Chainsaw Man – Crunchyroll Fall 2022 Spotlight
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 Time: October 11 at 9:00am PT
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS
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.
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)
Original Creator
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Director
Ryu Nakayama (JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 19 Director)
Screenplay
Hiroshi Seko (Mob Psycho 100, JUJUTSU KAISEN)
Character Design
Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)
Action Animation Director
Tatsuya Yoshihara (Black Clover, Yatterman Night)
Assistant Director
Masato Nakazono (JUJUTSU KAISEN, SSSS.Gridman)
Devil Design
Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip Flappers, Space 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 Voice, Devilman 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
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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