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Chainsaw Man

チェンソーマンCSM

2022 · TV · 12 eps Finished

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What is Chainsaw Man about?

Chainsaw Man is a TV anime series of 12 episodes animated by MAPPA, adapted from a manga. It aired from October 12, 2022 to December 28, 2022. AniList classifies it as action, drama, horror and supernatural.

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.

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Themes AniList users associate with it: Demons, Monster Boy, Urban Fantasy, Male Protagonist, Gore, Shapeshifting, Body Horror, Psychosexual, Henshin, Urban.

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Main characters

Characters AniList lists in a main role, with spoiler-free notes.

  • Denji デンジ

    Main character

    Denji is Chainsaw Man's Human Form. He became Chainsaw Man after his dead body was resurrected by his pet dog, Pochita. He is a Public Safety Devil Hunter who works under Makima as a member of an experimental squad in Special Tokyo Division 4.

    Japanese voice: Kikunosuke Toya

  • Power パワー

    Main character

    Power is a fiend, a dead body possessed by a devil. She is a Public Safety Devil Hunter who works (against her will) under Makima as a member of an experimental squad in Tokyo Special Division 4. She works alongside her partner Denji, and under supervision by Aki Hayakawa.

    Japanese voice: Fairouz Ai

  • Makima マキマ

    Main character

    Makima is a Public Safety Devil Hunter, who took Denji as her human pet. She is one of the leading figures of Public Safety in Japan and has a considerable reputation among experienced Devil Hunters.

    Japanese voice: Tomori Kusunoki

  • Aki Hayakawa 早川アキ

    Main character

    A Public Safety Devil Hunter working under Makima as a member of Tokyo Special Division 4. He is partnered with Himeno and tasked with supervising both Power and Denji. Aki Hayakawa generally appears to be a very stoic person.

    Japanese voice: Shougo Sakata

Supporting characters

  • Pochita ポチタ

    Supporting character

    Pochita appears to be a small red canine with a chainsaw like appendage protruding from the center of his head. Handles emerge from his body allowing him to be wielded like a chainsaw and his short tail is in the shape of a chainsaw's pull cord.

    Japanese voice: Shiori Izawa

  • Himeno 姫野

    Supporting character

    A Public Safety Devil Hunter, working under Makima as a member of Tokyo Special Division 4. She is partnered with Aki Hayakawa, whom she shares a close personal bond with. Himeno is shown to be a mature and experienced superior to the new recruits working under her.

    Japanese voice: Mariya Ise

  • Kishibe 岸辺

    Supporting character

    A Public Safety Devil Hunter from Special Division 1. Kishibe is a grizzled man with scraggly facial hair and a stitched scar running across his left cheek from his mouth. He normally wears the standard Public Safety devil hunter uniform with a large overcoat.

    Japanese voice: Kenjirou Tsuda

  • Kobeni Higashiyama 東山コベニ

    Supporting character

    A Public Safety Devil Hunter, she is a new recruit working under Makima as a member of Tokyo Special Division 4. She is partnered with Hirokazu Arai. She is not very courageous and gets scared easily by devils. Kobeni is shown to easily crack under pressure and break into tears during serious moments.

    Japanese voice: Karin Takahashi

  • Hirokazu Arai 荒井ヒロカズ

    Supporting character

    A Public Safety Devil Hunter, he is a new recruit working under Makima as a member of Tokyo Special Division 4. He is partnered with Kobeni Higashiyama.

    Japanese voice: Taku Yashiro

  • Samurai Sword サムライソード

    Supporting character

    Samurai Sword is a human-devil hybrid who merged with the Katana Devil. His grandfather was killed by Denji when they initially fused with Pochita, and because of that, he affiliated with the Gun Devil to get revenge on Denji. He works alongside Akane Sawatari and other fellow members of the Yakuza.

    Japanese voice: Daiki Hamano

  • Akane Sawatari 沢渡アカネ

    Supporting character

    An enigmatic former Private Detective Hunter, she pledged her allegiance with the Gun Devil after making a contract with him and as a result, she seeks to obtain Denji's heart for her master.

    Japanese voice: You Taichi

  • Tenshi no Akuma 天使の悪魔

    Supporting character

    Angel Devil is a devil who embodies the fear of angels, and a Public Safety Devil Hunter from Special Division 4. The Angel Devil is a unique case among devils having virtually no hostility towards humans. He dislikes being ordered around and doesn't seem inclined towards combat.

    Japanese voice: Maaya Uchida

  • Bouryoku no Majin 暴力の魔人

    Supporting character

    He is a Fiend and Public Safety Devil Hunter from Special Division 4. Despite his moniker as the Violence Fiend, he is extremely polite and straightforward. He apologized to Beam after hitting him in self-defense and told the Spider Devil to evacuate the area when he mistook her for a human lady.

    Japanese voice: Yuuya Uchida

  • Beam ビーム

    Supporting character

    He is a Shark Fiend and a Public Safety Devil Hunter from Special Division 4. Beam is very eccentric. He often goes along with Denji's plans no matter how crazy they are due to having a lot of respect for the Chainsaw Devil.

    Japanese voice: Natsuki Hanae

  • Prinz プリンシ

    Supporting character

    She is a devil who embodies the fear of spiders, and is a Public Safety Devil Hunter from Special Division 4. The Spider Devil usually takes a human shape so she tends to be friendly to humans and works as a devil hunter herself, however she will still kill people for just looking at her the wrong way.

    Japanese voice: Saori Gotou

  • Mirai no Akuma 未来の悪魔

    Supporting character

    The Future Devil is a devil that embodies the fear of the future.

    Japanese voice: Hiroki

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