Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc revealed a September 19 premiere date for Japan along with 12 new character visuals. Studio MAPPA is animating, with Tatsuya Yoshihara taking over as director from Season 1’s Ryu Nakayama. The new reveal came at the ongoing AnimeJapan 2025 event.
The first trailer for the movie was revealed at Jump Festa ’25 in December. A new 30-second trailer was released today, featuring the same footage.
You can see the new character visuals/designs below, featuring all the characters:
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Among the returning staff from the first season are Masato Nakazono as an assistant director (was chief episode director), Hiroshi Seko as the screenwriter, Kazutaka Sugiyama as the character designer and Kensuke Ushio as the music composer. The voice cast includes:
- Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
- Shiori Izawa as Pochita
- Tomori Kusunoki as Makima
- Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa
- Fairouz Ai as Power
- Karin Takahashi as Kobeni Higashiyama
- Natsuki Hanae as Beam
- Yuya Uchida as The Violence Fiend
- Maaya Uchida as Angel Devil
- Reina Ueda as Reze
The first anime season premiered in Fall 2023, and it ran for a total of 12 episodes. MAPPA CEO Manabu Otsuka said that the Chainsaw Man anime was a complete financial success. Kenshi Yonezu performed the opening theme song “KICK BACK,” while each episode had a different ending theme song performed by a different artist.
The story for the Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc movie is described:
Denji became “Chainsaw Man,” a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café.
Tatsuki Fujimoto first started the Chainsaw Man manga in 2018. Part 1 ended in 2020 with a total of 97 chapters compiled into 11 volumes. Part 2 began in July 2022 and is currently ongoing. Viz Media licensed the manga in English.
Source: Chainsaw Man Official X, AnimeJapan 2025
©Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHA, MAPPA
