The highly awaited TV anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man is coming this October, with Kikunosuke Toya as the voice of Denji.
By: Nicole S. Castro on August 5, 2022 at 19:18 PHT
The main promotional video has been released for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's hit manga series Chainsaw Man.
The anime is produced by studio MAPPA and is scheduled to air on TV in October 2022. An advanced world premiere will take place on Sept. 19, 2022 at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.
Chainsaw Man follows the story of Denji (CV: Kikunosuke Toya), a poor young man who forms a contract with the dog-like devil Pochita. After Pochita fuses with Denji, Denji gains the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws. He eventually joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government agency focused on fighting against devils whenever they pose a threat to the world.
The third trailer below features English subtitles.
Cast
Denji (CV: Kikunosuke Toya)
Makima (CV: Tomori Kusunoki)
Aki Hayakawa (CV: Shogo Sakata)
Power (CV: Fairouz Ai)
Chainsaw Man (Japanese: チェンソーマン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It has been serialized since 2018. The first part was published in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump (from December 2018 to December 2020), while the second part is currently serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online magazine (as of July 2022). The official English translation is licensed by Viz Media.
In 2021, it won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category, as well as the Harvey Awards in the Best Manga category.
Staff
Original story: Tatsuki Fujimoto (serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+)
Director: Ryu Nakayama
Script: Hiroshi Seko
Character design: Kazutaka Sugiyama
Action director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Chief director: Makoto Nakazono
Devil design: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Art director: Yusuke Takeda
Color design: Naomi Nakano
Screen designer: Yohei Miyahara
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Animation producer: Keisuke Seshita
Production: MAPPA
Source: Chainsaw Man official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
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Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.
