On the official page of the studies MAPPA it was announced that the event “MAPPA STAGE 2021 – 10th anniversary –“Celebrating the tenth anniversary of its inception, will include a special panel that will reveal more details about the animated adaptation of the manga, written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Chainsaw man. The event will take place in Japan on June 27th.
For his part, Fujimoto began publishing the manga in the magazine Weekly shonen jump from the publisher Shueisha in December 2018, end of the first part on December 14th. The publisher published its tenth compilation volume on January 4th, followed by the eleventh on March 4th in Japan. This eleventh volume completed the first part of the work. The piece previously confirmed the production of an animated adaptation by the studios MAPPA ((Jujutsu Kaisen, Dorohedoro, Shingeki no Kyojin: The final season), the details of which have not yet been disclosed.
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 a man, half a demon and acquires Pochita’s chainsaws.
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