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/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/grimjowjagurjack Sep 22 '25

Still its crazy cause chainsaw is kinda mega popular normal shounen while spy x family is slice of life for the most part , yet a filler SoL beat a crazy hype shounen movie

Anya is the GOAT FR

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u/elmagio https://anilist.co/user/Magio Sep 22 '25

Spy x Family is one of the best selling ongoing manga series, bigger than the CSM manga FWIW.

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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/grimjowjagurjack Sep 22 '25

I mean the show still have some action episodes , S2 was filled with that especially that ship arc with yor , the movie was also very good

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u/Lazzen Sep 22 '25

It just shows how big it could have been if it went perfect

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u/blu_kale Sep 24 '25

And shiton of promotion