Great news regarding the upcoming Fall anime season, more specifically, the highly anticipated release of the anime adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's hit manga, Chainsaw Man. The official Twitter announced the slated broadcast date for the upcoming series on Thursday.Originally announced for sometime in October 2022, the last piece of information regarding the series premiere has finally been announced, with the date and time Chainsaw Man can be expected finally being revealed. Chainsaw Man is officially scheduled to begin airing on October 11.RELATED: Meet The Staff Behind Chainsaw ManAs stated by the series' Twitter account, the official broadcast date and time has been decided, with the airing on broadcasters like TV Tokyo being set for midnight (24:00 Japan Standard Time) on Tuesday, October 11, with delivery on platforms like Amazon Prime Video coming as soon as an hour later at 25:00 JST (01:00 on October 11).The full list of channels and platforms that Chainsaw Man will premiere was also shared via the series' Twitter, with some popular platforms like Disney+, Hulu, Netflix receiving the anime the very next day, October 12, as from 01:00. As announced before, Crunchyroll will be simulcasting Chainsaw Man, being one of the few platforms to be receiving the brand-new anime on the same day as its Japan release.After its announcement in December 2021, the Chainsaw Man has been the source of a great deal of hype and speculation. Since then, various key visuals, trailers, announcements, and collaborations have been put out, building further hype for the series. In addition to announcements regarding the anime, the manga serialization has also made a return after the end of the first part, which ran for eleven volumes from December 2018 to December 2021. The return, Chainsaw Man Part 2 began serialization in July this year.Fans of the manga, and interested fans of anime in general will definitely be saving the date out of excitement for one of the most anticipated anime adaptations, not to mention one of the most stacked anime seasons in recent times. The premiere of Chainsaw Man is one of 2022's biggest anime moments, possibly turning out to be one of the biggest talking points in anime this year.

The story of Chainsaw Man follows a destitute young man named Denji struggling under a massive debt left to him by his father. He is forced by the yakuza to kill devils in order to pay off his debt, using his pet dog devil Pochita as his trusty weapon; however, Denji is one day betrayed and killed.

As his consciousness fades, his body merges together with Pochita, which grants him the powers of a Chainsaw Devil. From that moment on, Denji is not quite a devil, but not quite a man either; he is reborn with the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws and soon catches the eye of a certain devil hunter working for the Public Safety Bureau. The new anime drops October 11.

Source: Chainsaw Man Official Twitter

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