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Crunchyroll Reveals Chainsaw Man Anime's Streaming Premiere Time
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Crunchyroll announced at the New York Comic Con event on Friday that the television anime of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga will begin streaming on October 11 at 12:00 p.m. EDT.
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and five other affiliated channels, as well as on Amazon Prime Video on October 11. Crunchyroll screened the U.S. premiere at New York Comic Con on Friday at 12:45 p.m. EDT. The company debuted the English dub at the event ahead of the subtitled release.
Crunchyroll will stream the anime in over 200 countries and territories around the world. The company will stream the anime in Japanese with English subtitles, and with an English dub. The anime will also get Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and German dubs.
Ryū Nakayama (Black Clover, Jujutsu Kaisen episode director) is directing the anime at MAPPA, and Hiroshi Seko (Ajin, Attack on Titan The Final Season) is writing the scripts. Kazutaka Sugiyama (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) is designing the characters, and Tatsuya Yoshihara (Black Clover, Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls) is directing the action. Makoto Nakazono (DARLING in the FRANXX, Little Witch Academia) is serving as chief technical director. Kiyotaka Oshiyama (DEVILMAN crybaby, Space Dandy) is designing the devils, and Yūsuke Takeda (Eden of the East, Vinland Saga) is directing the art. Naomi Nakano is the color key artist, and Yohei Miyahara is designing the screens. kensuke ushio (DEVILMAN crybaby, Liz and the Blue Bird, A Silent Voice) is composing the music.
Kenshi Yonezu is performing the opening theme song "KICK BACK." The anime will have 12 ending theme songs, one for each episode.
Update: Chainsaw Man panel was held at NYCC on Friday, not Saturday as previously reported. Thanks, LegitPancake.
Source: Email correspondence
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