To begin airing in Japan later this year, Chainsaw Man is an action horror anime based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch; Look Back; Goodbye, Eri). CrunchyRoll has today confirmed they have acquired the streaming rights to the show, and will be offering it as a simulcast upon its original Japanese airing, “in more than 200 countries and territories around the world” and are already committing the resources to provide the show with not only the original Japanese voice overs, but also with English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and German dubbing.
The Chainsaw Man anime is being produced by MAPPA (Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association), the studio previously behind the likes of Attack on Titan Final Season, Jujutsu Kaisen and Yuri!!! on Ice. The series is being helmed by director Ryū Nakayama (Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia; The Rising of the Shield Hero), with a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan Final Season; Mob Psycho 100; Banana Fish) and character designs by Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation).
Other creative talents include devil designs by Kiyotaka Oshiyama (The Wind Rises; The Secret World of Arrietty; Space Dandy), art direction by Yusuke Takeda (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-; Sword Art Online; Penguin Highway), and music composed by Kensuke Ushio (The Heike Story; Devilman: Crybaby; Space Dandy).
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.
Asa Suehira – Chief Content Officer at Crunchyroll
About Chainsaw Man
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.
