Crunchyroll subscribers had much to gripe about on Oct 11, 2022, as the streaming site crashed owing to the premiere of Chainsaw Man anime.

Tweets came pouring out as the streaming site went down just a couple of minutes after the anime was released on the platform.

While some believed Crunchyroll servers crashing was a testament to the popularity of Chainsaw Man anime, others were of the opinion that the streaming site’s servers were just too bad and that it has nothing to do with the anime’s popularity.

ITS BEEN 2 MINUTES AND CRUNCHYROLL ALREADY CRASH THIS IS CHAINSAW MAN EVERYONE #chainsawman pic.twitter.com/h4jkbK4uYN

— veko (@here_veko) October 11, 2022

NO WAY #chainsawman just crashed Crunchyroll 😭 pic.twitter.com/UrpjPShvDv

— Jason (@_jaysunn) October 11, 2022

Crunchyroll servers when they dropped Chainsaw Man

pic.twitter.com/OVMQ1tdWhO

— Zo (@ZoKnowsBall) October 11, 2022

Chainsaw Man or any other anime that crash Crunchyroll servers doesn't prove that show is good it just proves how shitty their servers are🤦 like seriously @Crunchyroll invest money in better servers instead these generic ass isekai and original ahows

— I AM 1337 (@sp1337art) October 13, 2022

According to netizens, Chainsaw Man has now joined Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball Super, Re:Zero and One Piece as an anime that has made Crunchyroll’s servers crash.

The only anime to have crashed Crunchyroll servers (Attack on Titan did it twice) pic.twitter.com/cIafKvkfVv

— Attack on Titan (@AoTJewels) October 12, 2022

You know there's a lot of Re Zero hype when Crunchyroll crashes lol

— Chibi Reviews (@ChibiReviews) July 8, 2020

Bleach fans also joined in, poking fun at Crunchyroll, saying that the anime shifted to Disney+ because Crunchyroll’s servers wouldn’t have been able to handle all the load when it premiered.

Incidentally, a lot of people had predicted that Crunchyroll’s servers would go down when Chainsaw Man anime premieres, because of the site’s poor track record in the past.

I can't wait for crunchyroll servers to crash tomorrow when Chainsawman airs 😭😭

— 🎃👻 Scone 🎃👻 (@fuznuajet) October 10, 2022

I honestly won't be surprised if crunchyroll servers crash the day that chainsaw man premieres

— Orion ☆ CHAINSAW MAN !! (@AttackOrion) September 21, 2022

Servers are gonna crash harder than ever. This might be the biggest release Crunchyroll has had https://t.co/CwCeBeLXRK

— Alex (@AlexBlakeley00) October 7, 2022

Chainsaw Man anime started airing in Japan on Oct 11, 2022.

Cast of the anime includes:

• Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
• Fairouz Ali as Power
• Tomori Kusonoki as Makima
• Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa
• Shiori Izawa as Pochita
• Mariya Ise as Himeno
• Karin Takahashi as Kobeni Higashiyama
• Taku Yashiro as Hirokazu Arai
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Kishibe
• Maaya Uchida as Angel Devil
• Natsuki Hanae as Shark Fiend
• Yuya Uchida as Violence Fiend
• Saori Goto as Spider Devil
• Daiki Hamano as Katana Man
• Yo Taichi as Akane Sawatari

Ryu Nakayama is directing Chainsaw Man anime at MAPPA studio. Hiroshi Seko is writing the scripts, and Kazutaka Sugiyama is designing the characters.

Other staff members include:

• Kensuke Ushio: Music
• Makoto Nakazono: Chief Technical Director
• Tatsuya Yoshihara: Action Director
• Kiyotaka Oshiyama: Devil Design
• Yūsuke Takeda: Art Director
• Naomi Nakano: Key Color Artist
• Yohei Miyahara: Screen Design

 Chainsaw Man anime will have 12 episodes with a different ending theme song for each episode.

The opening theme song of the anime KICK BACK, is performed by Kenshi Yonezu and is composed by King Gnu and Daiki Tsuneta (from Millenium Parade). Much to the fans delight, the opening theme of Chainsaw Man is filled with Film references, including Fujimoto’s favorite movie.