Manabu Ootsuka

Began his career in animation at Studio 4Chttps://anilist.co/studio/13/ where he worked on projects like Genius Party Beyondhttps://anilist.co/anime/6795/. In 2011 he was handpicked by then president Masao Maruyamahttps://anilist.co/staff/103170/ to join Mappahttps://anilist.co/studio/569/ as a producer. He then went on to work as an animation producer on numerous titles such as Kids on the Slopehttps://anilist.co/anime/12531/ Terror in Resonancehttps://anilist.co/anime/20661/ and Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesishttps://anilist.co/anime/20590/. In April 2016 Maruyama handed Ootsuka the reigns of the studio and he took on the role of a producer and the CEO.