Chainsaw Man is an anime television series based on the manga series Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto. Produced by MAPPA, the anime series was announced in December 2020. It adapts the first 38 chapters of the manga in 12 episodes. The series was directed by Ryà « Nakayama, with series composition and scripts by Hiroshi Seko. Makoto Nakazono and respectively served as chief episode director and action director, with character designs by Kazutaka Sugiyama and demon designs by . The series' music was composed by Kensuke Ushio.
The series follows the story of Denji, an impoverished young man who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of a dog-like Devil named Pochita, 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 fighting Devils whenever they become a threat to Japan.
The series aired on TV Tokyo and its TXN affiliates from October 12 to December 28, 2022. The opening theme song is "Kick Back", performed by Kenshi Yonezu, while each episode features a different ending theme song. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of East Asia and began streaming an English dub on October 25, 2022. Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.