Is CHAINSAW MAN A Good Adaptation? (Yes.) | Animation Spotlight

Canipa breaks down the animation of Studio MAPPA's Chainsaw Man to see how it matches up to one of the most critically acclaimed manga in recent years.

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Sources and Further Reading:

CR Interview with CSM MAPPA staff - https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-feature/2022/07/29-1/interview-chainsaw-man-anime-staff-on-the-series-young-crazy-energy
CB Interview with CSM MAPPA staff - https://comicbook.com/anime/news/chainsaw-man-anime-interview/
Interview with Nakayama and Seshimo - https://www.mensnonno.jp/lifestyle/culture/255627/#shm-vp-4
CRX CSM panel report - https://animegalaxyofficial.com/chainsaw-man-part-2-crunchyroll-expo-2022/
Nakayama on animator recruitment - https://r-nkym.fanbox.cc/posts/2623524
Interview with Fujimoto - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-04-21/chainsaw-man-creator-tatsuki-fujimoto/.171315
Animator credits sourced via https://sakugabooru.com/

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Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect

Anime series featured in this video (chronologically):

The Promised Neverland
Tanaka-kun is Always Listless
Chainsaw Man
Classroom of the Elite
Bocchi the Rock
Blood of Zeus
Yozakura Quartet - Hana no Uta
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
Space Dandy
Jujutsu Kaisen
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Attack on Titan: The Final Season
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
The God of High School
The Gymnastics Samurai
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Flip Flappers
Fate/Grand Order: Babylonia
Ranking of Kings
The Dungeon of Black Company
Yatterman Night
Inuyashiki

Music:

00:00 - Miki The Witch - kensuke ushio (Devilman CRYBABY)
01:21 - The Canipa Effect Intro - Steven Kelly
01:36 - Buddy, Ryo - kensuke ushio (Devilman CRYBABY)
02:09 - Fire Witch ii - kensuke ushio (Boogiepop & Others)
06:39 - From Here To Eternity - kensuke ushio (Devilman CRYBABY)
08:15 - Sabbath I - kensuke ushio (Devilman CRYBABY)
10:14 - Night Hawk - kensuke ushio (Devilman CRYBABY)
12:06 - Strategist - kensuke ushio (Devilman CRYBABY)


All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use.