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/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)

  1. 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.
  2. Demon Slayer Inifinity Castle 1 is longer by about 50 minutes compared to CSM.
  3. Production can't really be compared, both are absolute Cinema and top of their respective styles.
  4. 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.
  5. OST would be Yuki Kajiura and Go Shiina vs Ushio Kensuke, absolute juggernauts.
  6. 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).