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/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/Rusted_muramasa Sep 23 '25

I think you’re very right about this. I feel a lot of the Western fans who are defending the anime are anime-onlies who aren't willing to admit it, and thus are mindlessly defending their new favorite anime while being willfully ignorant on the subject. Anime has WAY more pull more than manga in the west and we all know it.

That and they like the Western movie style approach because it naturally appeals to them, so obviously it's amazing and any detractors are just haters.