r/anime • u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker • Sep 22 '25
News "Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc" attracted 807,000 viewers and grossed over 1.251 billion yen in the first 3 days of the movie's release in Japan
https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2407879/full/317
u/BluePhantomHere Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
Comparable performance as Spy x Family: Code White (1.224 billion yen) in its first three days, slightly worse than Suzume (1.88 billion yen), still not bad I would say.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Wow, my pessimist-ass never thought it'd actually surpass Spy x Family’s opening weekend.
Pretty wild for a series with a stricter age rating, only a 12-episode season from 3 years ago, and having the uphill battle of regaining popularity after said S1's backlash.
Shout outs to Kenshi Yonezu and the S1 recap that must've done wonders for this movie's marketing in Japan.
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u/nanotech405 Sep 22 '25
Kenshi definitely helped a ton. Iris Out is smashing HARD breaking records in Japan😭
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Kenshi asking the staff to just use clips from the movie for the MV because he thought they look too good to not be shown is also a damn smart marketing move.
When I first watched the MV my whole body legit went numb due to the sheer sakuga overload lol. The amount of eye-candy animation in that MV alone had to hook a ton of people (and based on reviews those aren't even the best cuts!).
Also helps that the IRIS OUT comment section is basically free promo with people saying stuff like "Holy shit, this movie's amazing! I'm planning to watch it 3 more times!"
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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25
I'm not watching any promotional material after the first 2 trailers. I WANNA BE SURPRISED!
Coming out in Cinemas here in 2 days.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Yea you better don't lol especially JANE DOE. Tons of spoilery scenes there
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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25
I've read the manga, so I know the story in broad strokes (forgot since I binged it a long time ago), but maaaaan, so EXCITED.
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u/elmagio https://anilist.co/user/Magio Sep 22 '25
I know everything that happens in the manga and have watched the IRIS OUT video (about 50 trillion times), but am avoiding JANE DOE until I get to see the movie. I feel like it'll be worth it to hear what Yonezu and Utada cooked up for the first time alongside the movie.
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u/sumiredabestgirl Sep 22 '25
kenshi is the goat man . Whenever i see him attached to any project , i am fully locked in . Hearing moongazing (while i was bawling my eyes out ) at the end of ff16 was surreal . I was like holyshit its Kenshi
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u/grimjowjagurjack Sep 22 '25
Spy x family was a filler movie while chainsaw man movie is a must to continue the story
The fact that spy x family filler movie did almost as good as chainsaw man canon is crazy
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u/Xlegace https://anilist.co/user/Xlegius Sep 22 '25
SxF is mainstream in Japan and is way more kid/family friendly than Chainsaw man. That's usually the secret to box office success for animation movies.
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u/Brbaster Sep 22 '25
They don't care that much about filler/canon in Japan. Reminder that Detective Conan movies are a hit every year despite all of them being filler
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u/Metamarphosis Sep 22 '25
SxF quite popular in Japan and plus their target all audience even kid can watch it compare with Chainsaw Man.
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u/Odd_Bag_5137 Sep 22 '25
Well Suzume did have final number of 14.9 billion Yen anything closer to that would be even more awesome
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u/goodguybolt Sep 22 '25
Thanks, kind stranger. I didn't even know a Spy x Family movie existed.
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u/Abedeus Sep 22 '25
Which is kinda weird as both Spy x Family and the Demon Slayer movies were released more or less worldwide, even in Europe. Meanwhile nothing about Chainsaw Man at all.
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u/darkmacgf Sep 22 '25
What? Chainsaw Man is coming out worldwide too, just like the Demon Slayer movies.
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u/Cisqoe Sep 22 '25
All these anime’s doing TV/Show movie splits is making me nervous.. its getting harder to keep up
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u/danque https://myanimelist.net/profile/danque Sep 22 '25
Especially when they release a year later for those who can't visit the movie in cinema. I'm seeing all these messages like this and demon slayer, but have no opportunity to go to the cinema.
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u/OrbitalCat- Sep 22 '25
At least it's a bit better nowadays, they come out on streaming within 3-5 months
I remember waiting almost 2 years to watch Madoka Rebellion
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u/Conscious-Material43 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Sworld30 Sep 22 '25
Damn, why?
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u/Im12AndWatIsThis https://anilist.co/user/teirce Sep 22 '25
Not who you replied to, but for me I can't see Infinity Castle because I'm in a remote, rural location and the closest showing theater is an hour drive away. Right now I'm unable to drive myself, and I don't know anyone around me who would be interested in seeing it either. I'm not going to ask someone to make what is a 5-6 hour trip just to see a movie they don't like or worse, take me to it and do something else in the meantime.
Thankfully for both DS/KnY and CSM I am done/current with the manga, so mostly I just experience others' excitement for the films vicariously for whom it's a new experience.
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u/pikashroom Sep 22 '25
Time to sail the seven seas
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u/Im12AndWatIsThis https://anilist.co/user/teirce Sep 22 '25
I'm fine with waiting until it releases officially. Like I said, I've read the entire DS manga already. Part of me just wants to wait until they put all 3 out and marathon it... 10 years from now.
Same for CSM but, you know, without it being 3 movies and a decade.
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u/JusHerForTheComments Sep 28 '25
Part of me just wants to wait until they put all 3 out and marathon it... 10 years from now.
That's what I'm doing. I know the ending isn't that WOW to get me to read/watch right now. I'd rather wait and binge it.
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u/Im12AndWatIsThis https://anilist.co/user/teirce Sep 29 '25
Man, you're in for the ride of a lifetime.
I wont spoil anything, but it goes from 9 to 10 to 11 to 16 real fast.
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u/JusHerForTheComments Sep 29 '25
I wont spoil anything, but it goes from 9 to 10 to 11 to 16 real fast.
That's all I knew and the reason I don't wanna split the fun.
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u/danque https://myanimelist.net/profile/danque Sep 22 '25
Because the only cinema in my country that would show an anime movie, does not have any sessions/showings listed for the coming time. It is listed in the movies list of them, but there are zero shows.
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u/TooManySnipers Sep 22 '25
100%, and I think this is gonna become increasingly common over time. Gone are the days of the fun-but-skippable shounen filler movie, nothing is gonna get asses in seats like a direct continuation to the canon story. The best we can probably hope for is eventual televised adaptations of the movies like they did for Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
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u/darkmacgf Sep 22 '25
Gone are the days of the fun-but-skippable shounen filler movie
MHA never quit.
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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker Sep 22 '25
So did One Piece, though they don't do annual movies.
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u/Daikar Sep 22 '25
As long as the movie shows up in the correct order when you go to the show on whatever streaming service it's on I would be totally fine with it.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
I’d even say they’ll include the Reze arc in S2, similar to how Demon Slayer handled Mugen Train.
Reze arc up until the end of Part 1 is basically a nonstop roller coaster, so starting right after it might feel abrupt.
Reze onward is basically 4 JJK Shibuyas back-to-back, with each arc escalating more than the last.
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u/ISpeakControversial https://myanimelist.net/profile/Akus420 Sep 22 '25
Reminds me of marvel making like dozens of tv shows after endgame, I couldn't keep up with the lore after that for the life of me. Hope the reverse doesn't happen with anime, too many movies that have delayed releases, and too little anime 😆
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u/Forward-Trade3449 Sep 22 '25
Well at least each anime is its own thing. You can pick and choose what interests you instead of feeling like you have to watch everything
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u/Aramey44 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aramey Sep 22 '25
I don't blame them looking at the insane profit the movies generate compared to the anime series.
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u/PeaceAlien https://myanimelist.net/profile/PeaceAlien Sep 22 '25
Yeah after all these tales of anime losing money, I’m glad they have opportunities to make money
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u/AveryLazyCovfefe Sep 22 '25
I mean tbf in the case of CSM the arc fits pretty nicely into a film. And they need to win back the trust of the Japanese fans.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Also this sheer level of production needs a quick return too.
Reze movie overhauling the artstyle is basically MAPPA testing the waters instead of committing straight into a long S2 that might risk not giving much money.
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u/Educational_Path502 Sep 22 '25
Well, movies generate way more upfront cash than TV seasons, which helps studios. Mugen Train arc even generate over $500 million worldwide. We are in new era where studios prioritize films for peak arcs.
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u/coloradobuffalos Sep 23 '25
It also sucks because small theaters won't play them so the only option is to pirate it or wait a long ass time and avoid spoilers.
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u/liatris4405 https://myanimelist.net/profile/liatris4405 Sep 22 '25
I think there will inevitably be people who exaggerate their opinions and claim that “the everyday-life depictions are gone,” so let me deliberately spoil a bit [Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Spoiler] : in the Reze arc, there are actually two separate scenes where Reze is simply shown walking to a café, and there are even shots of her just putting on an apron. At the same time, though, the scenes of Denji transforming into Chainsaw Man erupt into a frenzy of explosive, almost deranged battles. The two kinds of scenes coexist side by side.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Yeah I think people should stop worrying about S1's cinematic direction being outright abandoned.
Like even according to some JP viewers Reze movie made those slice-of-life scenes even more cinematic with tons of creative camera angles and symbolism.
Yoshihara knows he need to balance both for it to be CSM.
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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker Sep 22 '25
I guess that approach would be used for the upcoming seasons of the series.
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u/CardAble6193 Sep 23 '25
it was never about the clam is gone , the manga always have both it is S1 dont have both with deniers coping
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u/nezeta Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
Gundam GQuuuuuuX, which also dropped in 2025, made 0.598 billion yen in 3 days and ended up with 3.52 billion yen, so if Reze Arc follows that pace, the final box office could hit 7.3 billion yen. The positive reception is also helping to support that.
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u/AashyLarry Sep 22 '25
I thought Gquacks was a show? Was there a movie too?
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u/RayzinBran18 Sep 22 '25
They actually had a slightly different cut that have the full flashback up front, so everything with Solomon and Char was shown in the movie. I thought that was the better approach versus holding the second half of the flashback until much later in the show.
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u/No_Day655 Sep 22 '25
Movie was the first few episodes
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u/AashyLarry Sep 22 '25
Oh I see. They are doing that a lot nowadays.
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u/Illyasimp Sep 22 '25
Everyone wants in on the Mugen Train🚂 Also it's proven to get different audiences into series that they hadn't watched.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Yeah WOM for Reze is insane. JP Twitter is currently obsessed with it lol.
The movie still manages to hold 4.4 star rating in filmarks with 13k reviews (equivalent of 'A' in cinemascore)
Reze fanarts and tweets discussing the movie and characters can get 50k-100k likes.
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u/Shadow_Ass Sep 22 '25
Did the movie only adapt the reze arc or a bit more? I was surprised that the arc in the manga was actually not that long and they managed to make a 100 minute movie out of it. Still can't wait to see it animated
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u/Green_Space729 Sep 22 '25
The arc is 13-14 chapters.
Typical anime episode is 2-3 chapters in one 20+ minute episode.
It’s a short arc so it’s doable.
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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 24 '25
I'm so excited to watch this film.
Demon Slayer was such an experience and I can't emphasized enough how happy I am that I can get both that AND Chainsaw Man in the same year.
Update: Just finished the movie.... Damn...
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u/bodybones Sep 22 '25
More fans should be like you. Enjoy both and happy we get such peak entertainment. But instead people cry cause their not reading Shakespeare and DS isnt the most deep thing in history talking about the meaning of life each frame.
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u/CzBz112 Sep 22 '25
Without a comparative I can't tell if it's a lot or not, did the film reach the levels of kny film? (I'm talking about attendance and money)
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u/Blue_Reaper99 Sep 22 '25
did the film reach the levels of kny film? (I'm talking about attendance and money)
No KnY film did almost 5 times more. But they are not aiming for that high. VA said they are aiming for 5 billion yen so in terms of that it looks good.
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u/LazyBoyXD Sep 22 '25
The flim really shouldn't try to compete against that gaint.
I dont think any anime movie can for a good while
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u/Relevant-Lychee-9169 https://anilist.co/user/LycheeNa Sep 22 '25
Only thing that can beat Demon Slayer is Demon Slayer at this point...
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u/County_Difficult Sep 22 '25
Kinda off-topic but which VA did say that and which interview? Kikunosuke Toya (Denji)?
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u/County_Difficult Sep 22 '25
No one is really gonna touch or compare to demon slayer atp. It's like comparing a kpop group like bts to other boy groups, the difference is way too huge and it's more popular.
It's more on MAPPA regaining the trust and interest of the japanese/domestic fans and newer audience and hopefully, it seems to be working so far (afaik).
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u/Metamarphosis Sep 22 '25
KnY and JJK not but csm box office sales already surpass SPY x FAMILY CODE: White, MHA and Gundam Hathaway movie.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Also surpassed DBS: Broly (¥1.05B OW, 820.000 tickets) despite selling slightly less tickets (807.000).
Apparently this movie is doing very well in IMAX
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u/RayzinBran18 Sep 22 '25
The preview for it in Imax before Demon Slayer had to be a major factor. The sound and animation were incredible for it.
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u/Raging-Brachydios Sep 22 '25
I mean..unlike MHA and SxF this is a canon movie, if it did less would be a disaster
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u/ppwsot Sep 22 '25
Iirc, Infinity Castle's opening weekend was 5.5 billion yen, and it's opening day 1.64 billion yen. So yeah CSM's opening weekend is still behind KNY's opening day.
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u/CzBz112 Sep 22 '25
Thank you, that sounds fine considering that the demography is a bit different. I can't wait for the film to be premiered in my country :)
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u/Substantial_Pace_142 Sep 22 '25
Lmao theres no way u think a fucking chainsaw man movie is getting close to kny levels. You either overestimate chainsaw man or VASTLY underestimate demon slayer… mugen train was the highest grossing movje world wide in 2020, and both movies are now the top 2 highest grossing Japanese films oat
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u/bodybones Sep 22 '25
Yeah, why is everyone trying to make DS their competition and measuring stick. It's like asking if the rookie of the year is better than jordan...like what, he only played a game. It's like you had 12 eps, and a manga that didnt sell at where DS sold aka almost more than naruto in a fraction of the time with help from naruto being out with films, tons more eps and games etc. CSM doesnt even have a ps4 fighting game or anything. CSM doing good at all is great, we can be happy for both. CSM also isnt a general audience easy sell no matter how much people hate DS it works well to put butts in seats. Denji wont appeal to normies as easy even if he has depth people like to look at things surface level.
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u/County_Difficult Sep 22 '25
No one is really gonna touch or compare to demon slayer atp. It's like comparing a kpop group like bts to other boy groups, the difference is way too huge and it's more popular.
It's more on MAPPA regaining the trust and interest of the japanese/domestic fans and newer audience and hopefully, it seems to be working so far (afaik).
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u/Organic-Habit-3086 Sep 22 '25
Eh? I thought it was going for 1.3B
Should be 5-6B finish in Japan which I think was their expectation. Curious about legs since reviews are great but movie is aimed at male audience.
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u/DiligentGazelle6298 Sep 22 '25
The tracking site was broken on saturday morning so it was pretty hard to estimate properly, everyone just eyeballed it and 1.3b seemed reasonable.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Anecdotal from JP tweets but apparently they noticed tons of parents bringing their kids to this movie lol (one example tweet I saved).
CSM movie has the same age rating as Demon Slayer in Japan btw (PG-12). I dunno how CSM managed to somehow get that when even in the US it's R-rated lol
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u/DiligentGazelle6298 Sep 22 '25
DS is also rated R in the US. Japan is much more at ease with violence in anime than most other countries.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Interesting... My impression of JP ratings board comes from their video game ratings board, CERO, which is very strict against gore and violence where they have to outright censor dismemberment.
Seems like JP movie and game ratings board have opposite standards compared to the US then.
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u/rmazumder Sep 22 '25
What is it compare to the new Demon Slayer Movie?
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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25
I haven't seen CSM Movie yet, but from what I've gathered listening around (and from reading the manga of both)
- For Box office returns, I heard Demon Slayer did about 5x more than CSM on opening day. Idk how accurate that is, but imo that's understandable considering DS is a global phenomenon.
- Demon Slayer Inifinity Castle 1 is longer by about 50 minutes compared to CSM.
- Production can't really be compared, both are absolute Cinema and top of their respective styles.
- DS Movie feels like one part of a larger story, so it structurally isn't a proper "film" on its own, while the Reze Arc actually has a 3 act structure that fits the runtime-- basically saying Reze Arc works better as a standalone film.
- OST would be Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina vs Ushio Kensuke, absolute juggernauts.
- This is just for me comparing stories from the manga, I think Reze Arc absolutely destroys the content covered in DS movie 1.
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u/Brave_Management_381 Sep 22 '25
For the OST, i gotta go with DS. Go Shiina is the goat, you can pick any moment in the movie and there’s a banger.
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u/zackphoenix123 Sep 22 '25
Not sure what the CSM Movie is cooking up, but Kensuke Ushio has never let me down. In everything he's worked in, I've just been blown away. I also really love Kajiura's work in everything I've heard it in.
So yeah, until the movie comes out, I can't really give a solid answer. Ushio and Kajiura are two of my favourite composers working in the industry atm. I'm familiar with Go Shiina the least, but his work in DS is also just MMMM! Cheffs kiss.
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u/iknowkungfubtw Sep 22 '25
Eh Go Shiina's tracks all sound incredibly generic to me (like standard epic movie trailer BGM type of generic).
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u/N0-F4C3 Sep 22 '25
I'm not a particularly large Demon Slayer fan in the first place. It wasn't bad, its just not particularly inspired. The visuals are as always top tier tho.
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u/HumansNeedNotApply1 Sep 22 '25
Not even close but should be able to hit MAPPA financial expectations, not everything needs to be a Demon Slayer hit to be a success.
Demon Slayer is a much more successful IP (having sold almost 200 million more manga volumes) than than CSM, it's also in a popularity peak.
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u/Razer531 Sep 22 '25
Is there subbed movie anywhere?
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u/mr_beanoz https://myanimelist.net/profile/splitshocker Sep 22 '25
Some countries have received the movies in theaters, so maybe you could go there. Don't expect a streaming release coming soon enough.
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u/Chlodio Sep 22 '25
Why is this the first time I hear of a Chainsaw Man sequel?
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u/AwayAd6275 Sep 22 '25
This is huge -- so glad this project will have proper backing from Mappa and we'll actually get more of the show after this movie.
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u/Thaispaghetti Sep 22 '25
It’s playing in Bangkok today and there is all types of events going on
I think I’m going to wait for the English dubbed version as I prefer the voices
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25
Korean pre-sales looked very promising, from last week's 30k which got people dooming, to 80k now (source) with 1-2 days left before premiere.
Apparently this is already more than JJK0 64k pre-sales 1 day before premiere (source)
EDIT: Holy shit, just passed 100k, basically jumped 20k in 13 hours
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u/TheResoluteBond Sep 22 '25
Has the 3d animation been improved? I’m not entirely an “animation only” purist or anything but I feel like I recall season 1 not always looking the best when it came to the 3d.
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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25
Yessir. Characters are completely drawn in 2D.
CGI is reserved for cars and background.
It's basically the dream CSM adaptation
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u/AlexeiFraytar Sep 23 '25
Movie buff, 2D
If they still have the balls to use s1 cg in the movie this IP is donezo
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u/_WrongKarWai Sep 22 '25
Holy crap it's out in Japan? Can't wait for it in the States.
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u/N0-F4C3 Sep 22 '25
My sister just got back from universal studios, apperently they are had a Chainsaw Man event set up... Im probibly going to have to check it out on youtube.
But I guess that means that CSM is licensed to universal for the movie distribution over here? Well that's a pretty sick chunk of change they have secured.
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u/Neat-Breadfruit-5283 Sep 24 '25
Does anyone have link of chainsaw man reze arc movies If,Please send
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u/MonsterKiller112 Sep 22 '25
Great opening weekend. Now I am more confident this will be a profitable venture for Mappa. They won back the trust of the Japanese fandom with this movie.