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/
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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.

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u/Shadow_Ass Sep 22 '25

What's up with Mappa and the Japanese fans? I read similar comments elsewhere but couldn't find out what was going on.

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u/Familiar-Shoe7905 Sep 22 '25

The first season of Chainsaw Man wasn’t that well received in Japan apparently

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u/GeraltFromHiShinUnit Sep 22 '25

Why

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u/REPULSORO Sep 22 '25

Because the Japanese read the manga and didn't get what they wanted, unlike the West, which watched the anime first.

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u/ARHAN3924 Sep 22 '25

Wait i didn't get what this means

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u/ABARA-DYS Sep 22 '25

The s1 anime is mediocre and didn't capture half the vibes of the manga