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On Wednesday, Sony Pictures Entertainment released a trailer for Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc. This is a film adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto 's manga series, featuring both English dub and Japanese with English subtitles. The video also revealed that the movie will be released in the U.S. earlier than expected, with an opening date of October 24 instead of October 29 as previously scheduled.

English Dub Trailer

English Sub Trailer





The company also streamed a recap for the story thus far from the television anime:

English Dub Recap





English Sub Recap

SPE has secured global distribution for the movie, which will be released in US cinemas on October 24th and UK theatres on October 29th. Moreover, it will be shown in over 80 countries prior to these dates on September 24th.

The film will open in Japan on September 19.

Reina Ueda plays Reze in the film.

MAPPA describes the film's story:

Denji became “Chainsaw Man”, a boy with a devil's heart, and is now part of Special Division 4's devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café.

The film's staff includes:

- Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara ( Chainsaw Man TV 's storyboarder, key animator, episode director)
- Screenwriter: Hiroshi Seko (returning from TV anime)
- Character Designer: Kazutaka Sugiyama (returning from TV anime)
- Assistant Director: Masato Nakazono (storyboarder and chief episode director for TV anime)
- Sub Character Designer: Sota Yamazaki , Shun (chief animation directors for TV anime)
- Main Animator: Shōichi (animation director from TV anime)
- Music: kensuke ushio (returning from TV anime)
- Action Animation Director: Sōta Shigetsugu
- Devil Designer: Riki Matsuura , Kiyotaka Oshiyama
- Costume Designer: Aya Yamamoto
- Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda
- Color Designer: Naomi Nakano
- Color Script: Riku
- 3DCG Director: Daiki Watanabe , Masahiro Tamai
- Compositing Director: Teppei Ito
- Editor: Masato Yoshitake
- Distribution: TOHO
- Production: MAPPA


In the film "JANE DOE," Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada will perform the ending song "JANE DOE." Additionally, Yonezu will sing the film's theme song "IRIS OUT." Maximum The Hormone's "Hawatari Nioku Centi" (2-Hundred-Million-Centimeter-Blades) will be featured as an insert song in the film. The longer version of the song, "Hawatari Nioku Centi (Zentai Suitei 70% Kaikin edit)" (Estimated 70% Unredacted Edit), will be included in the film. Previously, a shorter, 90-second version of the track was used as the ending song for episode 3 of the television anime series. The band notes that they did not release the longer version of the song until now due in part to the second half of the lyrics referencing the character Reze.

In October 2022, the TV anime show started airing simultaneously across six stations including TV Tokyo and its affiliates, in addition to being available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Crunchyroll is currently broadcasting this anime in more than 200 countries worldwide.

Crunchyroll 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.

On one occasion, Denji meets with treachery and perishes. In his final moments, he strikes a deal with Pochita which results in him being resurrected as "Chainsaw Man," a being imbued with a malevolent spirit.

Fujimoto introduced the Chainsaw Man manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2018, ending its first part, "Kōan" arc, in December 2020. Afterward, "Gakkō-hen" (School Arc) began on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in July 2022. For three consecutive years, this manga has been recognized as the best at The Harvey Awards.

In September to October 2023, a stage play adaptation of the manga was performed in both Tokyo and Kyoto.




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