Chainsaw Man - Crunchyroll Fall 2022 Spotlight

Chainsaw Man

 

Believe it or not, it's finally time for Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga to shred its way to the screen. The anime adaptation by MAPPA starts RIGHT NOW on Crunchyroll as part of the Fall 2022 Lineup, and naturally that means we've got a spotlight for it! Let's take a closer look at what makes this series special and who's bringing it to life behind the scenes while we either prepare to watch or spend the rest of the day recovering from the first episode.

 

 

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Launch Info

 

Launch Time: October 11 at 9:00am PT
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS

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Synopsis

 

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. 
 

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart. 

 

Characters and Cast

 

Denji

VA: Kikunosuke Toya

 

 

Pochita

VA: Shiori Izawa (Nanachi in Made in Abyss)

 

 

Makima

VA: Tomori Kusunoki (Natsume in Deca-Dence)

 

 

Aki Hayakawa

VA: Shogo Sakata (Karin Sasaki in Fire Force)

 

 

Power

VA: Fairouz Ai (Jolyne Kujo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean)

 

 

Himeno

VA: Mariya Ise (Killua in Hunter x Hunter)

 

 

Kobeni

VA: Karin Takahashi (Suika in Dr.STONE)

 

 

Hirokazu Arai

VA: Taku Yashiro (Vulcan Joseph in Fire Force)

 

 

Kishibe

VA: Kenjiro Tsuda (Kento Nanami in JUJUTSU KAISEN)

 

 

Staff

 

Original Creator

Tatsuki Fujimoto

 

Director

Ryu Nakayama (JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 19 Director)

 

Screenplay

Hiroshi Seko (Mob Psycho 100JUJUTSU KAISEN)

 

Character Design

Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)

 

Action Animation Director

Tatsuya Yoshihara (Black CloverYatterman Night)

 

Assistant Director

Masato Nakazono (JUJUTSU KAISENSSSS.Gridman)

 

Devil Design

Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip FlappersSpace Dandy)

 

Background Art Director

Yusuke Takeda (Vinland Saga, JUJUTSU KAISEN)

 

Color Design

Naomi Nakano (Sword Art Online: Alicization

 

Screen Design

Yosuke Miyahara (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)

 

Music

Kensuke Ushio (A Silent VoiceDevilman Crybaby)

 

Opening Theme Performer

Kenshi Yonezu - "KICK BACK"

 

Ending Theme Performers

MAXIMUM THE HORMONE - “HAWATARI NIKU CENTI ("2-hundred-million-centimeter-long blades”)

ano - “ALL KINDS OF KISSES”

eve - “Fight Song”

Aimer - “Deep Down”

Kanaria - “Rendezvous”

syudou - “In the Back Room”

QUEEN BEE - “Violence”

ZUTOMAYO - “Time Left”

TK from Ling tosite sigure - “first death”

TOOBOE - “tablet”

Vaundy - “CHAINSAW BLOOD”

PEOPLE 1 - “DOGLAND”

 

Animation Producer

Keisuke Seshimo (JUJUTSU KAISEN

 

Animation Production

MAPPA

 

Additional Info

 

VIZ Media releases the manga in English, with all 11 volumes of Part 1 out now. Chainsaw Man Part 2 began serialization on the Shonen Jump+ digital manga magazine, Shonen Jump app and Manga Plus app on July 13.

 

According to the most recent numbers as of the Japanese launch of volume 12, pictured below, the manga has an impressive 16 million copies in circulation.

 

 

 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.


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