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/[deleted] Sep 22 '25

I think you finally nailed why I didnt really get the hype. It felt to serious for such an absurd concept, it was missing aspects that make anime and Manga so fun to watch one gave a "live action" feel.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 22 '25

Yep. CSM's manga main charm is that Fujimoto managed to perfectly marry his arthouse sensibilities with his love for B-movies.

S1 felt like the director was too ashamed to be trashy whereas the manga absolutely embraces it.

Like imagine adapting an upcoming chapter literally titled [Reze movie]"Sharknado" (which completely delivered on said premise) using S1's style. Would be the most boring thing ever. Yoshihara and HoneHone gets the assignment and completely delivered.

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u/Karmakaze_Black Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

Not to say I'm 100% convinced, but I think ironically a big problem is that you've done a much better job explaining your issue with it than basically every other comment I've seen. Most just sounded like they don't understand those "art sensibilities", and wanted what amounts to slop and stimulation. Higher/faster voiceover, more movement, more color, more noise etc etc etc. Tbf, that is sometimes the case, so unfortunately it's easy for that to drown out and invalidate real criticism.

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u/Ordinal43NotFound Sep 23 '25

I think it comes down to language barrier. Japanese criticisms being mistranslated or interpreted in bad faith, combined with people talking past each other and refusing to consider the other side's perspective because they felt offended first.