Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Anime Reveals Kenshi Yonezu's Theme Song in Trailer
MAPPA's panel at Anime Expo on Thursday revealed a new trailer and the theme song information for Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the film based on the Reze Arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga. Kenshi Yonezu is returning to the franchise to perform the film's theme song "IRIS OUT." The film will open in Japan on September 19.Reina Ueda plays Reze in the film.MAPPA describes the film's story: The film's staff includes: The television anime series premiered on TV Tokyo and five other affiliated channels, as well as on Amazon Prime Video in October 2022. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in over 200 countries and territories around the world.Crunchyroll describes the story: Fujimoto (Fire Punch) debuted the Chainsaw Man manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2018 and ended its "first part," the "Kōan" (Public Safety) arc, in December 2020. The manga's second part, titled "Gakkō-hen" (School Arc), started on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in July 2022. The manga won the Best Manga award at The Harvey Awards for three consecutive years.The manga inspired a stage play adaptation that ran in Tokyo and Kyoto in September to October 2023.The MAPPA panel also revealed some artwork from JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie, and showed a video from the Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill anime that showed how they animated the Bloody Horn-Bull and Orc General Hamburger from Season 1 Episode 11.Sources: Press release, MAPPA panel at Anime Expo (George Yang)ANN's coverage of Anime Expo 2025 is sponsored by Yen Press and Ize Press!
