🎬 On June 19, MAPPA throws open its 15th-anniversary vault on YouTube, and Japanese fans have already turned it into a betting pool. The catch? Half the card is basically a done deal. Here's what's a lock, what fans are quietly praying for, and the one dream that is never walking back through that door.
The favorites are half-spoiled already
The "MAPPA 15th Anniversary Lineup Presentation" streams June 19 at 8 p.m. Japan time on the studio's official YouTube channel. Voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda hosts, Kotono Mitsuishi narrates, and the music duo PEOPLE 1 wrote an original anniversary song, "Seikatsu," that scores a new MAPPA-made anniversary movie premiering during the show.
Here's the funny part: MAPPA has already spoiled a big chunk of its own surprise. The official program openly lists segments for Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan: The Final Season, the baseball comedy Oblivion Battery, and Ranma 1/2, whose third season is billed, in so many words, as finally raising the curtain. On top of that, the studio promises "new information" on Chainsaw Man and Dorohedoro, plus one unannounced new project.
So the real game isn't whether these titles show up. It's what's inside each box. Run the card like Japanese fans do, from the safe bet to the impossible dream:
| Odds | Title | Why fans rate it there |
|---|---|---|
| ◎ Lock | Ranma 1/2 S3, Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan | Already named on the official program |
| ◎ Lock | Dorohedoro, Oblivion Battery S2 | "New information" confirmed |
| ◯ Strong | Chainsaw Man: Assassins Arc | Teaser PV already released |
| ◯ Strong | Jujutsu Kaisen: Culling Game | Theatrical preview ran in late 2025 |
| ▲ Long shot | Vinland Saga S3, Hell's Paradise S3 | Wanted hard, never announced |
| ★ Dream | Yuri!!! on ICE movie | Officially cancelled in 2024 |
The runner-up everyone's actually watching: more Chainsaw Man
If there's one reveal fans are bracing for, it's the next chapter of Denji's story. The reason is simple math. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, which opened in Japan in September 2025, became one of the biggest anime films of the year. It cleared more than ¥10 billion (around $67 million) at home and pulled in close to $185 million worldwide, even topping the North American box office on its opening weekend. It started streaming on Crunchyroll on April 30, 2026, with the TV seasons also on Hulu, so the global fanbase is fully caught up and hungry.
MAPPA has already teased a follow-up called the Assassins Arc, so the betting money says June 19 brings either a firm date for that, a new TV season, or another film. Nobody expects the studio to let this property cool off after Reze.
Jujutsu Kaisen and the long road to the Culling Game
The second heavy favorite is Jujutsu Kaisen. The program lists a talk segment, and the timing lines up: in late 2025 MAPPA ran a theater event pairing a recut of the Shibuya Incident with an advance look at the next arc, the Culling Game. For a manga-reading audience that knows exactly how brutal that arc gets, an official animation announcement feels less like a prediction and more like an inevitability. The series streams internationally on Crunchyroll, which keeps the global hype synced with Japan's.
The wishlist: sequels fans keep hitting refresh for
Now the softer bets: real fan demand, no official word.
Top of that pile is Vinland Saga Season 3. MAPPA handled the quietly devastating second season back in 2023, the source manga is finished, and the story is far from over, yet there's been no announcement. Every MAPPA anniversary, the "maybe this year" chorus starts up again.
Right behind it is Hell's Paradise Season 3. Season 2 aired in early 2026 and the manga's final showdown is still un-animated, so fans see an opening, even if MAPPA's packed schedule makes the timing anyone's guess. And then there's the wildcard nobody can predict: a brand-new original IP. MAPPA doesn't only adapt manga (Zombie Land Saga was its own creation), so if that mystery "new project" turns out to be something fully original, that's the surprise of the night.
The dream that won't come, and the jokes that will
Every betting card has a horse that can't win. Here, it's the Yuri!!! on ICE film. The completely original movie, ICE ADOLESCENCE, was announced back in 2017, delayed for years, and then officially cancelled in April 2024. Cruelly, 2026 is the show's 10th anniversary, marked with a Blu-ray box and an exhibition. That's just enough to keep a flicker of hope alive in the most loyal fans, even though the movie itself is dead. Expect it to get "summoned" in the replies anyway, half as a joke and half as a genuine ache.
The rest of the meme tier writes itself: "skip the Culling Game and animate the Shinjuku Showdown already," "Attack on Titan ended, so obviously announce more Attack on Titan." Fans say these knowing full well they won't happen. That's the fun of it.
June 19, the answer key is almost here
What makes a single studio's lineup reveal a global event is that MAPPA has become a barometer for where anime is heading. Its biggest titles land on Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Netflix worldwide, often close to their Japanese debuts. When fans in Mexico City, Paris, and Tokyo all refresh the same YouTube premiere at the same moment, the line between "Japanese news" and "world news" basically disappears.
We'll post a follow-up once the stream airs to see how the betting card held up. Until then: in Japan, the favorites are Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen, and the dream is a movie that will never come. Where you live, which MAPPA title would you put your money on?
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