As part of Jump Festa 2022, today announcedthat an anime adaptation of “Chainsaw Man” would be broadcast on Japanese television during the following year. You can check out a new teaser further down in this article.
Anime is made on MAPPA
“Chainsaw Man” is directed by Ryu Nakayama (“Raison d’etre”) at MAPPA Studio (“Attack on Titan: Final Season”, “Jujutsu Cassen”). Hiroshi Seiko (“Attack on Titan: Final Season”) is writing the script, while Tatsuya Yoshihara is the action director.
Kazutaka Sugiyama (“Mushoku Tensei”) contributes to the character design. Kensuke Ushio (»Japan Sync: 2020«) is responsible for the background music. Details on the Japanese voice actors and a specific start date are still pending.
The anime is based on a manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto that was published in “Weekly Shnen Jump” magazine between December 2018 and December 2020. The second part will debut in the “Shonen Jump+” app in the summer of 2022. The work of the Egmont manga is published in this country.
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Plot:
Denji’s greatest desire is to lead a completely normal life. But he has not received anything from his father except the mafia loan. When Denji saves the life of the little devil Pochita, he gives him the ability to transform into Chainsaw Man. It doesn’t take long for the government to come to know about the boy chained to the head…
© Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha
