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Ani-One Streams Chainsaw Man Anime in India on October 18

Hong Kong content distributor MediaLink Entertainment Limited's Ani-One YouTube channel announced on Facebook on Thursday that it will begin streaming the television anime of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga on October 18 at 9:30 p.m. IST.

The channel will premiere the anime in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam on October 18 and premiere it on October 11 in Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Laos, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Island, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

The anime will have a world premiere screening at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills on September 19.

Crunchyroll will stream the anime in over 200 countries and territories around the world and describes the story:

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.

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.

Fujimoto (Fire Punch) debuted the Chainsaw Man manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2018 and ended its "first part," the "Kōan" (Public Safety) arc, in December 2020. The manga's second part, titled "Gakkō-hen" (School Arc), started on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service on July 13.

Source: Ani-One's Facebook page