Chainsaw Man (2022) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

In a dystopian world plagued by monstrous creatures known as devils, Denji struggles to survive after being burdened with his father's massive debt. His existence revolves around a dangerous partnership with Pochita, a chainsaw devil, forcing him into perilous contracts to earn meager funds for the Yakuza. His yearning for a simple life—filled with food and companionship—is shattered by betrayal.

However, a unique circumstance allows Pochita to fuse with Denji, granting him extraordinary powers and transforming him into a hybrid capable of wielding chainsaw appendages. Taken under the wing of Makima, an enigmatic agent of the Public Safety Bureau, Denji is compelled to serve her while pursuing his long-held aspirations. The series explores themes of power, freedom, and the complexities of human connection within a harsh and unforgiving environment, as Denji navigates a path toward fulfilling his desires under strict control.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Dog and Chainsaw (Aired: 10/12/2022)
Episode 2: Arrival in Tokyo (Aired: 10/19/2022)
Episode 3: Meowy's Whereabouts (Aired: 10/26/2022)
Episode 4: Rescue (Aired: 11/02/2022)
Episode 5: Gun Devil (Aired: 11/09/2022)
... and 7 more episodes

Characters:

Denji (Main) - Voice Actors: Toya, Kikunosuke, Colt Levy, Ryan, Inoue, Marina, Bougleux, Erick, Reignoux, Donald, Strange, Ciarán, Treviño, Emilio, Friedland, Alex, Darazi, Estelle, Flechtner, Derya, Singh, Mosè, Mottola, Patrizia, Gómez Jiménez, Joel, Argota, Marta, Shin, Na-ri
Hayakawa, Aki (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakata, Shougo, Murdock, Reagan, Cantú, Sérgio, Bédrune, Jérémie, Cataño, Arturo, Wolko, Roman, Murase, Ayumu, Baugus, Bryson, Hava, Alicia, García Huerta, Sebastián, Fattori, Alessandro, Garrido, Salvi, Martínez, Julia
Makima (Main) - Voice Actors: Kusunoki, Tomori, Yeung, Suzie, Viotti, Luísa, Grosbois, Victoria, Gris, Gaby, Kayalar, Özge, Ponticelli, Benedetta
Power (Main) - Voice Actors: Fairouz Ai, Wiedenheft, Sarah, Rodrigues, Pamella, Khakhoulia, Zina, Langarica, Erika, Trunte, Franziska, Felli, Martina
Angel Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Maaya, Mongillo, Casey, Suárez, Luis Leonardo, Bismuth-Bienaimé, Gabriel, Follare, Wagner, Tamburello, Martina
Arai, Hirokazu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yashiro, Taku, Greene, Jarrod, Miranda, Cuauhtémoc, Goffette, Kévin, Maestroni, Omar, Tarta, Bruno
Bat Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuda, Kenichirou, Stritzel, Oliver, Kunda, Gabe, Desroses, Thierry, Osorio, Dan, Lopes, Guilherme, De Angelis, Francesco
Beam (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanae, Natsuki, Snow, Derick, Bastidas, Iván, Tomassian, Alexis, Santhos, Leonardo, Zanotti, Matteo
Black-Haired Division Member (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Swint, Marc, Albuquerque, Filipe, Kurosawa, Tsuyoshi
Brown-Haired Division Member (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Duran, Marisa, Kokubu, Satsuki, Moraes, Mel
Curse Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Yuuko, Guevara, Sandra, Marin, Charlotte
Eternity Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kondou, Hironori, Saitou, Kozue, Komaya, Masao, Sasahara, Yuu, Paulsen, Grant, Graham, Ariel, Thompson, Rachel, Gareth, Bradley, Greenshield, Kelly, Oliver, Davon, Diaz, Lisette Monique, Verduzco, Iarel, Estrada, Héctor, Wormser, Florian, Peterson, Jessica, Ofoegbu, William, Larabee, James, Dannemann, Enzo, Júnior, Francisco, Blythe, Abigail, Sinclair, Matthew, Thurman, Ashe, Larabee, Morgan, Johnson, Christopher Lee, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Nguyen, Charles, Pérez, Miguel Ángel
Fox Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kaida, Yuuko, Van Sistine, Natalie, Casas, Adriana, Cadol, Françoise, Vadacca, Maddalena, Coutinho, Márcia
Furuno (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Soungdok, DiMascio, Anthony, Brito, Renato, Oldani, Andrea
Fushi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Chikahiro, Wehkamp, Christopher, Fleury, Antoine, Rétiz García, Fabián, Pinheiro, Airam, Zanotti, Matteo
Future Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Obregón, Alfonso, McDonald, Landon, Le Minoux, Martial, Briggs, Guilherme, Roca, Jaime, De Mojana, Matteo, Hiroki
Galgali (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Yuuya, Bangle, Josh, Basurto, Alfredo Gabriel, Guetat, Nessym, Sierpe, Fernando, Lomazzi, Edoardo
Ghost Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kiso, Hiroko, Olcort, Yetzary, Costa, Shallana, Martínez, Julia
Hayakawa, Taiyou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakatomi, Mana, Facundo, Marie, Hernández González, Sammir, Mattos, Nicolas, Pallavicino, Valentina, Noble, Erin Kelly, Sáinz, Marta
Hayakawa's Father (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Youji, Miquel, Stéphane, Mendiola, Roberto, Parisi, Milton, Lomazzi, Edoardo, Pérez, Miguel Ángel
Hayakawa's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Eri, Levannier, Daria, Franzoso, Giulia, de Lara, Larissa
Henchman (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Uezumiya, Takashi, Larmande, Adrien, Lomazzi, Edoardo, Machline, Daniel, Phillips, Cory J., Navarrete, Sinuhé
Higashiyama, Kobeni (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Karin, Apprill, Bryn, Marié, Émilie, Marie, Jeane, García Sánchez, Paola, Maniglio, Giulia
Himeno (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ise, Mariya, Barr, Katelyn, Mendoza, Mireya, Perret, Marie, Bauer, Alice, Francese, Chiara, LeBlanc, Mariana
Himeno's Younger Sister (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Sara
Inoue, Takashi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Otero, Stéphane, Lassah, Eduardo, Alegría, Diego
Kenzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Yoshihito, Gallardo, Ethan, Oldani, Andrea, Azevedo, Pedro
Kishibe (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tsuda, Kenjirou, Douglas, Jason, Júlio, Ronaldo, Rehlinger, Boris, Berenz, Johannes, D'Errico, Alessandro, Franco, Víctor
Kurose, Yuutarou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawanishi, Kengo, Gibbs, Adam, Douieb, Oscar, Tatini, Adrian, Vivolo, Ezio, Campos, Octavio
Leech Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tachibana, Yuuko, Pettit, Corey, Homs, Nathalie, Brügger, Katja, Giolitti, Cristina, Rossi, Mônica, Steinhäuser, Judith
Madoka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mutou, Tadashi, Campbell, Aaron, Couleau, Xavier, Crispim, Pedro, De Angelis, Francesco
Mishima, Shuzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cason, Chris, Takenouchi, Renan, Herrera, Jeremy
Nyako (Supporting)
Pochita (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Izawa, Shiori, Seidel, Lindsay, Facundo, Marie, Guevara, Amellalli, Uhlig, Charlotte, Menezes, Bia, Giorgio, Elisa, Comitre, Gracia
Prinz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gotou, Saori, Barrera, Mildred, Shields, Julie, Garcia, Ana
Reze (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Reina, Tipton, Alexis, Ángeles, Jessica, Soares, Clara, Guioli, Aline, Sorrentino, Katia
Samurai Sword (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hamano, Daiki, Marnocha, Jason, Arenas, José, Redler, Jim, Garcia, Marcelo, Scattorin, Lorenzo
Sawatari, Akane (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Taichi, You, Lo, Emi, Hidalgo, Alondra, Nicosia, Olivia, Riva, Gea, Lima, Giovanna
Shiina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sanpei, Yuuki, Ornelas, Jorge, Bressan, Mattia, Lacarv
Snake Devil (Supporting)
Subordinate A (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shundou, Mitsutoshi, Fleury, Antoine, Rodríguez, Ignacio, Barros, Vinícius
Subordinate B (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakashima, Takuya, Hom, Alex, Goffette, Kévin, Verástegui, Ismael, Matos, Marcelo
Tendou, Michiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ueda, Hitomi, Kelly, Christina, Malvárez, Wendy, Facundo, Marie, Simonelli, Federica, Garcia, Ana
Tomato Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tadokoro, Hinata, Eros, Kristian
Unnamed Fiend (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakuma, Motoki, Moreira, Marco, McDonald, Landon
Yakuza (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirota, Kousei, Scheunemann, Reinhard, León, Rubén, Lotti, Massimiliano, Vasconcellos, Jorge, Phillips, Cory J., Atkine, Féodor
Yakuza Member (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Marnocha, Jason, Bajo, Luis, Matsuyama, Takashi, Bernardo, Paulo, Albertini, Stefano, Uguen, Charles
Zombie Devil (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Miyata, Kouki, Young, Linda, Ronchewski, Stéphane, Lelle, Tobias, Mei, Francesco, Eugênio, Pedro

Staff:

Kimura, Makoto (Producer)
Seshimo, Keisuke (Producer)
Nakai, Yuusuke (Assistant Producer)
Nakayama, Ryuu (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Koizumi, Kisuke (Sound Director)
Enokido, Shun (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Goshozono, Shouta (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Hiraoka, Masanobu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Special Effects, Key Animation)
Kamiya, Yuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Special Effects, Key Animation, Color Setting)
Kaneko, Takahiro (Episode Director)
Nakazono, Masato (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Satou, Takeru (Episode Director)
Takada, Yousuke (Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Tanaka, Hironori (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Yamashita, Shingo (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yatabe, Touko (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yoshihara, Tatsuya (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Zhou, Haosong (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Color Setting)
coalowl (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Garrido, Salvi (Script, ADR Director)
Seko, Hiroshi (Script, Series Composition)
Stocker, Kevin (Script)
Kamada, Shinpei (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Kamiya, Tomomi (Storyboard)
Kariya, Hitomi (Storyboard, In-Between Animation, Color Setting, Background Art, Key Animation)
Watanabe, Keiichirou (Storyboard, Key Animation)
100-kai Outo (Theme Song Arrangement)
Aimer (Theme Song Performance)
Avu-chan (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Eve (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics)
Kanaria (Theme Song Performance)
Maximum the Hormone (Theme Song Performance)
Momota, Rui (Theme Song Arrangement)
Numa (Theme Song Arrangement)
PEOPLE 1 (Theme Song Performance)
TK from Ling tosite sigure (Theme Song Performance)
TOOBOE (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement)
Taguchi, Hajime (Theme Song Arrangement)
Tsukada, Koji (Theme Song Arrangement)
Tsuneta, Daiki (Theme Song Arrangement)
Vaundy (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement)
Yonezu, Kenshi (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
ZUTOMAYO (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance)
Ziyoou-vachi (Theme Song Performance)
ano (Theme Song Performance)
syudou (Theme Song Performance)
10＋10 (Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
Akai, Masataka (Key Animation)
Akamatsu, Kaho (2nd Key Animation)
Aoki, Rie (Animation Director)
... and 185 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for July (06/29/2025)
'Chainsaw Man' Gets Sequel Anime Movie (12/16/2023)
'Chainsaw Man' Announces Supporting Cast (10/07/2022)
Fall 2022 Simulcast List [Update 10/30] (09/26/2022)
'Chainsaw Man' Reveals Additional Cast, Theme Song Artists, Fourth Promo (09/19/2022)
Fall 2022 Preview (09/17/2022)
'Chainsaw Man' Unveils Cast Members, Third Promo, Fall 2022 Premiere (08/05/2022)
PV Collection for Dec 13 - 19 (12/19/2021)
'Chainsaw Man' TV Anime Unveils Production Staff (06/27/2021)
Manga 'Chainsaw Man' Gets Sequel, TV Anime Adaptation (12/13/2020)

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Genres: Action, Fantasy, Gore, Shounen, Urban Fantasy
Themes: Gore, Urban Fantasy
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: MAPPA
Producers: dugout
Rating: 8.44 / 10
Rank: #179
Popularity: #58
Users Listed: 1,791,506
Users Scored: 1,015,956
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 12/22/2024
Aired: October 12, 2022 – December 28, 2022 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 12
Broadcast: Wednesday at 00:00 (JST)

Chainsaw Man