BODY: Studio MAPPA is pulling out all the stops for its milestone birthday. Ahead of the "MAPPA EXPO 15th Anniversary" exhibition, the studio has revealed the first details of what fans can expect from three of its biggest properties β and the scale is exactly what you'd hope for from the studio behind some of anime's most explosive recent hits.
The headline attraction is a recreation of the Rumbling, the apocalyptic march of Colossal Titans from Attack on Titan: The Final Season. Bringing one of the most harrowing sequences in modern anime into a physical exhibition space is a bold flex, and a clear signal that MAPPA wants visitors to feel the weight of the franchise that helped cement its global reputation.
Chainsaw Man fans, meanwhile, get a treat tied to the upcoming theatrical outing. The exhibition will display a life-size figure of the Bomb Devil β Reze in her transformed state β timed to the release of the film Chainsaw Man β The Movie: Reze Arc. A full-scale Reze looming over the gallery floor is the kind of centerpiece built for social media.
Rounding out the announced content is Jujutsu Kaisen, MAPPA's massive shonen juggernaut, though the studio is keeping specifics under wraps for now. With these three titles alone, the EXPO reads like a victory lap through the works that defined MAPPA's explosive rise over the past decade and a half.
The insider take
Fifteen years is a meaningful marker in Tokyo's anime industry, where studios rise and fold with alarming regularity. MAPPA's willingness to mount a large-scale physical exhibition β rather than a mere merchandise pop-up β reflects both its financial confidence and its ambition to be treated as a cultural institution, not just a production house. Expect Ikebukuro and Akihabara-adjacent crowds, long queues, and exclusive goods that resell for a premium within hours. For overseas fans, these anniversary exhibitions rarely travel, making the EXPO a genuine reason to plan a trip.
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