Synopsis
Chainsaw Man is what happens when a shonen battle series stops pretending it has any manners. Denji is a broke teenager drowning in debt, kept alive by his chainsaw-devil pet Pochita — until a betrayal fuses them into a creature who can pull a cord in his chest and turn into the Chainsaw Devil. Recruited by a government devil-hunting agency, he discovers his dreams are almost insultingly small: food, sleep, and maybe someone to touch him. The horror around him has other plans. Tatsuki Fujimoto writes it with a manic, unpredictable energy that swings from grotesque body-horror to deadpan comedy to sudden, genuine heartbreak, often in the same chapter. Nothing is safe and no one is protected by plot armor, which is exactly why it hooks so hard. The manga's first arc is complete and its second is ongoing; the anime adaptation covers the early story and is the gentlest way in. Read or watch — just know that Chainsaw Man is at its best when you have no idea what it's about to do next. It rarely does.
Details
Format
MANGA
Status
FINISHED
Chapters
232
Volumes
24
Started
2018
Finished
2026
Production
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Full Credits
- Hiroshi SekoSeries Composition
- Yuusuke TakedaArt Director
- Hiroshi SekoScript (eps 1-12)
- Jarrod GreeneADR Script (ep. 11)
- Jarrod GreeneADR Script Supervisor (English)
- Masayoshi TanakaKey Animation (ep 8)
- Hironori TanakaAnimation Director (eps 3, 9)
- Hironori TanakaKey Animation (PV, eps 3, 9)
- Toshiyuki SatouKey Animation (eps 4, 7, 11)
- Hisashi MoriKey Animation (ep 8)
- Tatsuya YoshiharaKey Animation (PV, eps 1, 2, 12)
- Mike McFarlandADR Director (English)
- Massimo Di BenedettoADR Director (Italian)
- MAXIMUM THE HORMONETheme Song Performance (ED3)
- MAXIMUM THE HORMONEInsert Song Performance (eps 7, 9)
- MAXIMUM THE HORMONETheme Song Composition (ED3)
- MAXIMUM THE HORMONETheme Song Lyrics (ED3)
- Hironori TanakaEpisode Director (ep 3)
- Hironori TanakaStoryboard (eps 3, 9)
- Hironori TanakaLayout Supervisor (ep 9)
- Takeru SatouEpisode Director (eps 8, 11)
- AimerTheme Song Performance (ED9)
- Tatsuya YoshiharaEpisode Director (eps 4, 10)
- Tatsuya YoshiharaAction Director
- Tatsuya YoshiharaStoryboard (eps 4, 10)
