The wait for Chainsaw Man‘s anime is coming closer and closer to an end, as the series spilled more details to us during its special live stream on August 5, with details on the show’s cast, and finally revealing that the anime is set to debut in October 2022, during the Fall Anime Season!
The cast features Kikunosuke Toya as Denji, Tomori Kusunoki as Makima, Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa, and Fairouz Ai as Power! If you don’t recognize Kikunosuke Toya, that’s because he hasn’t had that many roles in anime yet, so this is his first big role in an anime, and it’s as everyone’s favorite boy, Denji!
Chainsaw Man rips its way into an anime debut, in October later this year.
▍Chainsaw Man New Trailer
▍Chainsaw Man Unveiled Cast Members
■ Denji – CV: Kikunosuke Toya
■ Makima – CV: Tomori Kusunoki
■ Aki Hayakawa – CV: Shogo Sakata
■ Power – CV: Fairouz Ai
▍Chainsaw Man Story
Chainsaw Man is a manga series following Denji, a 16-year-old boy abandoned by his father and has to pay off his debts to the Yakuza. After he meets a tiny devil named Pochita, he becomes a devil hunter for the Yakuza to clear his debt. After a series of mishaps and gruesome violence, Denji is then recruited by Makima from the Public Safety Division to hunt devils for them.
The series was nominated for the 13th Manga Taisho awards in 2019, won the best Shonen Manga category at the 66th Shogakukan Manga awards, along with many other accolades, and is even nominated for the 2022 Eisner Award.
▍Chainsaw Man Staff and Production
Original Work: Tatsuki Fujimoto
Director: Ryū Nakayama
Script: Hiroshi Seko
Character Design: Kazutaka Sugiyama
Action Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Chief production: Makoto Nakazono
Demon Design: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda
Color Design: Naomi Nakano
Screen Design: Yohei Miyahara
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Animation Producer: Keisuke Seshita
Animation: MAPPA
▍Chainsaw Man Cast
■ Denji – CV: Kikunosuke Toya
■ Makima – CV: Tomori Kusunok
■ Aki Hayakawa – CV: Shogo Sakata
■ Power – CV: Fairouz Ai