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A new anime this season has all the ingredients for killer Halloween viewing.
Never leave home without it, especially if its literally fused to your body.
This is a show that had peoplechanting at conventions.
What isChainsaw Man(and why do chainsaws sprout from his head and hands)?
His only friend is a cute little devil dog (they also take dog form!)
Chainsaw Mans violence absolutely lives up to its title.
Again, the protagonist turns into a demon with chainsaws coming out of his head and arms.
Its not all violence, though, becauseChainsaw Manis also funny as hell.
Thankfully,Chainsaw Manis more than just a parody or a shock-value bloodbath.
Its a comment on the modern working class.
Viscera is cool, but what does the series have tosay?
This is the heart of theChainsaw Manmanga and Tatsuki Fujimotos writing.
Either way, hes under constant threat of being killed.
All the icky humor and the gory violence serve as a respite from the darkness of the story.
That focus helped make the manga a hit.
Okay, that rips.
What else should I know about the show?
Two words: Studio MAPPA.
MAPPAs taken a series of unusual production moves for an anime this big and this highly anticipated.
We wanted to check that that the team matches the age of the original author, Otsuka said.
Nakayama and Fujimoto are both millennials born in the early 90s.
Seko is older than Nakayama, experience which Otsuka believes Nakayama can lean on as a first-time series director.
Will this experiment work?
There is nothing left to do but sit back and enjoy the carnage.
Chainsaw Manpremiered in Japanese with subtitles October 11 on Crunchyroll, at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. New episodes drop on Tuesdays at that time.
The English-dubbed episodes drop a few hours later, at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ## More Anime!
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