Chainsaw Man coming to Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll has announced that they have secured the streaming rights to the adaptation of the super-popular Chainsaw Man. The original, award-winning manga was created by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch, Look Back) and serialised by Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, now has over 12 million copies in circulation. The adaptation will be directed by Ryu Nakayama (Fate/Grand Order, The Rising of the Shield Hero) and animated by Studio MAPPA (Attack on Title, Jujutsu Kaisen 0)

“With dark humor, dynamic characters and a sharp story, Chainsaw Man is one of the most anticipated new series this year, and we are wickedly excited to bring it to fans on the Crunchyroll service,” said Asa Suehira, Chief Content Officer at Crunchyroll.  “Anime fans will be up all night thinking about the spectacular visuals and high-octane action.”

Additional Chainsaw Man credits include screenplay by Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan Final Season; Mob Psycho 100; Banana Fish), character design by Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation), devil design by Kiyotaka Oshiyama (The Wind Rises; The Secret World of Arrietty; Space Dandy), art direction by Yusuke Takeda (Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-; Sword Art Online; Penguin Highway), and music composed by Kensuke Ushio (The Heike Story; Devilman: Crybaby; Space Dandy). 

Trailer:

Synopsis:

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.