Serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, Tatsuki Fujimoto’s “Chainsaw Man” (チェンソーマン) horror manga is getting a TV anime produced by MAPPA. A teaser visual has been revealed for the announcement.
▍About the Series
Written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Tatsuki Fujimoto was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from December 2018 to December 2020. Its chapters have been collected in nine tankōbon volumes as of November 2020. A second part has been announced and it will be serialized in Shōnen Jump+ online magazine. The manga had over 5 million copies in circulation as of December 2020.
The story is set in a world where Devils, born from human fears, cause harm to humans, who seek to exterminate them. Denji is a young, depressed man who is attempting to pay back his deceased father’s debt to the yakuza by selling several of his organs and working as a devil hunter. Denji also owns a dog called Pochita, who is actually a devil that resembles a chainsaw and assists Denji in his work.
During a job, Denji is killed by the devil, and Pochita severely injured. But the two have previously made a deal that allows Pochita to merge with Denji, reviving him as a human-devil hybrid with Pochita’s chainsaw ability. Denji kills the devil that killed him, and is then approached by a team of governmental devil hunters, who persuade Denji to become a part of their organization.
