Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man (チェンソーマン, Chensōman) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Its first arc was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2018 to December 2020; its second arc began serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online magazine in July 2022. Its chapters have been collected in 14 tankōbon volumes as of April 2023.

On December 14, 2020, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA. The series premiered on TV Tokyo and other networks on October 12 and ran to December 28, 2022 for 12 episodes.

Plot
When his father died, Denji was stuck with a huge debt and no way to pay it back. But thanks to the help of a Devil dog he saved named Pochita, Denji is able to scrape by as a Devil Hunter for hire. Pochita's chainsaw powers come in handy against these powerful demons. And when Denji ends up being killed by a Devil, Pochita gives up his life in order to revive him. But now Denji has been reborn as some kind of weird Devil-Human hybrid. He is now Chainsaw Man!

News

 * Anime News Network - MAPPA CEO Reflects on Financial Performance of Chainsaw Man by Kim Morrissy 2023-05-18 09:45 EDT