The highly anticipated premiere of Chainsaw Man is finally here, and the opening video for the anime has been released. It features the theme song “KICK BACK” by Kenshi Yonezu, which was co-arranged by King Gnu and Daiki Tsuneta. Watch the opening video:
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The voice cast for the anime:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
- Shiori Izawa as Pochita
- Tomori Kusunoki as Makima
- Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa
- Fairouz Ai as Power
- Mariya Ise as Himeno
- Karin Takahashi as Kobeni Higashiyama
- Taku Yashiro as Hirokazu Arai
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Kishibe
The staff:
- Director: Ryu Nakayama
- Writer: Hiroshi Seko
- Original Story: Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Character Design: Kazutaka Sugiyama
- Devil Design: Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Art Direction: Yusuke Takeda
- Music: Kensuke Ushio
- Animation Production: MAPPA
Crunchyroll will stream the anime, and they describe the story:
Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as “Chainsaw Man”–a man with a devil’s heart.
Chainsaw Man was voted the most anticipated Fall 2022 anime, and you will be able to vote for episode 1 in our weekly poll!
Source: Official YouTube
©Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha, MAPPA
