to be the producer?
───After production began, did you visit the MAPPA studio?
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