MAPPA Owns the Anime Land Grab

Published: 2026-10-01T01:44:17.626Z

Studios are shifting from licensing to owning their shows, and as MAPPA leads that move, Netflix's anime viewing growth outpaces the platform overall, a signal that ownership, not just distribution, n

MAPPA leads anime's shift from licensing to owning Anime beat every other genre on Asian streamers from July 2025 to August 2026, and Netflix's anime viewing grew nine times faster than the platform overall, per Media Partners Asia's "The Anime Econom Source: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/jujutsu-kaisen-mappa-anime-lead-streaming-1236865122/
By the Numbers: anime on Netflix this week On Netflix Japan, the week's anime chart ran Detective Conan the Counterfeit Case of Ultra 30 (#1), Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid- (#4), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (#9). Source: Ne Source: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/top10#week-2026-09-27
By the Numbers: anime trending on Kitsu Kitsu's trending anime list on 2026-10-01 ranked Attack on Titan (#1), My Hero Academia (#2), Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 3 (#3), That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 (#6) Source: https://kitsu.io/explore/anime#trend-7442-11469-49002-49235-12

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