Dog & Chainsaw

This long-awaited anime begins with an incredible episode. We get so much fantastic character work, frantic action and emotional beats squeezed into this single episode. The pacing here is absolutley perfect; moving things along swiftly while giving us enough time to get to know Denji, Poochita and all the other important players.

While the writing is great, its the animation that stands out. Everything about this episode looks AMAZING. Seriously, the animation during the action scenes is on another level. Its clear how much time and passion has gone into this series and how they plan on it becoming a sensation.

After this episode, I'm excited to see what's next for our characters and who else we will meet.

The concept of a human turning into chainsaw and killing is already cool enough but when it's backed up by realism and human emotions it's becomes a class of it's own.

Apart from seeing some manga panels. I don't know anything about this series but I have hopes it thrives.

In midsts of all this trash anime going on from past few years with good stories I hope this one actually will be a relief.

It actually summed up Denji's life and how he became a chainsaw man pretty accurately.

That chain dog? Pochito man so cute.

I was thinking denji will not die. Lmao He was in trash 💀

It just an overkill.

Final verdict: Far from Mid.

First off this isn't going to be a show for everyone. I saw someone ask, "it's about a guy with a chainsaw what's so special about it?". Yeah, that's true, but then again Naruto is about a guy with a fox, and One Piece is about a guy who stretches like rubber and we know how good those shows turned out to be.

Don't judge an anime by the premise.

For the manga readers this episode was a big treat. No matter what criticisms you have for MAPPA one thing you know is how well they portray the TONE of the show. CSM needs that half fun, half dark sort of tone, and I think MAPPA nailed it. Everything from the color palette, to the openings, endings, and soundtracks pretty much matched the whole tone of the story.

And the OP is a banger, ending is a banger and whoever chose the artists and music for this show deserves a noble prize.

I honestly didn't feel bad about the CGI. Except for that one wonky shot in the opening where a chainsaw comes out of Denji's head, the others were perfectly fine. I mean, come on people, this is about a guy who has a chainsaw in his head. The animators can't draw the animation of the chainsaw in EVERY single frame.

I always had doubts about Makima's voice actress, but I think I got over it. Sure, she sounds a bit young, but I still think she managed to give that creepy seductive tone the character needs.

Overall, 10/10 episode. Ignore the haters, the OP just hit #2 on trending, and the ending is #6 on trending in YouTube. This shows how popular this show is. And the more popular an anime is, the more hate it is going to get.

So ignore the haters, and watch this masterpiece for yourself.

I've been anticipating the release of the Chainsaw Man anime for well over a year now... and it was worth the wait! I really enjoyed the first episode. I know some people were turned off by the 3D, but I can forgive it. It's not perfect, but I'm also not that picky I guess? I think the first episode was a great kick-off for the show. I felt like it did the manga justice and I couldn't have hoped for more than that. I feel like the voice acting was perfect even though I know some people were worried about Makima's voice. Music was solid too. My only complaint might be that the mixing made it hard to hear at times, but that's true for a lot of media in my experience. Truly excited for the next episode!

Holy... WHAT an amazing first episode! I have been waiting over a year for this and it was everything i could have hoped for and more!!

This episode offered a great introduction to our main character whom you connect with really fast!

Animation and visuals though were phenomenal! Honestly it looked like a movie at times! Great soundtrack and the Chainsaw sound effects was Perfect! Lots of gore and blood and very clear that there is no censorship! Perhaps one of the most violent episodes of anime i have seen along with Tokyo Ghoul, Cyberpunk edgerunners and AOT!

Opening and ending was EPIC!! I Think I heard both of them multiple times! Cant wait for the other 11 endings! Lets have that Chainsaw man album!

Big applause for everyone involved! All the love and dedication shines through already!