Chainsaw Man Meets Crocs: Four Clogs Channeling Denji, Power, and Pochita

BODY: Pochita on your feet is a strange image until you remember that Crocs has holes in it — and that Chainsaw Man's chainsaw-dog mascot was always built for merchandising. Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga-turned-anime juggernaut is now a Crocs collaboration, its first, with four models going on sale October 27.

The lineup splits across the series' central trio. Denji and Power each get designs, as does Pochita, with the collection rendered in the kind of literal, high-contrast styling that Crocs collabs tend to favor — characters and iconography translated directly onto the clog silhouette rather than abstracted into subtle colorways. Jibbitz charms, the small snap-in decorations that fill those signature holes, are the usual vehicle for this sort of character work.

Distribution is unusually wide for an anime tie-in. Beyond Crocs' own directly operated stores and online shop, the collection hits ABC-MART — Japan's dominant shoe chain, with locations in practically every mid-sized shopping center — and atmos, the Harajuku-born sneaker boutique that functions as a tastemaker for Japanese streetwear. Additional retailers are also carrying stock.

That retail spread says something about where Chainsaw Man sits commercially in late 2026. The franchise has spent the past year in a heightened state of visibility following the Reze Arc film, and brand partners have responded accordingly.

The insider take

The atmos inclusion is the detail worth watching. ABC-MART moves volume; atmos confers legitimacy. Placing an anime collab in both means the partnership is being positioned as a streetwear drop rather than a character-goods item — a distinction that matters enormously in Japan, where anime merchandise and fashion have historically occupied separate retail universes with separate customers. Crocs has been quietly running this playbook in Japan for several years now, and the clog's rehabilitation from dad-shoe punchline to legitimate streetwear object happened here faster than almost anywhere else. Expect the Pochita model to sell out first and surface on Mercari at a markup by the following weekend; that is simply how these things go now.

Originally reported by コミックナタリー - 最新ニュース (Japanese).