Chainsaw Man English dub will have an exclusive premiere on October 7 at this year’s New York Comic Con and the main cast has now been revealed. Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime starting on October 11 as a simulcast, while the dubbed version is expected at a later date. The English dub cast for Chainsaw Man anime includes:
The anime revealed the main trailer earlier today, along with theme song information. “KICK BACK” by Kenshi Yonezu will be the opening theme song, while the ending themes will be different for each episode and sung by 12 different artists:
As more cast additions were also announced, the full Japanese cast now looks like this:
Studio MAPPA is animating the Chainsaw Man anime, with Ryu Nakayama as the director. Kazutaka Sugiyama is doing character designs, while Kiyotaka Oshiyama is credited for creature designs. Hiroshi Seko is writing the script. The story is based on a manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Crunchyroll describes the plot as:
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.
Source: Press Release
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