I will state that Chainsaw man though was based off of one of the biggest shounen manga coming out right now (so its pretty much an anime adaptation of an already popular series just in another medium), though Fujimoto definitely not a conventional shounen manga artist and probably is one of the best cartoonists working in Japan today, h…
I will state that Chainsaw man though was based off of one of the biggest shounen manga coming out right now (so its pretty much an anime adaptation of an already popular series just in another medium), though Fujimoto definitely not a conventional shounen manga artist and probably is one of the best cartoonists working in Japan today, his art and storytelling is top notch while at the same time he's able to appeal to a broad audience. The risk taking was on the part of Shounen Jump for publishing and nurturing his talent...
There was a ton of brand recognition behind Chainsaw Man, for sure. The main gamble of the anime was in the financing method: MAPPA fully self-funded it, so if it underperformed in any way, the losses were all theirs. There was a big marketing campaign, too. Not many anime studios take such a serious risk, but it seems to have paid off okay in the end, probably (as you said) because of the fame of Fujimoto and his series.
I will state that Chainsaw man though was based off of one of the biggest shounen manga coming out right now (so its pretty much an anime adaptation of an already popular series just in another medium), though Fujimoto definitely not a conventional shounen manga artist and probably is one of the best cartoonists working in Japan today, his art and storytelling is top notch while at the same time he's able to appeal to a broad audience. The risk taking was on the part of Shounen Jump for publishing and nurturing his talent...
There was a ton of brand recognition behind Chainsaw Man, for sure. The main gamble of the anime was in the financing method: MAPPA fully self-funded it, so if it underperformed in any way, the losses were all theirs. There was a big marketing campaign, too. Not many anime studios take such a serious risk, but it seems to have paid off okay in the end, probably (as you said) because of the fame of Fujimoto and his series.