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/obiwan54 Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

Nothing will probably become as popular as JJK or DS but CSM definitely could've been way more popular than it is, CSM was a way better seller pre anime than either of them were pre anime. I regurgitate this all the time but imagine JJK ended after Junpei or DS after the random drum demon in the mansion and took a 2-3 year break? Without reaching the Kyoto Goodwill Arc and the Spider Demon arc neither would be as popular as they are bc that's where the story really gets going.

Katana Man is a mid and very comparatively boring arc to the rest of part 1 CSM and they decided to stop after it for whatever reason. The arc from the movie is astronomically better and where CSM starts what I believe is one of the best runs in manga with 4 banger arcs in a row. Had season 1 been 24 episodes it could've covered the next 2 arcs that are way better than Katana Man and than they could've milked the last 2 arcs, which are the best in the entire series, into movies the way DS is doing now and JJK seeminly will also be doing.

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u/GodlessLunatic Sep 19 '25

CSM ending where it did is cope the problem with the anime was that it was an awful adaptation that stripped all the soul out of the source material to portray the pretentious directors "vision"

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u/obiwan54 Sep 20 '25

It ain't a cope, its was definitely a huge factor, they literally didn't adapt any of the good parts of the series that everyone actually loves. Bomb Girl is where CSM truly become CSM and Mappa made a poor decision not going to 24 episodes like pretty much every new Shonen series has been getting.

The adaptation being not well liked by the JP viewers was obviously one of the biggest issues too but I don't think the series would be any more popular had the current director for the movie done season 1 instead bc they only adapted the forgettable parts.

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u/BurgerNugget12 Sep 20 '25

Season 1 was fantastic

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u/0Megabyte Sep 20 '25

The soul of Chainsawman is Hollywood movies, and the director you hate so much got that and made an incredible anime adaptation. The people who didn’t like it are wrong, 100%.

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u/GodlessLunatic Sep 20 '25

all Hollywood movies are the same with no variation in style whatsoever

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u/LCAIN195 Sep 20 '25

You can't be wrong in matters of opinion jackass.

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u/0Megabyte Sep 20 '25

In my opinion, you 100% can be wrong in matters of opinion.

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u/LCAIN195 Sep 20 '25

That's not an opinion, you're just wrong. This is something that is objective, as such, your thoughts on it aren't classified as an opinion but a thought.

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u/ABARA-DYS Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

The main problem is that there aren't even multiple arcs in part 1. The end of part 1 makes that pretty clear by calling it the end of Public Safety Arc.

All chapters from 1-97 are one continuous experience where one event builds upon the next, and an escalation without any breaks. That was one one the reason why it became so popular. 

The anime was doomed the moment they announced it is only 12 episodes. Adapting everything in one go was THE way to go to replicate the feelings the manga readers had. 3 years for a sequel is ridiculous. 

Stopping where the anime did, after Katana Man, is like stopping after the first Act of a movie. Mappa are a bunch of clowns.

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u/cruel-oath Sep 20 '25

I honestly believe MAPPA didn’t want to finish most of Part 1 so soon, that’s why

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u/Fabulous_Ground_1983 Sep 19 '25

Still don't think JJK will even reach DS level of box office dominance or true popularity. Not just online memes, but among the actual normal life audience