Well, well, well, look what we have here. After approximately 3 decades of waiting (give or take), Crunchyroll, bless their slow-paced souls, has FINALLY confirmed that Chainsaw Man—The Movie: Reze Arc is dropping on October 29th. 🎃 But wait, there’s MORE! To ensure your precious little brains can handle the movie, they’re blessing us with a TWO-PART RECAP in September! Because, you know, who can remember what happened in those twelve whole episodes from, like, ages ago? 🙄
So, get this: Chainsaw Man—The Compilation Part I & Part II are gracing Japan with their presence on September 5th. What a time to be alive! 🥳 These recaps aren’t just rehashed footage, oh no. They’re throwing in *newly animated sections* called Chainsaw Days. Apparently, these will adapt omake extra end chapters. Omake? More like… oh-my-god-who-cares. 😴
Crunchyroll, in their infinite wisdom, ALSO announced that the two-part Chainsaw Man Season 1 compilation will stream on the platform in September. North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS are gonna be *blessed* with this recap. But here’s the kicker: subtitles ONLY at launch. Because, you know, reading is for nerds. 🤓 Gotta love that commitment to accessibility.
But hold on, there’s even MORE! Chainsaw Man—The Movie: Reze Arc will be unleashed in 61 IMAX theaters across Japan on September 19. A new IMAX exclusive poster was released, too. Bet you can’t wait to pay extra for a slightly bigger screen! 🤑 Don’t worry, the international release should also have IMAX screenings, because who doesn’t want to experience Denji’s existential dread in glorious, oversized format? 🤡
Ryu Nakayama directed the TV anime series, which aired from October to December 2022. Tatsuya Yoshihara, who directed some episodes and directed much of the Black Clover TV anime, is directing the movie. Hiroshi Seko returns to write the script, because apparently nobody else can. ✍️ Kazutaka Sugiyama is back as Character Designer, because consistency is key, right? Souta Yamazaki and Shun are the Sub Character Designers. Sota Shigetsugu is Action Animation Director, and Shoichi is the Main Animator. Riki Matsuura will design the devils, and Kiyotaka Oshiyama, director of Look Back, will also be there. Teamwork makes the dream work. Or something. 🤷♀️
Chainsaw Man—The Movie: Reze Arc will premiere in Japan on September 19 and then release internationally starting September 24. Sony Pictures will release the film in the United States on October 29. Here’s the premise: Denji, the boy with a Devil’s heart, is now part of Special Division 4’s Devil Hunters. After a date with Makima, he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café. Sounds riveting, doesn’t it? 🙄 The movie serves as a continuation of the first season, so this is a must-watch. Or is it? 🤔
Kensuke Ushio is returning to compose the film’s music, because recycling is good for the environment. ♻️ Kenshi Yonezu performed the film’s theme song “Iris Out,” while the ending theme song is “Jane Doe” by Yonezu and Hikaru Utada. Yonezu is back after previously doing the opening theme song for the first season, because we can’t have new talent, can we? 🙄
Crunchyroll currently streams the Chainsaw Man anime series and describes the story. “Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as “Chainsaw Man”—a man with a devil’s heart.” Riveting, right?
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