As part of the Jump Festa 2022, today announcedthat the anime adaptation of “Chainsaw Man” will air on Japanese television in the course of next year. You can see a new teaser further down in this article.
Anime is created at MAPPA
“Chainsaw Man” is directed by Ryuu Nakayama (“raison d’etre”) in the MAPPA studio (“Attack on Titan: Final Season”, “Jujutsu Kaisen”). Hiroshi Seko (“Attack on Titan: Final Season”) is writing the script, while Tatsuya Yoshihara is the action director.
Kazutaka Sugiyama (“Mushoku Tensei”) contributes the character design. Kensuke Ushio (»Japan sinks: 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 between December 2018 and December 2020 in “Weekly Shonen Jump” magazine. A second part will start in the summer of 2022 in the “Shonen Jump +” app. In this country the work of Egmont Manga is published.
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Teaser:
Plot:
Denji’s greatest wish is to lead a completely normal life. But he has inherited nothing from his father but debts to the mafia. When Denji saves the life of the little devil Pochita, he gives him the ability to transform into the Chainsaw Man. It doesn’t take long before the government becomes aware of the boy with the chainsaw for his head …
© Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha
