Do you think the AoT team for MAPPA has had more time to make the 2nd part of the season compared to the last part?
It's just that I see Jujutsu's and Chainsaw's animation and wonder why AoT didn't get the same treatment, so I came to the conclusion that maybe it was the time invested.
Don't get me wrong I am extremely happy that MAPPA was the only one to accept the work, wich I know is long and hard to do, to top it off, we recently knew that their worker's conditions are the best so it's understandable.
I'm going to point you to two videos if you'd like an explanation of why and how Attack on Titan is suffering quality-wise. The first is about the studio in general (which is also a bit of a love letter to my favorite director, Maseo Maruama) :
The Two Sides of Studio MAPPA | Anime Studio Spotlight
MAPPA studio began to change in 2017 when Maruama exited and Manabu Otsuka become president. While Maruama's focus was "make anime we love and are enthusiastic about", Otsuka's was simply to make more anime. This was triggered at least in part by the success of "Yuri on Ice", which suffered in quality yet was still a hit. If you want to jump to that, it's just after the 10 minute mark but at 16:06 the conversation shifts specifically to Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen. The td:dr is that mediocre anime is often good enough to make money. Rather than fight the evils of the current anime climate, MAPPA is trying to work with it, maybe even embrace it. They are doing too many shows, relying too much on outsourcing, working people too hard, and perpetuating and contributing to a climate that was already exploitative and unfair.
The second video is specific to the situation regarding Attack of Titan, why MAPPA took it, why problems persist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNTtS37Lzqc&t=6s
Both videos are by The Canipa Effect, which I highly recommend.
Thanks for the ask!!
