My Hero Academia’s animation studio Bones is releasing a brand-new anime in 2025, and it’s perfect forChainsaw Manfans.Chainsaw Manis one of the biggest anime of the past few years thanks to its great animation and dark atmosphere, and while theChainsaw Manmovie is officially confirmed for a 2025 release, the lack of a firm release date still has fans desperately waiting for more.
It might be a long wait before there’s moreChainsaw Man, but an upcoming anime will be perfect for its biggest fans. Bones, the studio behindMy Hero Academia,Soul Eater, and other major hit anime is releasinga new anime in 2025 calledGachiakuta, andthe dark and punk aesthetic ofGachiakutamakes it a perfect series for anyone who’s a fan ofChainsaw Man.Gachiakuta’s most recent PV and key visualperfectly sell that, and while the two stories might be fairly different, it’s easy to see why liking one would make someone a fan of the other.
Bones Is Already Doing A Great Job Adapting Gachiakuta To Animation
Bones still hasn’t shown off much ofGachiakuta, but the new visual and PV still do a great job of showing why it’s perfect forChainsaw Manfans. For the visual, this is the first clear look at Rudo’s appearance in the anime, and sure enough,the key visual forGachiakutashows that the anime is doing a great job of capturing the punk and graffiti aesthetic of Kei Urana’s artwork, even if it is a bit simplified compared to the manga.Gachiakuta’s artwork is one of the biggest parts of its appeal, and it’s great that the anime has seen fit to retain that.
The music is also a big part of why the PV works so well. The PV, with what little of the soundtrack was shown off, made it clear that the soundtrack will lean into the punk aesthetic with a dark and metal sound, and when combined with the visuals,Gachiakutaappears to have an overall direction that will do a perfect job of selling itself as a dark anime in every regard, just likeChainsaw Man’s anime did. Even without theChainsaw Mancomparisons, that’s still plenty exciting, and seeing the finished product will surely be even better.
Gachiakuta Is Perfect For Chainsaw Man Fans Because Of How Different It Is
How Similar Actually Are Gachiakuta & Chainsaw Man?
WhileGachiakutahas a lot of overlap withChainsaw Manon a surface level, the two are fairly different. They’re both fairly darkshonenstories with a cinematic style to their artwork and paneling, but not only doesGachiakuta’s writing and overall tone lean more toward traditionalshonenthanChainsaw Man’s, butGachiakuta’s larger focus on character writing, worldbuilding, and mystery writing give it a completely different appeal fromChainsaw Man, so fans ofChainsaw Manshouldn’t go intoGachiakutathinking it will be more of the same.
Those differences are all whyGachiakutais perfect forChainsaw Manfans, however. As great as it would be to have moreChainsaw Man, a story being too similar to it would detract from its own appeal, soGachiakutawill be great forChainsaw Manfans because it provides an entirely new experience while still hitting a lot of the same appeal. Whatever the case,Gachiakutawill surely be one of the best anime from the studio behindMy Hero Academiain years, and it’s all but certain to be one of thebest anime of 2025, by far.
Chainsaw Man
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Chainsaw Man follows Denji, a young man burdened by debt, who teams up with his pet devil Pochita to fight devils under the yakuza’s control. Released in 2022, the series portrays Denji’s struggle to achieve his dream of living a simple, peaceful life.
