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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2025)

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc poster
Original title
劇場版 チェンソーマン レゼ篇
Directed by
Tatsuya Yoshihara
Genre
action film, dark fantasy, supernatural film, romantic drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 1,012 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man who can transform into a chainsaw demon gets entangled with a mysterious woman. They form a bond, but she has a hidden mission that threatens everything.

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What happens

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (Japanese: 劇場版 チェンソーマン レゼ篇, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Chensō Man Reze-hen), also known simply as Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc, is a 2025 Japanese animated film based on Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga series Chainsaw Man. Produced by MAPPA, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, and written by Hiroshi Seko, the film is a direct sequel to the first season of the anime television series and adapts events covered by the original manga's fifth and sixth volumes. It is storyboarded by Daisuke Tokudo, Masato Nakazono, Sōta Shigetsugu, Takuya Niinuma, Tatsuya Yoshihara and Yuzuru Tachikawa. Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc was released in Japan on September 19, 2025, by Toho. The film grossed $191.4 million worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing Japanese films of all time, and received positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for Best Animation Film at the 49th Japan Academy Film Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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