Japanese studio MAPPA has already produced the smash hit series Attack on Titan, meaning their latest release arrives with a fair amount of buzz.
Based on the manga series by Tatsuki Fujimoto it looks set to be a gruesome and violent affair, focusing on a devil hunter who’s brought back from the dead with the power to pull a cord on his chest and become human-devil hybrid with a chainsaw for a head.
New details for the series were released this month, including a sense of when we can expect the show to be available and who’s in the cast, with a new trailer showing us the sort of carnage to come.
Here’s everything you need to know about the highly anticipated anime series Chainsaw Man.
Chainsaw Man release date
It’s been a long road since the Chainsaw Man series was announced, but we now have confirmation that the anime will air on streaming service Crunchyroll in October 2022.
We haven’t got an exact air date confirmed just yet, but expect one to be announced soon. We’ll keep this page updated as soon as a release date is confirmed.
Chainsaw Man characters and cast
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MAPPA recently announced the central voice cast for the series, which will include Kikunosuke Toya (Tokyo 24th Ward) as Denji, Tomori Kusunoki (Tiger & Bunny) as Makima, Shogo Sakata (Pokemon & My Hero Academia) as Aki Hayakawa, and Fairouz Ai Kadota (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean) as Power.
Meanwhile we know that there is an impressive team of anime veterans behind the camera, including director Ryu Nakamura (Jujutsu Kaisen), scriptwriter Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan) and action director Tatsuya Yoshihara (Black Clover).
We also know that Kensuke Ushio (Devilman Crybaby) will compose the score, while Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) and Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Devilman Crybaby) will design the characters and devils respectively.
Here are all the main characters, devils and human-devil chainsaw hybrids we know will appear in the series:
Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
Chainsaw Man is set in a world where devils are born from human fears, but can form contracts with humans to allow them to use a portion of their power.
Young, depressed teenager Denji is attempting to pay back his deceased father’s debt to the yakuza by working as a devil hunter, with a little help from the dog-like Chainsaw Devil Pochita. However, after the yakuza beray Denji and allow a devil to kill him, Pochita forms a contract, sacrificing himself to revive his dead friend and also gift Denji his powers.
Denji can now pull a cord on his chest and become Chainsaw Man, a human-devil hybrid with a chainsaw for a head and two chainsaw blades on his arms, and becomes a Public Safety Devil Hunter for the government.
Tomori Kusunoki as Makima
Makima is a mysterious woman in her twenties, who also works as a Public Safety Devil Hunter. Denji is in love with Makima – which she is well aware of, using her attraction to him to control him and using Chainsaw Man for her own ambiguous ends.
Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa
Aki is a Public Safety Devil Hunter also, working with Denji in Makima’s special Division 4 squad. Like Denji’s contract with Pochita, Aki has a contract with the Curse Devil and Future Devil, allowing him to use a powerful spike in exchange for his lifespan and see a few seconds into the future.
A dependable devil hunter, Aki begins to open up to Denji while the two are alone and later proves he cares about deeply about him and Power, despite frequent arguments.
Fairouz Ai Kadota as Power
Good friends with fellow Public Safety Officers Denji and Aki, Power is a young woman with pink hair who can turn into a blood fiend with red horns. Power is extremely violent and self-motivated at first, not caring for anyone other than her cat, but eventually forms a bond with Denji and Aki who become her first friends.
Chainsaw Man trailer
A new trailer for Chainsaw Man was released in August 2022, giving us a brand-new look at the series before it becomes available in October.
Chainsaw Man will air in October 2022. Check out the rest of our Sci-fi and Fantasy coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what’s on tonight.
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