Crunchyroll has just announced that they will be streaming the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man. Chainsaw Man is based on the widely popular and award-winning manga of the same name. It is written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch; Look Back; Goodbye, Eri) and serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump. The series will be simulcast from Japan later this year, subtitled and dubbed, in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
Chainsaw Man
In a supernatural world of Devils manifested from the collective fears of humans, the series follows a teenage Devil Hunter named Denji. Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. He has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying a debt his father owed 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.” Now, he is a man with a devil’s heart.
Asa Suehira, Chief Content Officer at Crunchyroll, says:
“With dark humor, dynamic characters and a sharp story, Chainsaw Man is one of the most anticipated new series this year, and we are wickedly excited to bring it to fans on the Crunchyroll service. Anime fans will be up all night thinking about the spectacular visuals and high-octane action.”
Chainsaw Man is directed by Ryū Nakayama (Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia; The Rising of the Shield Hero). The screenplay is by Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan Final Season; Mob Psycho 100; Banana Fish). Character design is done by Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation), and the devil design is by Kiyotaka Oshiyama (The Wind Rises; The Secret World of Arrietty; Space Dandy). Art direction for Chainsaw Man is by Yusuke Takeda (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-; Sword Art Online; Penguin Highway), and the music composed by Kensuke Ushio (The Heike Story; Devilman: Crybaby; Space Dandy).
The animation is produced by MAPPA (Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association), the prestigious anime studio from Japan known for Attack on Titan Final Season, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Yuri!!! on Ice, and the upcoming Hell’s Paradise. MAPPA also released the global box office sensation Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has become one of the top five highest-grossing anime movies in the US, one of the top 10 highest-grossing anime movies in the world, and one of the top 20 highest-grossing movies in Japan.
Fans can watch Chainsaw Man streaming later this year, exclusively on Crunchyroll!
