The previous issue of Weekly Shonen Jump had teased an “important announcement” for the manga in the second issue.
The second 2021 issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man manga is getting a television anime adaptation at studio MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Dorohedoro, Attack on Titan The Final Season).
The manga debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2018, and Shueisha published the ninth volume on November 4.
The manga was nominated for the 10th Manga Taisho Awards in 2017, and the 2017 edition of Takarajimasha’s Kono Manga ga Sugoi!