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The companies have worked together before on anime planning, broadcasting and streaming through ABEMA, and game adaptations, and both framed the new agreement as a way to deepen that relationship over the long term. CyberAgent did not disclose the size of the stake or the value of the investment. The stated shared value is a creator-first culture.","whyItMatters":"The deal ties a studio known for Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man to the group that owns ABEMA, and it follows CygamesPictures becoming a consolidated CyberAgent subsidiary, so CyberAgent is now building out both production capacity and a distribution arm inside one group.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe two presidents have known each other for about eight years and have traded views on corporate management, according to a joint dialogue published on both companies\u0026#39; websites. The first point of contact between the firms was the 2014 anime \u0026#34;Rage of Bahamut: Genesis,\u0026#34; which Cygames, part of the CyberAgent group, commissioned MAPPA to produce.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMAPPA was founded in 2011 and has worked on \u0026#34;Jujutsu Kaisen,\u0026#34; \u0026#34;Chainsaw Man\u0026#34; and \u0026#34;Attack on Titan The Final Season.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe studio launched its own music label, mappa records, in 2025, and runs licensing, merchandise, streaming and events in Japan and overseas.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMAPPA\u0026#39;s 15th anniversary exhibition runs at the Yurakucho Museum in Tokyo from September 16 to December 27 and travels to Fukuoka between January and March 2027.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCyberAgent set up its Anime \u0026amp; IP Business Headquarters in February 2024, and established the studio CA Soa to expand production capacity.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCygamesPictures became a consolidated CyberAgent subsidiary on February 27 and was renamed Cypic on April 6.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCyberAgent opened the Canvas Kyoto creative hub in June to develop creators in the Kansai region.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamauchi framed the deal around shared values: \u0026#34;As fellow leaders of our generation in the industry, Mr. Otsuka and I adopt \u0026#39;Creative First\u0026#39; as our shared value.\u0026#34; Otsuka said the studio will \u0026#34;continue to create with great care for quality and at the right pace.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"CyberAgent did not disclose the stake size in MHD. The money can stay quiet while the direction does not: ABEMA ties and game adaptations now sit inside a formal alliance with MAPPA.","twitterPost":"CyberAgent bought an undisclosed stake in MAPPA's parent MHD, so the ABEMA and game-adaptation ties now run through an ownership position.","threadsPost":"Manabu Otsuka runs both MAPPA and MHD, the parent CyberAgent just took a stake in. That means MAPPA's independence promise and its new partner's ambitions are signed by the same president.","newsletterBlurb":"CyberAgent has signed a business partnership with MAPPA and taken a stake in the studio's parent company MHD. The two will explore work from planning through streaming, games, merchandise and events. MAPPA says its management and independence are unchanged.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-11/cyberagent-announces-business-alliance-with-animation-studio-mappa/.243717\",\"title\":\"CyberAgent Announces Business Alliance With Animation Studio MAPPA\"},{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2611113i\",\"title\":\"MAPPA announces business partnership with CyberAgent, considering broad collaboration from anime planning and production to broadcasting, streaming, games, merchandise, and events\"},{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/97124\",\"title\":\"MAPPA, the Studio Behind Anime 'Jujutsu Kaisen,' Forms Business Partnership with CyberAgent\"},{\"source\":\"GameBusiness.jp\",\"url\":\"https://www.gamebusiness.jp/article/2026/11/12/28646.html\",\"title\":\"CyberAgent Signs Business Partnership Agreement with MAPPA, Studio Behind \\\"Jujutsu 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