Eight short stories by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of "Chainsaw Man," to be adapted into anime

It has been announced that eight short stories by manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto , known for works such as " Chainsaw Man" and "Lookback, " will be adapted into anime all at once. All eight stories from " Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Stories Collection 17-21" and "Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Stories Collection 22-26," which contain one-off stories drawn by Fujimoto between the ages of 17 and 26, will be made into anime and will be available worldwide exclusively on Prime Video from November 8th.

The eight works include "There Were Two Chickens in the Garden," which depicts the bond between two survivors in a world where humanity has been wiped out; "Sasaki-kun Stopped a Bullet," an explosion of adolescent impulses; "Love is Blind," a sci-fi romantic comedy in which love runs wild on a cosmic scale; "Shikaku," the story of the runaway love of a screwed-up assassin girl; "Mermaid Rhapsody," a love story between a boy and a mermaid played on an underwater piano; "I Woke Up and Had a Girl Syndrome," a story of finding one's true self beyond the boundaries of gender; "Nayuta of the Prophecy," a tale of the rebirth of a brother and sister burdened with a cruel fate; and "Sister's Older Sister," a story of the jealousy, conflict, and growth of two sisters who devote themselves to art.

The anime will be produced by seven directors, including Tetsuaki Watanabe of the anime "Blue Lock," Nobuyuki Takeuchi of the film "Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?", and Kazuaki Terazawa of the anime "The Ancient Magus' Bride Season 2," as well as six studios: ZEXCS, Lapin Track, GRAPH77, 100studio, Studio Kafka, and PAWORKS. Voice actors include Kensho Ono, Shun Horie, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita, and Yoichi Okano, who is currently the subject of much discussion as a trash comedian.

The key visual, accompanied by the catchphrase "The origins begin to move," and a Chainsaw Man have also been released, vividly depicting Fujimoto's pure, ferocious, innocent, and stimulating works that are the origins of his Lookback, such as "Nayuta of the Prophecy" and "Sister's Sister," which are said to be the prototypes of "Chainsaw Man" and "Look Back."

Fujimoto commented, "I was worried about whether it was really okay to turn works created during my student days into anime, and whether the works would end up relying too much on someone's inspiration. However, although I haven't seen them yet, I believe they have turned out to be good works because they were made by talented directors."

*Staff and cast of each work (titles omitted)

"There were two chickens in the garden." Director and screenwriter: Seishiro Nagaya ▽ Character design: Moaan ▽ Production: ZEXCS ▽ Cast: Kensho Ono, Shion Sakurai, Kazuki Ura, Kimiko Saito, Mitsuo Iwata

"Sasaki-kun Stopped the Bullet" Director: Kimura Nobukage ▽ Screenplay: Utsumi Teruko ▽ Character Design ▽ Ozono Naho ▽ Production: Lapin Track ▽ Cast: Kumagai Toshiki, Chika Anzai, Okano Yoichi

"Love is Blind" Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi ▽ Screenplay: Teruko Utsumi ▽ Character Design: Tomoko Mori ▽ Production: Lapin Track ▽ Cast: Shun Horie, Shion Wakayama, Toshiyuki Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Yamamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Mamiko Noto

"Shikaku" Director and Screenwriter: Ando Naoya ▽ Character Design: MYOUN ▽ Production: GRAPH77 ▽ Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita

"Mermaid Rhapsody" Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe ▽ Screenplay: Tatsuo Kobayashi ▽ Character design: Nozomi Shimazaki ▽ Production: 100studio ▽ Cast: Chiaki Kikuta, Eri Yukimura

"I woke up and found myself a girl" Director and scriptwriter: Kazuaki Terazawa ▽ Character design: Kohei Tokuoka ▽ Production: Studio Kafka ▽ Cast: Yuki Sakakibara, Maki Kawase, Seiichiro Yamashita

"Nayuta of the Prophecy" Director and Screenwriter: Tetsuaki Watanabe ▽ Character Design: Hisashi Higashijima ▽ Production: 100studio ▽ Cast: Hitomi Sasaki, Yohei Matsuoka

"My Sister's Older Sister" Director: Osamu Homma ▽ Screenplay: Yoko Yonayama ▽ Character Design: Haruka Sagawa ▽ Production: PAWORKS ▽ Cast: Runa Nakajima, Tomomi Nakai, Tomohiko Imai