The next five great anime to watch are Chainsaw Man
The first season of Chainsaw Man, an anime based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's action-horror manga about a boy named Denji who has the ability to change into a man made of chainsaws, was completed in late December 2022. Fans of the anime will have to wait a little longer to find out just who that dark-haired young woman glimpsed in the post-credits of the final episode was, although readers of the manga already know what happens after the season's cliffhanger finale.
I could surely get your attention and tell you quite a story about who that woman was and what exactly her situation was, but I'm not going to do it because, spoilers, dude! Instead, I'm going to do my part to make the wait for the announcement of a second season of Chainsaw Man more bearable by suggesting some anime that'll satisfy your gnawing craving for more bloody hyperviolence, vulgarity directed at teenagers, simmering sexual tension, and crushing existential ennui. Why? Because anime is enjoyable, that is why!
If you liked Chainsaw Man, you should check out these two openly bonkers and blatantly bizarre anime.
1.KIZUMONOGATARI
Fantasy/horror action is a genre.
Directors: Tatsuya Oishi and Akiyuki Shinbo
Time: 1h 4m (Part 1: Tekketsu); 1h 8m (Part 2: Nekketsu); and 1h 23m (Part 3: Reiketsu)
As we've previously mentioned, Tatsuki Fujimoto, the man behind Chainsaw Man, has credited the Kizumonogatari trilogy, particularly the conclusion, Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu, as an influence and source of inspiration. The Kizumonogatari films employed several animators who are currently working on MAPPA's 2022 anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man, including chief animation director Tsutomu Matsra, episode director Hironori Tanaka, and key animator Atori Ozawa.
Kizumonogatari's premise is at least as ridiculous as Chainsaw Man's. The movies center on Koyomi Araragi, a high school student who unintentionally encounters Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, an immortal vampire who is fatally wounded (*deep breath*). Koyomi is forced to engage in combat with a group of vampire hunters for control of her missing body parts after being sired by Kiss-Shot while defending his fictitious girlfriend Tsubasa Hanekawa. It's an avant-garde horror-action anime that's extremely violent, sexually explicit, and visually stunning but may also be difficult to understand at times. Make Kizumonogatari the one anime you watch from the ones on this list.
2.DOROHEDORO
Dark science fantasy/action is the genre.
Yuichiro Hayashi is the director.
12 episodes total.
You owe it to yourself to watch Dorohedoro, MAPPA's second dark sci-fi action series based on a cult beloved manga, if you liked Chainsaw Man. The story centers on Caiman, a man whose head was changed into that of a lizard after being attacked by an unidentified sorcerer and who has no memory of his past. It is set in the Hole, a post-apocalyptic human city resembling a favela that has been contaminated by magic-wielding sorcerers.
As he hunts for the sorcerer who transformed him in the hopes of finding a cure, Caiman fights against and kills them wherever they turn up with the help of Nikaido, the proprietor of a nearby gyoza restaurant who discovered Caiman's unconscious body and took him in. Oh, and did I mention that he achieves this by biting into their faces, during which a strange being in the back of his throat determines whether or not the accused sorcerer is the one who is accountable. Fortunately, things only get stranger from there. In terms of a project borne out of creative zeal and unrestricted imagination, Dorohedoro is a remarkable adaptation of a beloved manga and a series comparable to MAPPA's Chainsaw Man adaption.