Before Fire Punch and the wild popularity of Chainsaw Man , creator Tatsuki Fujimoto released a bunch of manga one-shots. These were collected in a pair of books titled Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man 17-21 and Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man 22-26 , and now all eight of those stories are getting adapted into an anime titled Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 . Seven directors will bring the stories to life across six anime studios. Check out a trailer and visual below and read on for everyone involved in the shorts so far. Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 Anime Trailer RELATED: Chainsaw Man – The Compilation Two-Part Movie to Stream on Crunchyroll in September Works being adapted include: “A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin’ in the Schoolyard” Director and Writer: Seiishiro Nagaya ( Backflip!! series director) Character Designer: Moaang ( Garden of Remembrance ) Animation Production: ZEXCS Cast: Kensho Ono, Shion Sakurai, Kazuki Ura, Kimiko Saito, Mitsuo Iwata “Sasaki Stopped a Bullet” Director: Nobukage Kimura (episodes of Gatchaman Crowds Insight , Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic ) Writer: Teruko Utsumi ( Sarazanmai ) Character Designer: Naho Kozono ( You and I Are Polar Opposites sub-character design) Animation Production: Lapin Track Cast: Toshiki Kumagai, Chika Anzai, Yoichi Okano “Love is Blind” Director: Nobuyuki Takeuchi ( Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom? ) Writer: Teruko Utsumi Character Designer: Tomoko Mori ( Ushio & Tora ) Animation Production: Lapin Track Cast: Shun Horie, Shion Wakayama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Yamamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Mamiko Noto “Shikaku” Director and writer: Naoya Ando ( Paradox Live The Animation ) Character Designer: MYOUN Animation Production: GRAPH77 Cast: Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita “Mermaid Rhapsody” Director: Tetsuaki Watanabe ( BLUE LOCK ) Writer: Tatsuo Kobayashi Character Designer: Nozomu Shimazaki Animation Production: 100studio Cast: Chiaki Kikuta, Eri Yukimura “Woke-Up-as-a-Girl Syndrome” Director and Writer: Kazuaki Terasawa ( The Ancient Magus’ Bride ) Character Designer: Kohei Tokuoka ( The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity ) Production: Studio Kafka Cast: Yuki Sakakihara, Makai Kawase, Seiichiro Yamashita “Nayuta of the Prophecy” Director and Writer: Tetsuaki Watanabe Character Designer: Hisashi Higashijima ( MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES ) Animation Production: 100studio Cast: Hitomi Sasaki, Yohei Matsuoka “Sisters” Director: Shu Honma ( MAYONAKA PUNCH ) Writer: Yoko Yonaiyama ( Skip and Loafer ) Character Designer: Haruka Sagawa ( Call of the Night ) Animation Production: P.A.WORKS Cast: Runa Nakashima, Tomo Nakai, Tomohiko Imai Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 will stream around the world exclusively on Amazon Prime Video starting November 7 (November 8 in Japan). VIZ Media publishes both volumes of Fujimoto’s story collections, describing the first like so: Alien invasions, high school romances, and even bloody vampire action—all this and more awaits in four compelling short stories that reveal the starting point of Tatsuki Fujimoto, the twisted mastermind behind Chainsaw Man. Source: Comic Natalie
