A depressed teen falls for a girl who fights a chainsaw maniac nightly. Young love is weird.
One day, apathetic high school student Yosuke meets a beautiful girl named Eri. Eri does battle every night with an indestructible, chainsaw-wielding maniac, “Chainsaw Man”. As Yosuke and Eri bond, he eventually joins the fight. Features CG effects by the talents behind the “Death Note” series. Based on the best-selling novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto.
Visual Effects
Death Note team brings surreal chainsaw chaos
Acting
Ichihara's deadpan apathy is uncomfortably real
Writing
Takimoto's novel voice survives adaptation
Director
Takuji Kitamura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Death Note's CG team deliberately made Chainsaw Man look 'wrong'—too smooth, like a dream refusing logic.
Takimoto's novel was a cult hit among depressed 2000s teens; the film keeps his 'cabbage' motif which fans endlessly debated as either nonsense or genius.
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