Crunchyroll announced on Monday that the Chainsaw Man anime adaptation is coming to their streaming platform. The anime will be available in all Crunchyroll territories except Asia. It will also have dubs in English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and German. Crunchyroll also confirmed that the Chainsaw Man anime will air some time this year, but a specific season hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Studio MAPPA is producing the anime adaptation with Ryuu Nakayama directing the series. Previously, Nakayama directed the music video “raison d’etre” for the artist Eve. He also did key animation, episode direction, and storyboarding for Jujutsu Kaisen and The Rising of the Shield Hero.
Other staff involved with the Chainsaw Man anime include:
- Chief Episode Director: Makoto Nakazono
- Screenplay: Hiroshi Seko
- Art Director: Yusuke Takeda
- Character Design: Kazutaka Sugiyama
- Devil Design: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Action Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
- Music: Kensuke Ushio
The original manga is created by Tastuki Fujimoto. He is also known for the manga series Fire Punch along with two recent one-shot stories, Look Back and Goodbye Eri.
Shueisha published the first part of the Chainsaw Man manga from December 2018 to December 2020. According to Shuhei Hosono, editor of Shonen Jump+, part two will begin serializing early summer this year. VIZ Media releases the English version of the manga, with volume 11 coming June 7, 2022.
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