Chainsaw Man
Director(s)Ryu Nakayama
Production year2022
Genre(s)Action, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes25m
CastRyan Colt Levy, Suzie Yeung, Sarah Wiedenheft
Chainsaw Man
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, a young man in dire financial straits attempts to make money by killing devil monsters with an unusual accomplice.
violence
Strong violence features stabbings and slashings with bladed weapons, and fantastical entities, including zombies, being ripped apart with chainsaws in bloody fashion.
injury detail
There is sight of severed heads and limbs, and internal organs lying in large pools of blood in the aftermath of fantastical violence.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. There is implied strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'whore', 'ass', 'shit', 'bastard', 'jerk' and 'damn'. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated series, in this episode, Makima takes Denji under her wing, allowing him to join her team at the Public Safety Bureau.
violence
A man strikes another with an axe, beheading him and causing blood to splatter onto nearby objects.
injury detail
There are frequent bloody images, including when a woman fantastically conjures blood into the air, shaping it into a hammer which she uses as a weapon, and the sight of blood all over the dead bodies of people who have been violently killed.
additional issues
A man fantasises about touching a woman's breasts. There is the use of mild bad language ('asshole', 'frig', 'fricking', 'shit', 'crap', 'ass', 'piss') as well as milder terms including 'hell', and 'damn'. A person briefly discusses the death of members of their family. A man chain smokes cigarettes.
strong injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Denji agrees to help Power in her quest to rescue her cat.
violence
A man fantastically produces chainsaws from under his skin, causing blood to spurt as the weapons rip out of his flesh. He uses the chainsaws to engage in fights with fantastical creatures, cutting into them and producing more fantastically coloured blood.
injury detail
Strong injury detail includes the sight of a creatures gory innards after it has been cut open, and frequent sight of blood, such as when a man is forced to vomit blood as a result of violence, and when a woman manipulates streams of the substance magically in order to create a weapon.
additional issues
Strong language (‘f**k’) is used infrequently, as are milder terms including ‘crap’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’ and ‘hell’. A man repeatedly describes how he desires to touch a woman's breasts. There is a long shot of a nude woman, though she is partially covered by her long hair over her body. Scenes of moderate threat include when a monster eats a woman, and when a car containing a civilian is thrown through the air, endangering their life.
strong violence, bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Denji takes on the Bat Devil in a ferocious battle as he tries to save Power.
violence
There are bloody hacks, slashes and stabs during a fantastical battle between a young man with magical chainsaw weapons and a giant demonic monster.
sex
There are repeated references to a teenage boy's desire to fondle a demonic girl's breasts; she later gives him permission to do so and we see her fondling them herself, while fully clothed, in close-up, sexualised images. A female character refers to a young man as a 'stud'.
injury detail
There are scenes of fantastical blood and gore, including sight of dismembered monsters and creatures. A demonic female character drinks blood from the torn up or decapitated bodies of animals in what appears to be a dream sequence. There are bloody spurts, and splashes in battle scenes and blood sprays from the head of a man with a chainsaw weapon protruding from it. A monster's bloody intestines are seen carpeting a street.
additional issues
A female character tells a teenage boy she does not flush the toilet after defecating; we later see him plunging a blocked toilet. There is female buttock nudity. Scenes of fantastical threat include characters being attacked by monstrous demonic forces. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'ass', 'turd', 'titties') as well as milder terms like 'freakin' and 'hell'.
strong sex references, violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Denji is encouraged to join the hunt for the Gun Demon when one of his colleagues pledges to grant him a wish.
violence
A demonically animated severed head is sliced in half by a sword, resulting in splashes of blood. There are brief images of strong fantasy violence which includes blade slashes and stabs. Characters are pinned against walls by the throat.
sex
There is repeated sight of a young man fondling the breasts of clothed female characters in close-up detail; these encounters are all consensual. We see sexualised images of female bodies and sexualised behaviour, such as caresses and a woman putting a young man's fingers in her mouth.
injury detail
There are scenes of fantastical blood and gore, including sight of dismembered monsters and creatures. We see splashes and spurts of blood in the aftermath or violence. A news report shows the bloody body of a person who has been shot dead.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('shit', 'piss', 'a-hole') along with milder terms like 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes sexist comments about unmarried women. There are undetailed references to bereavement.
strong violence, horror, bloody images
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, a Gun Demon traps Denji and the team in a hotel and makes them a terrible offer.
violence
A human character is stabbed by another, with sight of blood spilling from the wound. There are brief images of strong bloody fantasy violence which includes blade slashes and stabs.
threat and horror
A monstrous demonic creature made of deformed severed heads chases people through corridors. Terrified characters become increasingly distraught as they fear the cannot escape and suffer supernaturally influenced terrors. There are scenes of knife threat.
injury detail
Bloody images include demonic severed heads spewing blood from their mouths, as well as splashes and pools of blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'prick', 'dickhead', 'shit', 'crap', 'piss', 'butt', 'hell' and 'damn'. There are verbal references to sex work and to a bargain a teenage boy has struck in which he will get to kiss a woman in return for completing his mission. There are moderately sexualised images of female characters. Characters experience panic attacks and psychological breakdowns.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode,Denji battles with a powerful Eternity Devil.
violence
Strong violence features the prolonged hacking and slicing with chainsaws of a fantastical monster, which produces extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘dickhead’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters, along with other moderate sex references. Adult characters smoke and consume alcohol; in one scene, a drunk woman kisses a man and involuntarily vomits into his mouth, but the detail is obscured.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Denji is torn between his feelings for Makima and the prospect of his first sexual experience with Himeno.
violence
Strong violence features the shooting of human characters and the prolonged hacking and slicing with bladed weapons of a fantastical monster. There is extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘crap’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’. There is moderate threat. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters, along with other moderate sex references. Adult characters smoke and consume alcohol.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, Denji engages the Samurai Sword devil monster in battle.
violence
Strong violence features the shooting of human characters and prolonged bouts of hacking and slicing with bladed weapons and chainsaws of fantastical monsters. There is extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘damn’, ‘jerk’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese anime series; in this episode the Devil Extermination Division recover after Samurai Sword's attack, and Denji and Power are given training to strengthen their powers.
violence
There is strong violence with bloody detail. Two immortal characters are choked and their necks broken, before drinking blood and recovering, and a man is shot in the head. During a training exercise there are slashed throats, stabbings, and use of hammers.
additional issues
There is use of moderate bad language ('bitch') and milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'ass', 'damn', 'hell').
There is a close up of a woman's cleavage and sight of a man being lead around on a leash.
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese anime series; in this episode Aki Hayakawa meets the Future Devil who let's him use his powers for a price.
violence
There is strong bloody violence. Fantastical creatures fight one another and eat zombies. A zombie is decapitated and eaten, others are killed with bladed weapons. A character is slashed with a sword.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker') and milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'Jesus').
additional issues
There is close up sight of a woman's cleavage, and sight of a man being lead around on a leash.
There is moderate threat.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
CHAINSAW MAN is a Japanese anime series; in this episode, the division take down the Yakuza who have been given powers by the Gun Devil.
violence
Fight scenes include limb severings, sword slashings, decapitations and a character being sliced in half. A chainsaw bursts through a character's head during a transformation.
additional issues
Moderate gun and knife threat occurs. There is a close up of a woman's cleavage and sight of a man being lead around on a leash. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'hell').
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date18/09/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
Strong violence features stabbings and slashings with bladed weapons, and fantastical entities, including zombies, being ripped apart with chainsaws in bloody fashion.
injury detail
There is sight of severed heads and limbs, and internal organs lying in large pools of blood in the aftermath of fantastical violence.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. There is implied strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'whore', 'ass', 'shit', 'bastard', 'jerk' and 'damn'. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Fight scenes include limb severings, sword slashings, decapitations and a character being sliced in half. A chainsaw bursts through a character's head during a transformation.
additional issues
Moderate gun and knife threat occurs. There is a close up of a woman's cleavage and sight of a man being lead around on a leash. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'ass', 'hell').
strong bloody violence, language
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong bloody violence. Fantastical creatures fight one another and eat zombies. A zombie is decapitated and eaten, others are killed with bladed weapons. A character is slashed with a sword.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker') and milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'bastard', 'ass', 'screw', 'Jesus').
additional issues
There is close up sight of a woman's cleavage, and sight of a man being lead around on a leash.
There is moderate threat.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence with bloody detail. Two immortal characters are choked and their necks broken, before drinking blood and recovering, and a man is shot in the head. During a training exercise there are slashed throats, stabbings, and use of hammers.
additional issues
There is use of moderate bad language ('bitch') and milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'ass', 'damn', 'hell').
There is a close up of a woman's cleavage and sight of a man being lead around on a leash.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence features the shooting of human characters and prolonged bouts of hacking and slicing with bladed weapons and chainsaws of fantastical monsters. There is extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘damn’, ‘jerk’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence features the shooting of human characters and the prolonged hacking and slicing with bladed weapons of a fantastical monster. There is extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘crap’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’. There is moderate threat. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters, along with other moderate sex references. Adult characters smoke and consume alcohol.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence features the prolonged hacking and slicing with chainsaws of a fantastical monster, which produces extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath detail.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘ass’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘dickhead’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters, along with other moderate sex references. Adult characters smoke and consume alcohol; in one scene, a drunk woman kisses a man and involuntarily vomits into his mouth, but the detail is obscured.
strong violence, horror, bloody images
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A human character is stabbed by another, with sight of blood spilling from the wound. There are brief images of strong bloody fantasy violence which includes blade slashes and stabs.
threat and horror
A monstrous demonic creature made of deformed severed heads chases people through corridors. Terrified characters become increasingly distraught as they fear the cannot escape and suffer supernaturally influenced terrors. There are scenes of knife threat.
injury detail
Bloody images include demonic severed heads spewing blood from their mouths, as well as splashes and pools of blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'prick', 'dickhead', 'shit', 'crap', 'piss', 'butt', 'hell' and 'damn'. There are verbal references to sex work and to a bargain a teenage boy has struck in which he will get to kiss a woman in return for completing his mission. There are moderately sexualised images of female characters. Characters experience panic attacks and psychological breakdowns.
strong sex references, violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A demonically animated severed head is sliced in half by a sword, resulting in splashes of blood. There are brief images of strong fantasy violence which includes blade slashes and stabs. Characters are pinned against walls by the throat.
sex
There is repeated sight of a young man fondling the breasts of clothed female characters in close-up detail; these encounters are all consensual. We see sexualised images of female bodies and sexualised behaviour, such as caresses and a woman putting a young man's fingers in her mouth.
injury detail
There are scenes of fantastical blood and gore, including sight of dismembered monsters and creatures. We see splashes and spurts of blood in the aftermath or violence. A news report shows the bloody body of a person who has been shot dead.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('shit', 'piss', 'a-hole') along with milder terms like 'hell' and 'damn'. A man makes sexist comments about unmarried women. There are undetailed references to bereavement.
strong violence, bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody hacks, slashes and stabs during a fantastical battle between a young man with magical chainsaw weapons and a giant demonic monster.
sex
There are repeated references to a teenage boy's desire to fondle a demonic girl's breasts; she later gives him permission to do so and we see her fondling them herself, while fully clothed, in close-up, sexualised images. A female character refers to a young man as a 'stud'.
injury detail
There are scenes of fantastical blood and gore, including sight of dismembered monsters and creatures. A demonic female character drinks blood from the torn up or decapitated bodies of animals in what appears to be a dream sequence. There are bloody spurts, and splashes in battle scenes and blood sprays from the head of a man with a chainsaw weapon protruding from it. A monster's bloody intestines are seen carpeting a street.
additional issues
A female character tells a teenage boy she does not flush the toilet after defecating; we later see him plunging a blocked toilet. There is female buttock nudity. Scenes of fantastical threat include characters being attacked by monstrous demonic forces. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'ass', 'turd', 'titties') as well as milder terms like 'freakin' and 'hell'.
strong injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man fantastically produces chainsaws from under his skin, causing blood to spurt as the weapons rip out of his flesh. He uses the chainsaws to engage in fights with fantastical creatures, cutting into them and producing more fantastically coloured blood.
injury detail
Strong injury detail includes the sight of a creatures gory innards after it has been cut open, and frequent sight of blood, such as when a man is forced to vomit blood as a result of violence, and when a woman manipulates streams of the substance magically in order to create a weapon.
additional issues
Strong language (‘f**k’) is used infrequently, as are milder terms including ‘crap’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘bullshit’, ‘ass’ and ‘hell’. A man repeatedly describes how he desires to touch a woman's breasts. There is a long shot of a nude woman, though she is partially covered by her long hair over her body. Scenes of moderate threat include when a monster eats a woman, and when a car containing a civilian is thrown through the air, endangering their life.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man strikes another with an axe, beheading him and causing blood to splatter onto nearby objects.
injury detail
There are frequent bloody images, including when a woman fantastically conjures blood into the air, shaping it into a hammer which she uses as a weapon, and the sight of blood all over the dead bodies of people who have been violently killed.
additional issues
A man fantasises about touching a woman's breasts. There is the use of mild bad language ('asshole', 'frig', 'fricking', 'shit', 'crap', 'ass', 'piss') as well as milder terms including 'hell', and 'damn'. A person briefly discusses the death of members of their family. A man chain smokes cigarettes.
strong bloody violence, gore
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence features stabbings and slashings with bladed weapons, and fantastical entities, including zombies, being ripped apart with chainsaws in bloody fashion.
injury detail
There is sight of severed heads and limbs, and internal organs lying in large pools of blood in the aftermath of fantastical violence.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. There is implied strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'whore', 'ass', 'shit', 'bastard', 'jerk' and 'damn'. There is occasional focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
Director(s)Ryu Nakayama
Production year2022
Genre(s)Action, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes25m
CastRyan Colt Levy, Suzie Yeung, Sarah Wiedenheft
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date18/09/2023
LanguageEnglish
