A full anime adaptation of eight short stories by Chainsaw Man and Look Back creator Tatsuki Fujimoto has been officially announced. The project, titled Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, will bring to life all the works featured in his short story collections Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17-21 and Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22-26, which compile one-shots he created between the ages of 17 and 26. The series will premiere worldwide exclusively on Amazon Prime on November 8, 2025.
You can check out the full titles and staff/cast details below.
Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Eight Short Stories Get Anime
The anthology will adapt the following eight works, each handled by a different creative team:
A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard
- Director/Screenplay: Seishiro Nagaya
- Character Design: Moaang
- Studio: ZEXCS
- Voice Cast: Kensho Ono, Shion Sakurai, Kazuki Ura, Kimiko Saito, Mitsuo Iwata
Sasaki Stopped a Bullet
- Director: Nobukage Kimura
- Screenplay: Teruko Utsumi
- Character Design: Naho Kozono
- Studio: Lapin Track
- Voice Cast: Toshiki Kumagai, Chika Anzai, Yoichi Okano
Love is Blind
- Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- Screenplay: Teruko Utsumi
- Character Design: Tomoko Mori
- Studio: Lapin Track
- Voice Cast: Shun Horie, Shion Wakayama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Yamamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Mamiko Noto
Shikaku
- Director/Screenplay: Naoya Ando
- Character Design: MYOUN
- Studio: GRAPH77
- Voice Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita
Mermaid Rhapsody
- Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe
- Screenplay: Tatsuo Kobayashi
- Character Design: Nozomi Shimazaki
- Studio: 100studio
- Voice Cast: Chiaki Kikuta, Eri Yukimura
Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome
- Director/Screenplay: Kazuaki Terasawa
- Character Design: Kohei Tokuoka
- Studio: Studio Kafka
- Voice Cast: Yuki Sakakihara, Maki Kawase, Seiichiro Yamashita
Nayuta of the Prophecy
- Director/Screenplay: Tetsuaki Watanabe
- Character Design: Hisashi Higashijima
- Studio: 100studio
- Voice Cast: Hitomi Sasaki, Yohei Matsuoka
Sisters
- Director: Osamu Honma
- Screenplay: Yoko Yonaiyama
- Character Design: Haruka Sagawa
- Studio: P.A.WORKS
- Voice Cast: Runa Nakashima, Tomo Nakai, Tomohiko Imai
The anthology is produced under the supervision of FLAGSHIP LINE with contributions from multiple animation studios, including ZEXCS, Lapin Track, GRAPH77, 100studio, Studio Kafka, and P.A. WORKS. Each short film is directed by a different creator, promising diverse interpretations of Fujimoto’s early works.
VIZ Media licensed the short story collections in English, and they describe them as follows:
Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17–21: Alien invasions, high school romances, and even bloody vampire action—all this and more awaits in four compelling short stories that reveal the starting point of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the twisted mastermind behind Chainsaw Man.
Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 22–26: Killer mermaids, gender swapping, and a devilish little sister with the power to end the world—four more unforgettable short stories that reveal the starting point of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the twisted mastermind behind Chainsaw Man.
Source: Avex YouTube
© Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha · “Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26” Production Committee
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