The Chainsaw Man anime based on Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga revealed a brand new trailer!
The trailer gives us a sneak peek at the voices of several of the show’s characters and also reveals the show’s opening theme song “KICK BACK” by Kenshi Yonezu. Five new cast members for the anime were also revealed, including Shiori Izawa as Pochita, Mariya Ise as Himeno, Karin Takahashi as Kobeni Higashiyama, Taku Yashiro as Hirokazu Arai, and Tsuda Kenjiro as Kishibe.
Mappa’s also pulling out all the stops with the Chainsaw Man anime, with the show having 12 different ending theme songs, one for each episode by several artists! More on the artists and ending theme songs are below.
Chainsawman Debuts on October 11.
▍Chainsaw Man Trailer
▍Chainsaw Man Ending Theme Songs
Usually, you see an anime having maybe two theme songs during its run in a season, but Chainsaw Man is going all out with 12 different theme songs per episode, likely to help convey the emotions and mood at the end of each new episode! Here are the songs, and the artists involved!
■ “200 Million Centimeters on the Edge” (刃渡り2億センチ) by Maximum The Hormone
■ “ALL KINDS OF KISSES” (ちゅ、多様性) by ano
■ “Fight Song” (ファイトソング) by Eve
■ “Deep down” by Aimer
■ “Cerebral Rendezvous” (大脳的なランデブー) by Kanaria
■ “In the Back Room” by syudou
■ “Violence” by Queen Bee
■ “time left” (残機) by ZUTOMAYO
■ “first death” by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure
■ “tablet” (錠剤) TOOBOE
■ “CHAINSAW BLOOD” by Vaundy
■ “DOGLAND” by PEOPLE 1
▍Chainsaw Man New Cast Members
■ Pochita – CV: Shiori Izawa
■ Himeno – CV: Mariya Ise
■ Kobeni Higashiyama – CV: Karin Takahashi
■ Hirokazu Arai – CV: Taku Yashiro
■ Kishibe – CV: Tsuda Kenjiro
▍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 Anime 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 Anime Cast
■ Denji – CV: Kikunosuke Toya
■ Makima – CV: Tomori Kusunok
■ Aki Hayakawa – CV: Shogo Sakata
■ Power – CV: Fairouz Ai
■ Pochita – CV: Shiori Izawa
■ Himeno – CV: Mariya Ise
■ Kobeni Higashiyama – CV: Karin Takahashi
■ Hirokazu Arai – CV: Taku Yashiro
■ Kishibe – CV: Tsuda Kenjiro