Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man is a 2022 anime series based on the manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was serialized and published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from December 3, 2018 to December 14, 2020. It was then transferred to be serialized on the Shōnen Jump+ magazine on July 13, 2022.

The anime series was announced on December 14, 2020.^[1] It was animated by MAPPA, directed by Ryū Nakayama, and it premiered in Japan from on October 12, 2022 to December 28, 2022, consisting of 12 episodes. An upcoming film of the series titled Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc was announced at Jump Festa '24 on December 17, 2023.

Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English Dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on October 25, 2022.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Synopsis

Denji is a destitute young man who lives in a world filled with bloodthirsty monsters called Devils. One day, he befriends Pochita, who is a Devil dog-thing that is also a literal chainsaw. If that wasn't already a weird, things take a real turn when Denji is murdered by gangsters, and Pochita fuses with his soul to save his life. This turns the perpetually hungry and horny Denji into the titular Chainsaw Man, who ends up hunting other Devils for the enigmatic Makima, a woman who works for a governmental bureau of Devil Hunters, and strings Denji along with vague promises of sex and fortune, even as she treats him as little more than a dog himself.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Denji	Kikunosuke Toya	Ryan Colt Levy
	Denji	Marina Inoue (young)	Ciarán Strange
	Aki Hayakawa	Shōgo Sakata	Reagan Murdock
	Aki Hayakawa	Ayumu Murase (young; ep. 5)	Bryson Baugus
	Power	Fairouz Ai	Sarah Wiedenheft
	Makima	Tomori Kusunoki	Suzie Yeung
Secondary Characters
	Kishibe	Kenjirō Tsuda	Jason Douglas
	Pochita	Shiori Izawa	Lindsay Seidel
4th Special Division
	Himeno	Mariya Ise	Katelyn Barr
	Kobeni Higashiyama	Karin Takahashi	Bryn Apprill
	Hirokazu Arai	Taku Yashiro	Jarrod Greene
Yakuzas
	Samurai Sword	Daiki Hamano	Jason Marnocha
	Akane Sawatari	Yō Taichi	Emi Lo
Recurring Characters
	Michiko Tendo	Hitomi Ueda	Christina Kelly
	Yutaro Kurose	Kengo Kawanishi	Adam Gibbs
Devils
	Ghost Devil	Hiroko Kiso	Brandi Price
	Eternity Devil	Masao Komaya Hironori Kondō Kozue Saitō Yū Sasahara	Abigail Blythe Lisette Monique Diaz Ariel Graham Bradley Gareth Kelly Greenshield Christopher Lee Johnson James Larabee Morgan Larabee Charles Nguyen William Ofoegbu Davon Oliver Grant Paulsen Jessica Peterson Matt Sinclair Rachel Thompson Ashe Thurman

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Zombie Devil	Kōki Miyata	Linda Young	1
Henchman	Takashi Uezumiya	Cory J. Phillips
Tomato Devil	Hinata Tadokoro	Kristian Eros
Makima's Subordinates	Takuya Nakashima	Alex Hom
Makima's Subordinates	Mitsutoshi Shundō	Nicholas Markgraf	1-2
Pincer Fiend	Motoki Sakuma	Landon McDonald	2
Devil Hunter	Yoshihito Sasaki	Ethan Gallardo
Clerk	Takehiro Hasu	Comona Lewin
Bat Devil	Kenichirō Matsuda	Gabe Kunda	3-4
Leech Devil	Uko Tachibana	Corey Pettit	4
Fox Devil	Yūko Kaida	Natalie Van Sistine	4, 8
Taiyo Hayakawa	Mana Nakatomi	Erin Kelly Noble	5
Fushi	Chikahiro Kobayashi	Christopher Wehkamp	7
Division 4 Members	Tsuyoshi Kurosawa	Marc Swint
Division 4 Members	Satsuki Kokubu	Marisa Duran
Madoka	Tadashi Mutou	Aaron Campbell	7, 9
Shuzo Mishima		Chris Cason	9
Angel Devil	Maaya Uchida	Casey Mongillo	10
Shark Fiend	Natsuki Hanae	Derick Snow	11
Violence Fiend	Yūya Uchida	Josh Bangle
Spider Devil	Saori Gotō	Julie Shields
Future Devil	Hiroki	Landon McDonald
Furuno	Soungdok	Anthony DiMascio
Reze	Reina Ueda	Alexis Tipton	12