Chainsaw Man Anime Premieres October 12 – Visual, Cast & Trailer Revealed

The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man has announced that the series will premiere on October 12th. In addition, a brand new visual, main cast, and trailer were also revealed.

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The Chainsaw Man anime will premiere at midnight on Tuesday, October 11 (effectively Wednesday, October 12) JST on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Kyushu. The anime will also be simulcasted on Amazon Prime Video.

The main cast of the anime has been revealed alongside the first look at the character designs:

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  • Ai Fairouz (Jolyne Kuujou from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean) joins the cast to voice Power

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  • Shougo Sakata (Ranmaru Ai in Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu) as Aki Hayakawa

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The third trailer has been released for the upcoming anime:

Trailer 2:

Here is the first PV:

The leading members of anime’s production staff include:

  • Chief Director: Makoto Nakazono (Jujutsu Kaisen and DARLING in the FRANXX Episode Director)
  • Director: Ryu Nakayama (Wake Up, Girls! and Gamers! Assistant Animation Director)
  • Series Composer: Hiroshi Seko (Mob Psycho 100Attack on Titan: Final Season)
  • Anime Character Designer: Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei)
  • Art Director: Yusuke Takeda (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexGuilty Crown)
  • Music Composer: Kensuke Ushio (Liz to Aoi ToriKoe no Katachi)
  • Animation Studio: MAPPA (Yuri!! on Ice, Attack on Titan: Final Season)

Chainsaw Man is an action-adventure manga written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The series began in 2018 and is published by Shueisha in their Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. To date, a total of 11 volumes have been published, with the 11th volume set to release in Japan on January 4, 2021. Since its debut, the manga has received numerous nominations, including the 2019 Manga Taisho awards, the Tsutaya Comic Awards, and the upcoming Shogakukan Manga Awards. The manga has also reached over 11 million copies in circulation around the country.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

Unfortunately, he has outlived his usefulness and is murdered by a devil in contract with the yakuza. However, in an unexpected turn of events, Pochita merges with Denji’s dead body and grants him the powers of a chainsaw devil. Now able to transform parts of his body into chainsaws, a revived Denji uses his new abilities to quickly and brutally dispatch his enemies. Catching the eye of the official devil hunters who arrive at the scene, he is offered work at the Public Safety Bureau as one of them. Now with the means to face even the toughest of enemies, Denji will stop at nothing to achieve his simple teenage dreams.

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The TV anime adaptation of the Chainsaw Man will air every Tuesday at midnight JST (effectively Wednesday) on TV Tokyo from October 11th, during the Fall/Autumn 2022 anime season.

Visit the anime’s website here: https://chainsawman.dog/
And follow their Twitter here: @CHAINSAWMAN_PR

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