They employ a fusion of traditional 2D hand-drawing with 3D computer-generated character models, which may not be everyone's cup of tea, and admittedly it looks out of place sometimes. There's a sort of soft, filmic quality to their style, which is really pretty to look at, and interesting to see against the harshness of the fight scenes. It's no surprise that MAPPA, the studio behind acclaimed titles like Jujutsu Kaisen and the last season of Attack on Titan, delivers on the animation. We see zombie-devil guts and limbs splatter across the screen, accompanied by the sound of heavy metal and gnashing of chainsaw blades, and you can tell the show's artists put some thought and care into the violence. When the Chainsaw Man finally makes his grand entrance and lets it rip, that's really the highlight of the episode. It also helps that he has such an endearing relationship with his devil-dog, which, by the way, has a chainsaw protruding out of its face. And as a teenage boy, all he wants to do is eat good food and get a girlfriend. He's down on his luck, living in deplorable conditions, and hunting devils to pay off his late father's debts. Improbable way of obtaining powers? You bet. Chasing a dream in spite of dreadful circumstances? Check. Tragic backstory with a dead parent or guardian? Check.

how can I put this delicately? Simple.ĭenji has the makings of a stock anime protagonist. And there's our main character, Denji (played by Kikunosuke Toya in the Japanese dub), who's. There are shady underworld yakuza (Japanese organized crime) dealings. There are devils and their devil hunter counterparts. Like a lot of anime openers, this one focuses on world-building and setup. As awesome and gnarly as it sounds, that's all there is to it, at least for the first episode. Studio MAPPA/CrunchyrollĬhainsaw Man is a much-anticipated anime about a guy who turns into a living chainsaw and hunts devils. Denji (voiced by Kikunosuke Toya) wreaks havoc in Chainsaw Man, streaming on Crunchyroll.

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