We all know, from time to time, anime lovers get amazing and mind blowing anime series that keep them hooked to Japanese animation. There are a lot of amazing manga but only the best one gets an anime adaptation. Luckily, the manga “Chainsaw Man” was written by Tatsuki Fujimoto, who was also the illustrator of this bewildering Piece of work.
In this article, you will find everything from the basic information of the manga to the date it’s going to be released and the things related to the anime that we have been provided with so far. In this article you will also get familiar with the plot and the popularity of the manga, Chainsaw Man, the awards it won, as well as the criticism it faced. In addition to this, you are also provided with the links to the tweets, twitter account for the latest and slightest detail and the link to the solution of your problem of wanting to watch Chainsaw Man so badly!
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RELEASE DATE
On December 14, 2020, it was announced for the first time that the amazing manga “Chainsaw Man” will be adapted into an anime under the production of MAPPA at JumpFesta’21. The platform used to make this announcement was Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine via its second 2021 issue. There was also a little stage presentation for the fans to watch online on December 19-20.
The anime series is expected to be premier in 2022 and all the fans are desperately waiting for it! Although it’s only fan’s guessing that the series will be released this year, there is no official confirmation. It can be released somewhere in the autumn 2022 to winter 2023!
This supernatural, somewhat weird but filled with absolute horror scenes manga was expected to release in the fall of 2021 but so far we have got it’s trailer released by the Japanese animation studio on the date, June 27,2021.
The second trailer was released at the end of the year, in December 2021 and it was confirmed around that time that the anime will come out in 2021 and fans have been desperately waiting for it.
PREDICTED PLOT
The plot of this manga is based on a very unique but interesting concept that human fears are no less than monsters. A lot of us suffer from overthinking and it’s more harmful and destructive than any other attack done by outsiders.
The plot of this manga portrayed the concept in the form of actual devils, merciless and hostile, beings formed by fears of humans and then there exists devil hunters who have the duty of taking the devils down.
The manga involves the concept of earth and hell, earth being the residential area for humans and hell is where the devils reside.
The devil that is killed in hell will get to travel to earth, but there are some devils called Primal Fears, who have never been taken down in hell and have the ultimate strength. As you can already tell by reading so far, it is not a series for weak hearted people as the manga contain violent scenes, dark humor and much more!
The story is much more than that. It actually revolves around a boy named Denji, who has Pochita along his side, a devil. Pochita is the chainsaw devil and helps Denji in his job as a devil hunter because he needs to pay off his dad’s debt to a yakuza, who, by the way, betrays him and after using him, gets rid of him.
Denji makes a contract with the devil Pochita and gets rid of the yakuza. The story moves forward in a complicated yet interesting way.
WHAT IS CHAINSAW MAN
The Japanese manga released its first chapter in December 2018 and continued for two years until it’s last chapter came out in December 2020. If we talk about how much content fans got out of this manga, it contains in total 11 tankobon volumes. Tankobon is an old japanese term and in modern japanese, it is used to refer to the individual volumes of a manga series.
This shonen manga won the 66th Shogakukan Manga award as well as the Harvey award for being the best manga of the year. This explains its adaptation to anime and the fans’ crazy obsession over it, right?
By August 2020, more than 3 million copies were sold and the number increased to 4.2 million by October. The number kept increasing and increasing until it reached almost 12 million copies by December 2021! How outstanding is that?
I mean there is a reason why the manga “Chainsaw Man” was the best selling manga in the early half of year 2021 and on top of that, the manga also made it to the New York’s graphics book and manga best seller
CRITICISM
The more something gets famous, the more hate it will get from the haters who are simply jealous of its success or maybe they think that the thing is being ‘Overrated”. Well It’s definitely not true for the Chainsaw Man. The manga deserved all the hype that was being given to it.
You must have heard about the great series, “Harry Potter”. Even though it got a lot of rejection and discouragement in the start, later it turned out to be one of the most iconic series. There is no doubt in the eminence of Chainsaw Man, however in the beginning, James Beckett from the Anime news network commented on the first volume of the manga and gave it merely a B grade.
He commented on the manga, saying its goofy, clunky, dark, and bizarre, hinting towards the fact that it will attract low or immature audiences only. It was also said that it’s dark sense of humour and the violent scenes will put off the readers and make it less appealing for the fans. Little did he know, we are ready for everything!
The manga was criticised in different ways and on different points. However, will the anime adaptation of the manga be good enough to make all fans satisfied? We can only know about it when it will be released!
PREDICTED CREW
Director:
Ryū Nakayama
The director of this marvellous anime is thought to be Ryū Nakayama who has directed many amazing anime series like the comedy series Barakamon, Black Clover, Kill la Kill, Sword Art Online and many more! By judging from his previous work, we can already tell that the upcoming series won’t let us down!
Chief Episode Director:
Makoto Nakazono
The chief director assisting the director Nakayama is none other than Makoto Nakazono! The amazing artist is famous for a lot of his work in Production advancement, Storyboard and Episode directing of various anime series.
Script Writer:
Hiroshi Seko
The most important thing that comes while making an anime is to set the proper and perfect script for it and the work is being done by none other than Hiroshi Seko. The Japanese artist is famous for his work in the various famous anime series like Seraph of the End, Attack on titan, Dorohedoro, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace and a lot more.
Character Designer:
Kazutaka Sugiyama
The characters to appear in the series were prepared and designed by Kazutaka Sugiyama, famous for his work in various anime series like Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – Part II and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation.
Devil Designer :
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
The most interesting part of this manga is the appearance of the devil and this work was given to Kiyotaka Oshiyama and this won’t be his first time working on a horror show character. Some of his previous works are: Devilman Crybaby, The Secret world of Arrietty, and The Win Rose.
Action Director:
Tatsuya Yoshihara
The action scenes are the essence of shonen anime and a good action scene makes the fan rewatch the anime again and again. The action director of the anime Chainsaw Man is Tatsuya Yoshihara, best known for his work in Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou as well as it’s OVA and Yatterman Night. He is also known for being the director & chief director of Black Clover.
Art Director:
Yūsuke Takeda
One of the most liked things about Japanese animation is their absolutely stunning art style. Not only the cuteness of characters but also how the entire scene is painted with emotions and mesmerising style of artwork. Yūsuke Takeda is responsible for directing the art of literally tons of anime series! If we look up his previous works, we’d find: Sword Art online, Kimi ni todoke, Neon Genesis: The End of Evangelion, Great Pretender, Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone complex, Golden Boy and many more.
Color Key Artist:
Naomi Nakano
A good colour key artist is necessary to change an ordination animation into a catchy one with a good background and the rest of the anime colour key setting. Luckily, Chainsaw Man’s colour key artist is Naomi Nakano, who has proved himself to be a capable colour key artist by working on anime series like Angel beat, Another, Blood C, Blood Rock Shooter and Guilty Crown, to name a few.
Screen Designer:
Yohei Miyahara
While the screen designer is famous for his work in Valvrave the Liberator, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Soul Eater, Sword Art Online. Yohei Miyahara is trusted for designing the screen for Chainsaw Man.
Music Composer:
Kensuke Ushio
Aren’t we all anime lovers just obsessed with anime music? Either it’s the ending or opening song or the background music, it increases the sense of attachment ten times more! Producing better music for anime is just as important as the plot. Judging from his past works like A Silent Voice, The Heike Story, Devilman Crybaby etc., He sure is a fantastic music composer!
Layout Designer:
Youhei Miyahara
And in the last we have Youhei Miyahara again, working as a layout designer, famous for his work in Scrapped Princess, Soul Eater, Sacred Seven and Miss Monochrome the animation.
RELATED TWEETS AND POSTS
If you are interested in watching the released trailer in order to find out about the animation style, you don’t have to go anywhere else! Just click on the link below and enjoy Chainsaw Man for the entire 1:23 Minutes! Too cruel for the fans who are desperately waiting, right?
“Chainsaw Man” anime release date was officially revealed by MAPPA at Jujutsu Kaisen 0 event today!
— Beam Worldwide (@lgbtbeam) February 12, 2022
The anime is scheduled to begin broadcasting in October 2022. pic.twitter.com/XoaEdWuf2J
【2022年、血みどろ電ノコ悪魔がついに動き出す！】#チェンソーマン プロジェクトPV解禁！
— チェンソーマン【公式】 (@CHAINSAWMAN_PR) December 18, 2021
ラストにはマキマの姿も・・・！！
漫画第二部2022年初夏
「少年ジャンプ＋」にて連載開始！
TVアニメは2022年放送決定！https://t.co/6zfuOuNJFZ#chainsawman pic.twitter.com/o1WwfYVgpt
The anime director sounds really motivated as he tweeted to work his butt off to finish the anime and luckily, the fans were blessed with another trailer! And in my opinion, it’s better than getting nothing. You can watch the Chainsaw trailer 2 here too.
Won’t it be great to get the latest update about the anime and get every drop of information or any possible rumour from the same account? We have a dedicated fan’s twitter account who will be providing the fellow fans all the information he received from stalking the other accounts!
Lastly, If you are bored of waiting but can’t get the thought of one of the biggest manga “Chainsaw Man” out of your head, I have something for you! While waiting for your favourite manga to get its adaptation to animation, you can watch anime related to it. In the following post, you can find 10 anime series similar to the Chainsaw Man for you to not only enjoy and kill your boredom but to also hype you up for the upcoming anime series.
Are You Excited For Chainsaw Man?
Although there isn’t much information we can get regarding the Chainsaw Man anime, the fans are very excited and are stalking the twitter account of the cast members to get every sort of possible information or news with reference to the anime. For all we can hope that anime turns out to be as amazing as manga and the waitt will totally be worth it!
From the trailer, we can already get the vibes that the anime series won’t be very different from the manga. The characters are designed very well, as well as the rest of the animation art is very fantastic. To the fans who have read manga and are waiting for the release of the anime series, I can understand their excitement but there are a lot of anime fans who haven’t really read manga yet. The reason can be different.
Some people are only into anime while some people prefer reading manga after watching the anime, sounds crazy, right? But it’s true. They will only start the manga of the anime that will catch their attraction the most and they turn towards the manga because they want to know more detail about their favourite anime series.
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