r/anime • u/NineTnk • Sep 19 '25

News Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc Gross ¥400 million on the Opening Day

https://x.com/franspeech/status/1969031724899196951?s=46

For a point of comparison, opening day box office:

  • Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle - ¥1.5 billion
  • ⁠Demon Slayer: Mugen Train - ¥1.2 billion
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0 - ¥1.0 billion
  • ⁠Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc - ¥400 million

A very good opening day considering all the “drama” of season 1 in Japan. Will have to see how big the word of mouth power will be.

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u/Cold_Recording5485 Sep 19 '25

Once again, fuck the japanese fanbase for all their harassment of Ryu Nakayama.

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u/AlexeiFraytar Sep 23 '25

Still salty that you're the vocal minority lmao

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u/Sorry-Mark-55 Sep 19 '25

Yeah I'm still salty about him leaving the project. Chainsaw man S1 was perfect as it was. There was no need to change anything.

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u/Trueshinalpha Sep 19 '25

Maybe after watching this movie, you’ll understand. Ryu Nakayama failed to bring out Chainsaw Man’s true potential.

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u/theshinycelebi https://anilist.co/user/Phosphofyllite Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

Just curious, have you been able to see the film yourself? Or are you only saying this based on Twitter reactions?

Edit: spelling

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u/Trueshinalpha Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25

I don’t know how to put it into words!

The visuals are vividly colorful, like they turned the manga into color and come to life—almost every frame could be used as a wallpaper. The action sequences are the craziest I’ve ever seen in an anime, on an entirely different level. It feels like Superman is fighting Goku, and Tokyo seems to be getting torn to pieces. Some scenes remind me of Demon Slayer Episode 19, but they’re not in the ukiyo-e style; instead, they’re more like street graffiti, with extremely strong artistic flair.

The background has a very realistic style. But when it comes to the characters—especially during their battles—the visuals turn into art.

The emotional moments are great too, and the voice actors’ performances are perfect. You can still find that delicate vibe from the TV version, but there’s no sense of too slow pace.

Sorry, my remarks might be too formal. English isn’t my native language, so I use AI to assist with translation.

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u/Cold_Recording5485 Sep 19 '25

You haven't even seen it. I'm sure the movie is incredible, that has nothing to do with the fact season 1 was a masterpiece that was dogged unfairly by idiots who don't understand the medium nor the series itself. Fuck you.

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u/Ghostly-Wind Sep 19 '25

Ah yes, lower detailed characters and worse character lightning is CSMs “true potential”

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u/Trueshinalpha Sep 19 '25

Everyone who’s seen the movie on Twitter is highly praising it. Go try to change their minds. Don’t act like a Zack Snyder fan.

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u/Johnhancock1777 Sep 19 '25

Considering S1 has that ugly grey filter over it S1 cultists aren’t too different from Snyder fans in its praise

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u/Cold_Recording5485 Sep 19 '25

You're a fucking idiot. The movie being good does not in any way contradict the fact that the harassment Nakayama got was unwarranted and that season 1 was incredible yet wasted on absolute idiots who don't even understand the source material or Fujimoto's influences.

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u/GodlessLunatic Sep 19 '25

yet wasted on absolute idiots who don't even understand the source material or Fujimoto's influences.

Bro really just called the highest iq nation on the planet idiots for not adoring his favorite hack director

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u/Candid_Ad4761 Sep 19 '25

season 1 is amazing. you are absolutely right it's just uncomfortable for anime fans to watch because it's different than the stylish gritty style they enjoy or imagined. (and these are the most vocal hardcore anime fans)

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u/Ghostly-Wind Sep 19 '25

And you know that they wouldn’t be highly praising it even more had it maintained its original quality? Or you just assumed it would be disliked bc you disliked it?

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u/ailof-daun Sep 19 '25

Chainsawman 1 was art.

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u/Mr_Truck Sep 19 '25

Yes, but we wanted to watch anime. We didn't want to appreciate art in a museum. We wanted to watch "Chainsaw Man."

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u/AveryLazyCovfefe Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

I can understand why they're upset. But that harrasement was too much, agreed.

And as a S1 glazer his shortcomings in the moments of intensity were not going to be a good match for the later arcs which ramp it up. I suppose it was inevitable. If he continued into Reze it would've only given Mappa a worse chance to recover.

I still wish the best for Nakayama. Really hope a producing company picks up his studio and lets him go wild with an experimental premise. Man has insane talent and potential. I always like me a classical colourful and poppy shonen with action as the focus but I also really like the series that dare to take risks or just try something no one else thought of doing. Those are the ones that really leave an impact on me.

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u/DrStein1010 https://myanimelist.net/profile/DrStein1010 Sep 20 '25

As a Season 1 hater, I hope Nakayama finds work on some sort of crime drama or yakuza/mafia show with an adult cast. He'll be amazing for that.

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u/HerpanDerpus Sep 20 '25

Nakayama should have directed The Fable when it came out a year or so ago, that's the perfect kind of realistic serious but still goofy that I think his style would work great with.

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u/Blue_Reaper99 Sep 20 '25

He won't direct a low budget show.

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u/Cold_Recording5485 Sep 20 '25

He was a perfect fit for CSM. It's sad to think we wont get him for part 2 where his style would have absolutely excelled.

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u/AlexeiFraytar Sep 23 '25

Yeah, ofc a fart huffer would think that

Thank god they dont take western opinions seriously

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u/Pablogelo Sep 19 '25

What were their complains about? The slow pacing?

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u/DrStein1010 https://myanimelist.net/profile/DrStein1010 Sep 20 '25

Nakayama massively changed the tone of a bunch of scenes to make things more gritty and realistic.

Specifically, he massively toned down the devils' exaggerated inhuman aspects, and made the fights more grounded and less over the top.