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Chainsaw Man Opening References a Bunch of Classic Movies 5m405x

The opening for creditless opening below and if there are some we missed, let us know and we’ll add them to the list! 1f1c

Pulp Fiction (1994) 6t6t1t

No Country For Old Men (2007) 2g13u

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) 1a623h

The Big Lebowski (1998) 235h49

Reservoir Dogs (1992) 40c50

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) 1e5z2q

Constantine (2005) 1q4e

Fight Club (1999) 4g2yk

Don’t Look Up (1998) 101933

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) 30168

Jacob’s Ladder (1990) 1z1052

Sadako and Kayako (2016) 1h6x6s

The opening also referenced other things including a from Chainsaw Man Part 2, Neon Genesis Evangelion (or Naruto, depending on who you ask), The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, and even a widely popular political illustration depicting a man looking at a beautiful backdrop while another man is standing on a stack of books looking at what’s behind, but with its own twist to it if you look closely.

The first episode of Chainsaw Man aired on Tuesday blowing away everyone’s expectations. The opening reached over 1 million views within the first hour of its release on MAPPA’s official YouTube channel and on Chainsaw Man’s official Twitter. The ending reached the same feat as well a couple of hours later making Chainsaw Man just the third anime so far this season with at least 1 million views for both its opening and ending.

The opening theme “KICK BACK” is performed by Kenshi Yonezu. Shingo Yamashita directed and storyboarded the opening, Kazutaka Sugiyama worked as the chief animation director, and both Riki Matsuura and Souta Yamazaki worked as animation directors. Yamashita also worked on key animation for the opening as well alongside others such as the director of the series Ryu Nakayama, Tatsuya Yoshihara (action director), and widely known animator Keiichirou Watanabe (One Punch Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Mob Psycho 100).

Synopsis 2qb4p

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as “Chainsaw Man”–a man with a devil’s heart.

Synopsis via Crunchyroll

Source: Official Twitter
Chainsaw Man ©Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha, MAPPA

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