Chainsaw Man
Updated: 12/10/2025, 10:28:26 AM Wikipedia source
Chainsaw Man (Japanese: チェンソーマン, Hepburn: Chensō Man) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Its first arc was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2018 to December 2020; its second arc began serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website in July 2022. Its chapters have been collected in 22 tankōbon volumes as of September 2025. Chainsaw Man follows the story of Denji, an impoverished teenager who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of Pochita, the dog-like Chainsaw Devil, granting him the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws. Denji eventually joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government agency focused on combating Devils whenever they become a threat to Japan. The second arc of the story focuses on Asa Mitaka, a high school student who enters into a contract with Yoru, the War Devil, who forces her to hunt down Chainsaw Man in order to reclaim what he had stolen from her. In North America, the manga is licensed in English by Viz Media, for both print and digital release, and it is also published by Shueisha on the Manga Plus online platform. An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA was broadcast from October to December 2022. An anime film, titled Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, premiered in September 2025. By November 2025, the manga had over 32 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2021, it won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category and won the Harvey Award in the Best Manga category from 2021 to 2023. Chainsaw Man has been overall well-received by critics, who have praised its storytelling, characters, dark humor, and have particularly highlighted its violent scenes within the context of the story.
Infobox
Genre
mw- ActionComedy horrorDark fantasy
Written by
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Published by
Shueisha
English publisher
NA: Viz Media
Imprint
Jump Comics
Magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump (December 3, 2018 – December 14, 2020)Shōnen Jump (July 13, 2022 – present)
English magazine
NA: Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run
December 3, 2018 – present
Volumes
22 (List of volumes)
Tables
· Reception › Awards and nominations
2019
2019
Year
2019
Award
5th Next Manga Award
Category
Print
Result
2nd Place
3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award
3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award
Year
3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award
Award
Next Break
Category
9th Place
2020
2020
Year
2020
Award
13th Manga Taishō
Category
Manga Taishō
Result
8th Place
2021
2021
Year
2021
Award
66th Shogakukan Manga Award
Category
Best Shōnen Manga
Result
Won
Harvey Award
Harvey Award
Year
Harvey Award
Award
Best Manga
27th Manga Barcelona
27th Manga Barcelona
Year
27th Manga Barcelona
Award
Best Shōnen Manga
2022
2022
Year
2022
Award
Japan Expo Awards
Category
Daruma for Best Drawing
Daruma for Best Screenplay
Daruma for Best Screenplay
Year
Daruma for Best Screenplay
Daruma for Best Action Manga
Daruma for Best Action Manga
Year
Daruma for Best Action Manga
Eisner Award
Eisner Award
Year
Eisner Award
Award
Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia
Category
Nominated
Harvey Award
Harvey Award
Year
Harvey Award
Award
Best Manga
Category
Won
2023
2023
Year
2023
Award
Japan Expo Awards
Category
Daruma for Best Manga
Harvey Award
Harvey Award
Year
Harvey Award
Award
Best Manga
2024
2024
Year
2024
Award
51st Angoulême International Comics Festival
Category
Official Selection
Result
Nominated
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | 5th Next Manga Award | Print | 2nd Place | |
| 3rd annual Tsutaya Comic Award | Next Break | 9th Place | ||
| 2020 | 13th Manga Taishō | Manga Taishō | 8th Place | |
| 2021 | 66th Shogakukan Manga Award | Best Shōnen Manga | Won | |
| Harvey Award | Best Manga | |||
| 27th Manga Barcelona | Best Shōnen Manga | |||
| 2022 | Japan Expo Awards | Daruma for Best Drawing | ||
| Daruma for Best Screenplay | ||||
| Daruma for Best Action Manga | ||||
| Eisner Award | Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia | Nominated | ||
| Harvey Award | Best Manga | Won | ||
| 2023 | Japan Expo Awards | Daruma for Best Manga | ||
| Harvey Award | Best Manga | |||
| 2024 | 51st Angoulême International Comics Festival | Official Selection | Nominated |
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