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Chainsaw Man
2022
· TV Show
· 24 min episodes
· 1 season
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #142
- IMDb #78
- RatingGraph #15
- Criticker #44
- Trakt #66
Every rating
64–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 91.
See the most agreed on TV shows →Following a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.
Details
- Studio
- MAPPA
- Released
- 12 October 2022
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 12 across 1 season
- Awards
- 8 wins, 34 nominations
This title elsewhere
Cast
Full cast (31) →
Awards & nominations
See all 42 →8 wins from 42 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 20th AnimaniA Awards 2025 | Best TV Series: Disc | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Music Awards Japan 2025 | Top Japanese Song in North America | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Music Awards Japan 2025 | Top Japanese Song in Europe | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| 51st Saturn Awards 2024 | Best Animated Television Series or Special | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 | Best VA Performance (Castilian) | Maria Luisa Marciel as Power | Nominee |
| 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 | Best Score | Kensuke Ushio | Nominee |
| 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 | Best Anime Song | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| 8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2024 | Best Opening Sequence | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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8th Crunchyroll Anime Awards
25 nominations, 6 won
| Best New Series | Chainsaw Man | Winner |
| Best VA Performance (Castilian) | Joel Gomez Jimenez as Denji | Winner |
| Best VA Performance (English) | Ryan Colt Levy as Denji | Winner |
| Best VA Performance (German) | Franziska Trunte as Power | Winner |
| Best VA Performance (Italian) | Mosè Singh as Denji | Winner |
| Best VA Performance (Spanish) | Emilio Trevino as Denji | Winner |
| "Must Protect at All Costs" Character | Pochita | Nominee |
| Anime of the Year | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Best Action | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Best Animation | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Best Anime Song | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Yusuke Takeda | Nominee |
| Best Character Design | Kazutaka Sugiyama | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Teppei Itō | Nominee |
| Best Director | Ryū Nakayama | Nominee |
| Best Ending Sequence | "Hawatari Ni-Oku Centi" by Maximum the Hormone | Nominee |
| Best Main Character | Denji | Nominee |
| Best Opening Sequence | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Best Score | Kensuke Ushio | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Character | Power | Nominee |
| Best VA Performance (Castilian) | Maria Luisa Marciel as Power | Nominee |
| Best VA Performance (French) | Zina Khakhoulia as Power | Nominee |
| Best VA Performance (Italian) | Benedetta Ponticelli as Makima | Nominee |
| Best VA Performance (Japanese) | Kikunosuke Toya as Denji | Nominee |
| Best VA Performance (Portuguese) | Luisa Viotti as Makima | Nominee |
Japan Expo Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Daruma for Best Opening | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Winner |
| Daruma for Best Action Anime | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Daruma for Best Anime | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Daruma for Best Director | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
| Daruma for Best Ending | " Hawatari Ni-Oku Centi [ ja ] " by Maximum the Hormone | Nominee |
| Daruma for Best Original Soundtrack | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
Reiwa Anisong Awards [ ja ]
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Anime Song Award | " Kick Back " by Kenshi Yonezu | Winner |
| Arrangement Award | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Best Work Award | " Kick Back " by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Composition Award | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Lyrics Award | " Chu, Tayōsei " by Ano | Nominee |
Music Awards Japan
2 nominations
| Top Japanese Song in Europe | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
| Top Japanese Song in North America | "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu | Nominee |
20th AnimaniA Awards
1 nomination
| Best TV Series: Disc | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
29th Manga Barcelona Awards
1 nomination
| Best Anime Series Premiere | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
51st Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Television Series or Special | Chainsaw Man | Nominee |
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best TV Films Production | Chainsaw Man – Episode 1: " Dog & Chainsaw " | Nominee |