Japanese animation studio MAPPA will absorb its group company Contrail through a merger, consolidating management and legal responsibilities under MAPPA while maintaining Contrail's studio brand, according to a merger notice published in the Kanpo (Official Gazette) on February 25. Under the merger, MAPPA will inherit all rights and obligations of Contrail, and Contrail will be dissolved as a legal entity. However, Contrail's founder and director Sunao Katabuchi clarified on social me...