ZENSHU | OFFICIAL TRAILER

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Mappa Self Reporting

[@Lightgamer819]

Nahh thats wild 😂😅

[@minisnakali]

HEY MAN! So youre still alive! Its been so long since I saw one of your comments I was getting scared 🤣

[@AC-rx6fr]

Oh yeah, its just some guy with a mustache, i remember him

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

True. lol xD

[@Brasswatchman]

So it's them? Huh. Was getting more of a Kyoani feel at first.

[@paperluigi6132]

Mappa: an autobiography

[@Lucianox39]

Better said: a misleading autobiography.

[@qifrey2472]

The entire anime industry, not just Mappa.

[@freshswagga100]

Cap. Them workers missing they kids' birthday party as we speak

[@randomgames7118]

​@@Lucianox39 Yeah they're making it seem like their employees want it that way

[@oreohunter7798]

@@qifrey2472There are some good productions that give plenty of leeway for animators

[@fm_0523]

Imagine being the overworked animator who has to animate the story of an overworked animator. 💀

[@valala6189]

"Oh, there are my tears on my work... lemme just wipe them a little"

[@genevahendersom3593]

Well damn that’s straightforward

[@swissidol8403]

Not only that, but the character is supposed to be all full of passion that drives them to work countless hours. Almost like the studio wants to trick employees into following her example…

[@anarchyintheusa4443]

It's zom 100 all over again

[@anarchyintheusa4443]

​@@swissidol8403what's really sad is that they already do. They deal with the mistreatment because it's their passion

[@kipp3384]

The audacity of Mappa to make this is hilarious

[@fqeagles21]

Idc, this looks good

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

@@fqeagles21 That's not what they meant.

[@MrTurtelLP]

@@fqeagles21 You seem to live under a rock

[@fqeagles21]

@@MrTurtelLP i know the mappa tale dw

[@metalmask5]

​@@MrTurtelLPNah, he just dgaf

[@P3B11]

Mappa workers, blink one if you are being forced by mappa to make this, blink two if they locked you down in the studio's basement

[@mhmdsan2]

So that's why she has long hairs, so we can't see her blinking, genius boss

[@itzlizpy]

You think they have permission to look up to read this?

[@drstickky]

I think things are improving over there. If it was still the same, then this anime would be complete by now instead of being in the midst of production.

[@oneangryboi408]

A Mappa production. They're literally screaming and pounding the window at this rate.

[@snaifhassnan6348]

423 😔

[@Diainvcgtslover]

Very soon , due to overworking they will all die

[@Gnast]

we working 40 hours a day with this one 🔥

[@diooverheaven6561]

And like Polish peasants did- 10 days a week

[@redflame300]

Yea no breaks, full stakes

[@rickelijah4270]

40? Rooky numbers

[@lockerbuddy2039]

40 hours a day, 8 days a week

[@k9lol]

@@lockerbuddy2039 5 weeks a month

[@Ataleay]

"fix all of it" gives the same type of energy as "the script, could we revise it?" "sure what part?" "... all of it."

[@darkfireIrl]

Oshi no ko reference??

[@diannek13]

OSHI NO KO REFERENCE?!

[@cireoath336]

Me when submitting a draft for an essay or research paper be like.

[@AjayiDaniel-xu9tj]

Peak no ko reference

[@MightyCoffeeMaker]

Frankly had the same thought

[@akobe4785]

As great as this looks I'm reminded of how the higher ups treat the animators after watching this trailer and then I feel bad.

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

This is also made by MAPPA. (😂) Do what you will with this information.

[@Boblomm]

Аниматоры должны страдать

[@feiyuin4178]

realistically you should be reminded by it regardless of what shows you watch - from japanese studio animator

[@akobe4785]

@@feiyuin4178 I am aware that animators have it tough in most studios and not just mappa.

[@MyNamesHunter75]

It's messed yea but realistically if you care about artist and animators the best you can do is support it. It's just capitalism and is really common for artist in general underpaid and undervalued (as most creative careers are) and heavily exploited. So watching this at least gives mappa money to pay their artist some instead of lay offs

[@n11ck]

Didn’t know Sadako used to work as an animator back when she wasn’t a living ghost!

[@wolfofsummerbreeze]

Yeah, it was before she was worked to death by japanese culture

[@FZJanimated]

those vhs tapes are not going to pay by themself

[@Cartoondude135]

You beat me to the punch! I was gonna point out her hair covering her face reminds me of Sadako!

[@vamparkolyptic]

yeah, unfortunately the working conditions was what did her in 😭

[@lockerbuddy2039]

No wonder she's so malevolent in death.

[@ЗахарКолзаковичФедоров]

Mappa animators suffering so much they decided to represent themselves

[@MoleculeXmolecule]

It's propaganda. The main character is the ideal animator that MAPPA wants. One that takes all the work, all the hours, without the extra pay.

[@bugin4709]

Mappa animators dont decide. They execute.

[@Ensteir325]

Zenshu: “Ill do all of it.” Each Mappa employee at gunpoint: “I HAVE to do all of it”

[@boshwa20]

Also reminder that Zom 100 was made by overworked animators as well

[@johnjack3578]

Starting to believe that at this point, doing anything remotely productive means being "overworked" for a first worlder who works 6 hours a day, spending 4 of them on a coffee break.

[@protowalker]

@@johnjack3578 you know what? I agree. Japanese animators work 60 hour weeks on average. They should be working 80 hour weeks! Screw it, 100!

[@johnjack3578]

@@protowalker What animators? They all have different roles in production, from minor to major. They also work on different segments, plenty of animators work on 1-2 scenes for a project and never do anything else on this title again. How many of those hours are spent on actual work? Japan is known for long work hours, but nobody cares if you are actually working or not. It's common for people to spend most of the time loitering or sleeping in the supposed 12h\day "work". This claim is bs.

[@johnjack3578]

@@protowalker Google "Karoshi" term and look at the map on the Wikipedia. Japanese hardly work at all compared to actual overworked, exploited countries.

[@MyNamesHunter75]

@@johnjack3578 Yea, generally any creative career or entertainment career is you just get overworked. It's just part of it best you can do is consume to at least get people who worked on it paid even if it's not a lot because end of the day is if people don't watch, studio closes down all those creatives now don't have a job and have to either go somewhere else or do something else. It sucks but most if not all creatives understand this before entering the field you are heavily undervalued and overworked and not always (most of the time) fairly compensated unless it's a indie where they feel more inclined if it's not volunteer

[@knuclear200x]

The Ring 4: Sadako Gets A Job

[@neraslight4997]

KSJWJWNJDNEEJ

[@mariotaz]

Has a nice ring to it. I hope it ends well

[@Taiyo_Jingu]

@@mariotazhaha: ‘nice ring’. 😂

[@mariotaz]

@@Taiyo_Jingu I hope it ends "well"

[@goranisacson2502]

Dang, even staying in a well and working from home via VCR zoom calls and she still needs to get on the grind in order to stay afloat. Modern economy is no joke...

[@tarigarden78]

we got an animated Mappa documentary before GTA VI

[@kamenrideruniter4503]

Get some new humor

[@optie5]

@@kamenrideruniter4503 it was funny

[@dan2k-]

​@@kamenrideruniter4503 get some sense of humor and stop being annoying

[@JoeFanik]

An anime about animation? Sounds genuinely interesting

[@yoyo_cyends]

The bakuman of anime?

[@Rainec777]

Shirobako and others did it earlier

[@kazukokun-z4l]

@@yoyo_cyendsyou mean keep your hands off eizouken

[@PieMan24-rl9eq]

Shirobako car race scene is the only bit I remember

[@Ruldolphmaker]

Watch Shirobako

[@Dragoon888]

1:14 I can’t believe I read this as “Production cruelty Underway”😭

[@polishedrelish]

Glad to see the girl from The Ring found a career for her

[@KaitoverMoon]

would.

[@sirrliv]

Gonna be reeeal interesting when Mother's Basement or STEVEM digs into the production backstory of this one. Mappa aside, this is pretty much industry-wide. Having been researching it a lot lately, this struck me as basically Hayao Miyazaki: The Anime, specifically Miyazaki being a masterful creator of fantastical worlds while also being an unrelenting perfectionist tyrant who multiple times in his career almost killed Studio Ghibli by being an absolute terror to his own workforce, even making it hard to hire new animators due to the toxic reputation in the industry. "Oh, you want to work for the Totoro guys because they enchanted your childhood? Be careful meeting your heroes, that place will break you. Plus side, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Which is good because after one film you may not be able to get away fast enough."

[@AStixMatism]

The biggest self report anime of the year incoming

[@adamluong8483]

i like how they animated this anime while also describing themselves 🤣🤣🤣

[@rukasu5020]

I can’t wait for the Mappa workplace documentary

[@MrHestus]

Cool concept, really interested how this one will turn out. I also like the fact we did not get to see her face. My imagination is firing up.

[@Gat720Dua]

It's good to know Sadako still got work.

[@jgrAnimations23]

MAPPA.owns her soul💀💀💀

[@austincde]

As an American the most unbelievable part of this is getting a job after High School

[@melcco]

Surprisingly it is believable! anime in Japan relies solely on your personality and skill level. I know 17 year olds already working for Japanese animation studios. It's a real thing! But def not super common.

[@VallenChaosValiant]

In Japan how much you get paid is linked to how long you worked there, so job-hopping is discouraged. Japan expect to train every employee when they are new, so it didn't matter that they are straight out of school. Learning on the job is normal there.

[@moritakaishida7963]

In Japan students are pressured to figure out what they want to be quite early

[@TheCrazedEB]

Mappa: I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it’s a comedy.

[@Oktopus549]

Sorry I have to say this: Imagine being an overworked animator who just got the script of making this show. Imagine looking at the comments under the trailer. imagine the higher ups making a ton of money with this while absolutely nothing has changed for you. How do the writers sleep at night? The animators must feel so trolled.

[@blessingkisonde2568]

The audacity of them to make this is showing they don't care.

[@MyNamesHunter75]

writers get the same situation as animators. There is a lot of levels to production and regardless if you do not watch it they run the risk of being laid off because mappa didn't make money on it. It's capitalism

[@Siter]

I love when people always blame it on higher ups

[@lrgogo1517]

like, comments under the trailer being excited for it? or comments talking about ‘the poor animators’? I know which kind I’m seeing more of

[@Smoothbrain-nvrm]

@@lrgogo1517 they say they’re self reporting

[@PhilCrownz]

Sadako came back working as a animator?!!?

[@emerald4572]

hah

[@Nonspecies]

Its easy with a Job change! ^^ And she creates horror Animes ;D

[@Dorar47]

This is taking workaholic to another level

[@elderleon1844]

noy really because workaholic WANT to work like that lol!

[@soap9277]

Ain't no way Mappa snitched on themselves like this

[@jomalomal]

ahhh yes, my favorite escapist fantasy, making barely enough to survive while working insane hours doing highly skilled labor ☺️❤️

[@BS-id7rq]

Ah. Finally, a story following the life of a MAPPA animator.

[@ShaikhAlJaber]

name: that time mappa studio was animated

[@Bluesit32]

Her father was Cousin It. He really gets around.

[@PhilCrownz]

Yeah in the ring girl

[@paperglu6640]

As someone who just graduated highschool and is attending college to become an animator, I'm definitely watching this

[@blessingkisonde2568]

This animation studio underpays and overworks its animators, which shows there ignorance to make this.

[@melcco]

​@@blessingkisonde2568If they are being overworked and underpaid, they're doing a damn good job hiding it because the quality is amazing as hell.

[@Sanpaku-san]

I wonder why Japan is so obsessed with genius characters, so much so that it’s become one of their main fantasies? Showing up in many power fantasy anime, the overpowered character that can tackle giant problems with little effort seems to be a very desirable thing to be. I wonder if this has anything to do with how hard their jobs are or how hopeless they feel on a day to day basis. Or if they think the incredibly talented person is the societal ideal and that people should strive to become that. It would explain the strong work ethic in Japan and how much they can sometimes overwork themselves to reach crazy quality.

[@lloydlego6088]

Especially when their entire society is pressuring people to conform. You can't have a conformist genius. For true groundbreaking genius you have to break the mold of doing things the same way just because that is how it is always done. If only they could stop hammering down the nails sticking up a little.

[@tablescissors]

Maybe just ask a Japanese person THEIR opinion/feelings on the matter? I do not think, though, that Western society doesn’t enjoy a genius. However, it does seem the West lately prefer Idiocracy, Homer Simposon, Kim Kardashian, etc = LOWERING the bar of expectation. Do not forget though, animation is made for kids, for unbridled enthusiasm and idealism. And, of course, we haven’t seen the work in full to obtain the exact lesson that will be conveyed.

[@Sanpaku-san]

@@tablescissors Yeah I could ask a Japanese person, and it would probably be pretty helpful, but my goal was just to think out loud, not get a perfect answer. Also not all animation is made for kids in Japan. If that were the case you could try telling a 9 year old to watch the Beserk OVA. Though when it comes to Japanese storytelling sometimes it can be easy to predict what can happen, especially when there are handfuls of stories in their specific genres starring similar genius characters.

[@gregregregregregregre]

Probably because the cultural expectations of what a super powered or simply advanced human being is different from the west. Here we see much more commonly the fantasies of the super stoic character that is extremely resilient and can survive any situation with pure power of his iron will and determination. Take some ultra popular characters like Batman, John Wick, Wolverine or some classics from the past like Rocky Balboa, Rambo and the 80's era of action movies. I imagine that in Japan they fantasize more about characters that are able to solve problems extremely efficiently and fast in a super powered way

[@CBGBBB]

I can’t wait for the director face reveal!!! 😂

[@sunnylilacs]

I kind of thought that’s what 1:13 was

[@nikolaisiewdass559]

Nah Mappa animators gonna crash out see the plot is basically about them 😂

[@anime_addict_1999]

Mappa be like:

[@bobross2404]

the animators have gone a full circle

[@joannamysluk8623]

A ring, if you will.

[@tylergoodman3560]

The creative process is something else. 🎉

[@Reaper_800]

Why the world her hairstyle is from the ring horror movie.

[@oscarguiau3296]

Because if she hides only the eyes, she starts looking like a H3nt@i character.

[@FaytVanguard]

Because...... she is the original.

[@insertname9736]

​@@FaytVanguardnah

[@chinavirus841]

Because working for MAPPA is horror

[@mytylest8283]

she just like me fr

[@Fooligan23]

“literally me” - the animators, probably

[@sarahhchan]

That whole instrumental sequence gave me chills 😌✨

[@princessthyemis]

Anime ABOUT making anime feels so Inception-y to me! This looks super good!

[@josha618]

Mappa - Draw my life

[@pescando]

0:10 is that her desk with all the gun boxes or do those belong to the guy next to her?

[@prowlus]

Probably to put herself out of her own misery if she fails the 7 day deadline Honorably 😅

[@DavvyKat]

I hope maybe through the progression on the series I really want to see her face.

[@trCD210]

Same

[@LuquiTheFarmer]

same

[@PieMan24-rl9eq]

Why

[@Upbeatzz-u4q]

Mappa really took "snitchin on yourself" to the next level 💀

[@atlasprime6193]

0:35 Am I the only one who gets “The Girl Who Leap Through Time” vibe from that poster?

[@F_A-18]

100% not the only one

[@slowedmusicchannel]

i thought it was honestly

[@Talge879-wc3ts]

Since when Ringu became an animator?!?!

[@caseymarcellus341]

I Feel like this is definitely their baby project, it feels like there's so much work put into this 🎉

[@Mahsei]

Mappa: “The easiest stories to capture are your own apparently.”

[@arsenicaces5825]

This was sneaked through by the workers at Mappa, by the time the production realized it was done😂

[@_SheglaSim_]

Fine, I’ll do it my self -Thanos

[@Hannah-t5z]

Someone is obviously taking a shot at MAPPA for this.

[@Queuefov]

Mappa might need more workers for this one

[@Proverbs9v10]

Now they have to do a series about Crunchyroll.

[@coffic]

We already have the perfect opening for it!! Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai - “Sakugasaku”

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Can't wait for Zenshu, Natsuko's journey sounds intriguing! 🎬🍿

[@xDeydeyxtartelette]

Wow, she seems like such a pleasant person to be around

[@ninjartist36]

There are two types of comments: 1) Mappa jokes 2) The ring reference

[@joannamysluk8623]

I've seen people also mention Cousin Itt and The Grudge.

[@Nuthouse01]

Huh, the description doesn't really seem to match the trailer

[@_quixote]

I’ve always wanted an anime like this for months, so I can relate to it in this aspect. An anime for me to externalize my workaholism.

[@sunnyz2074]

Mad respect for the hardworking folks behind those gorgeous anime production❤ so glad there’s one featuring artists behind the scene

[@Turbo_Waitress]

Man, Iguchi from Shirobako has it rough at her new studio, getting made to redraw everything like that.

[@BingusWeeb]

Didn't know they made anime about mappa

[@USMC49er]

Congrats on Sadako on getting another job in the animation industry

[@kreggur2864]

Pretty cool how Cousin Itt got a job in the anime industry.

[@garzu3276]

I'm looking forward to it!❤️🥀🖤

[@hellaciousbluephlegmaneurysm]

i'm glad sadako found a hobby she enjoys

[@siempretrato]

When is it coming out

[@rizzlord678]

Hey umm When are you Releasing?

[@Uufda651]

Looking forward to it!

[@KuruGDI]

An Anime about making Animes. I hope they also explore the horrible conditions that are in this industry now and not just make it into a fairy tale.

[@luckinowayomg]

The Grudge is getting an anime! IM SO EXCITED!!!

[@ro-ce8vg]

I’ll watch the start of it before passing judgement but if the whole show is “director who abuses her staff but thinks it’s okay because she also abuses herself” that’s gonna suck so hard

[@bloodthristyvalentines]

Mappa the animation

[@t-marjo6624]

Hope this comes out soon cause I'm gonna watch the hell out of this!!

[@Kinomi144]

Mappa done press "report body" right after killing it 😂

[@furiouploads]

This reminds me of Animation runner Kurumi .

[@Anexis-]

Mappa arc 💀

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

I was hoping for a second season of keep your hands off Eizoukan but this looks pretty freakin awesome

[@Lazh-_-]

It is an interesting premise!

[@misterwacky3186]

I gotta hand it to Mappa, their work is a marvel.

[@pastelcatnip]

On the one hand, this looks cool and the animation is really smooth. But also the irony of Mappa making this is pretty rich

[@fuschiaboystatus1289]

When the series finishes, she'll pull her hair back, and we find out it's our little anime making gremlin, Asakusa Midori from Keep your hands off of eizouken 🥲

[@AmvParacosm9]

YAY more animation themes!

[@MEXTguide_yoyo]

this looks like it'll be special

[@capscaps04]

This actually looks really good.

[@ShinbouKoch]

I want to watch this !

[@Rey7Ray]

Crazy too see sadako(from the ring)` has to switch genres these days

[@Cococrash11]

Awesome ZENSHU Official Trailer.

[@kayluh-jv1fz]

Mappa is making this as well 😭 insane dirty work Look interesting tho

[@PhantomHavok]

Oh my God! Where's your faaaace!?

[@beanpasteposts]

I'm gettng Shirobako meets New Game vibes, but more about the overworking aspect of working at a studio. Can't wait!

[@lostpilgrimmedia_uk]

Looks amazing....can't wait

[@Galahaddruid]

That one seems to be really meta, very interesting.

[@malachitejade2182]

Nice, a main character that we'll barely ever get to see her face

[@Flamemonkez8]

Does it not feel weird to wear headphones over your hoodie?