The first promotional image for the animated adaptation of the manga, written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw man. The series is produced by studios MAPPA and a premiere date has yet to be announced.
The announcement will be confirmed in the second edition of the magazine 2021 Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha, scheduled for December 14th in Japan, while production details and / or release date will be confirmed during the event Jump Festa ’21which will take place on December 19th and 20th.
Fujimoto, in turn, publishes the manga in the magazine Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha since December 2018. The publisher published the eighth compilation volume on August 4th, followed by the ninth on November 4th in Japan. The work recently had more than five million copies in circulation.
Chainsaw man synopsis
The story takes place in a world where demons threaten the peace of people and turn them into targets that must be eliminated. Denji is a depressed young man who has sold several of his organs and works as a lumberjack and demon hunter to pay off his late father’s debts.
Denji owns a dog (who is also a demon) named Pochita who has chainsaws and who he does his work with. This is explained because humans can contract with demons. After Denji returns home from a job, a yakuza calls him to infiltrate a building and murder another demon. However, the plan was a trap to murder him under a yakuza contract with the demon and gain this more power. But Pochita comes to Denji to help and joins him, becomes half man, half demon and acquires Pochita’s chainsaws.
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