50 Fun Facts About Chainsaw Man

Who created Chainsaw Man?

He previously wrote Fire Punch and later the acclaimed one-shots Look Back and Goodbye, Eri.

In which magazine was the first part of Chainsaw Man serialised, from December 2018 to December 2020?

Part 2 moved to the digital Shōnen Jump+ platform.

What kind of animal does Pochita, the Chainsaw Devil, resemble?

Fujimoto based the Denji-Pochita bond on Finn and Jake from Adventure Time.

How does Denji transform into Chainsaw Man?

Fujimoto's very first idea was a hero who sprouted a chainsaw from his head when a cord was pulled.

To whom does Denji owe his dead father's debt at the start of the story?

The yakuza betray and kill him in a deal with the Zombie Devil, which is when Pochita saves him.

On what condition does Pochita revive Denji?

Makima later tries to void the contract by crushing exactly those ordinary dreams.

According to the series, Devils are born from what?

When the Chainsaw Devil eats another Devil, the thing it represents is erased from history, which is why the Holocaust and nuclear weapons are forgotten.

What is a Fiend?

Power is the Blood Fiend; Denji, having merged with Pochita, is a hybrid rather than a Fiend.

Which government agency recruits Denji?

He is partnered with Aki Hayakawa and Power.

Which Devil is Denji first assigned to hunt?

The United States later deploys the Gun Devil against Makima, who defeats it and forces it to possess Aki.

Power is a Fiend created from which Devil?

She was inspired by Eric Cartman from South Park, one of Fujimoto's favourite shows.

What is the name of Power's beloved cat?

She looks like a young girl but is 19.

Which South Park character inspired Power?

Denji, meanwhile, was written with a chunk of Fujimoto's own crude personality.

Makima is eventually revealed to be which Devil?

She was the first character Fujimoto solidly envisioned for the series.

How does Denji become catatonic near the end of Part 1?

Denji had just asked to be her dog when she did it.

Which character does the Gun Devil possess after Makima defeats it?

Aki had contracts with the Fox, Curse and Future Devils.

Who is Nayuta?

Kishibe retrieves her from China so the government cannot exploit her.

Part 2's protagonist Asa Mitaka is contracted to which Devil?

She was killed by a classmate contracted to the Justice Devil before Yoru took up residence in her body.

What is the War Devil's name?

She wants revenge on Chainsaw Man for nearly destroying her.

Fami, who secretly controls the Chainsaw Man Church, turns out to be which Devil?

Li'l D explains that Yoru wants Pochita to erase death itself, causing endless war.

How does the manga end for Pochita?

In the new reality Denji wakes alone in a shack and is saved from the yakuza by Power.

How many tankōbon volumes of Chainsaw Man had been published by June 2026?

By June 2026 the series had more than 36 million copies in circulation.

Which American comics prize did Chainsaw Man win three years running, from 2021 to 2023?

It also took the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2021.

Which 1974 horror film inspired Fujimoto to create the series?

He has also called the series 'a wicked FLCL' and a copycat of Dorohedoro and Jujutsu Kaisen.

Which 1998 film did Fujimoto cite when asked what readers could expect from Part 2?

He said the Coens' film left him 'questioning the ending and feeling like it was all for nothing'.

Which cartoon duo inspired the dynamic between Denji and Pochita?

Fujimoto's editor initially worried a chainsaw-wielding hero would be mistaken for a villain.

Which novel character inspired Makima as an 'unfathomable being' hiding her sadness?

The final Denji-Makima fight was modelled on Kizumonogatari's duel between Araragi and Kiss-shot.

Which studio produced the Chainsaw Man anime, unusually without a production committee?

MAPPA pitched the adaptation to Shueisha itself.

Who directed the 2022 anime series?

Action director Tatsuya Yoshihara went on to direct the Reze Arc film.

Who performs the anime's opening theme, 'Kick Back'?

King Gnu's Daiki Tsuneta helped arrange it.

What is unusual about the anime's ending themes?

Polygon singled out the twelve different ending sequences for praise.

Who voices Denji in the Japanese anime?

He was chosen despite having almost no fame at the time.

Who voices Makima in Japanese?

Fairouz Ai voices Power and Shiori Izawa voices Pochita.

Which of Denji's partners can swim through solid objects?

He worships Denji and sacrifices himself to revive him against the Darkness Devil in Hell.

The Angel Devil can drain what from people through touch?

He becomes Aki's partner after Himeno's death and later loses both arms to the Darkness Devil.

Reze, the love interest of the anime film, is secretly which Devil?

She allies with the Typhoon Devil after killing an assassin sent to torture her.

Where does Denji first meet Reze?

She later teaches him to swim during a night-time break-in at her school pool.

Roughly how much did the Reze Arc film gross worldwide?

It adapts volumes five and six of the manga and was released in Japan by Toho in September 2025.

In which prefecture was the creator of Chainsaw Man born?

He studied Western painting at Tohoku University of Art and Design.

What was the creator's first serialised manga, which ran on Shōnen Jump+ from 2016 to 2018?

He said he wrote Denji to be more emotional than Fire Punch's protagonist Agni.

Chainsaw Man is set in the late 1990s of an alternative timeline in which what still exists?

Devils in this world cycle between Hell and Earth when killed, so the Chainsaw Devil's power to erase a Devil, and its concept, for good is unique.

Because the Chainsaw Devil ate the relevant Devil, which of these has been erased from human memory?

AIDS and the Holocaust are gone too. In Part 2 the War Devil schemes to bring nuclear weapons back, and America eventually reinvents the bomb.

In 2021 Chainsaw Man won the 66th edition of which publisher's prize, in the shōnen category?

The same year it topped Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list for male readers, after placing fourth in 2020.

Aki's first partner Himeno was contracted to which Devil, lending her an invisible right hand?

She paid with her whole body to summon it against Samurai Sword to protect Aki, who later killed the Devil himself.

Which singer duets on 'Jane Doe', the ending theme of the 2025 Reze Arc film?

The film's main theme is 'Iris Out', and Kensuke Ushio returned from the TV series to score it.

Who directed the Reze Arc film, taking over from the TV series' director?

Seko wrote the screenplay, and character designer Kazutaka Sugiyama stayed on but reworked the designs to better reflect the manga's style.

Which company released the Reze Arc film in Japanese cinemas on September 19, 2025?

It screened in 75 countries and earned a Best Animation Film nomination at the 49th Japan Academy Film Prize.

Which Fujimoto one-shot, published on Shōnen Jump+ in July 2021, topped Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022?

He followed it in April 2022 with Goodbye, Eri, a 200-page one-shot, while Chainsaw Man was between its two parts.

Fujimoto said he wanted to draw manga like the films of which country, citing 2008's The Chaser?

He admired how the hero catches the villain thirty minutes in, leaving you wondering what happens next. He also named The Raid and Takeshi Kitano's work as influences.

Fujimoto has called Chainsaw Man a 'copycat' of Jujutsu Kaisen and which other manga?

He has also described it as 'a wicked FLCL' and 'a pop Abara', and cited the final battle of Kizumonogatari Part 3 as a direct influence on Part 1's climax.