Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Anime Announces Insert Song Artist
The staff for Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the film based on the Reze Arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man manga, announced on Friday that Maximum The Hormone's "Hawatari Nioku Centi" (2-Hundred-Million-Centimeter-Long-Blades) will appear as an insert song in the film. The film will include the "Hawatari Nioku Centi (Zentai Suitei 70% Kaikin edit)" (Estimated 70% Unredacted Edit) version of the song.The earlier television anime previously featured a shorter, 90-second version of the track as an ending song for episode 3 of the series. The band notes they did not release the longer version of the song until now, in part due to the second half of the lyrics referencing the character Reze.Fans watching the film in theaters will also receive a pamphlet featuring an illustration by Fujimoto.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: Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada are performing the ending theme song "JANE DOE." Yonezu is also performing the film's theme song "IRIS OUT."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.Sources: Chainsaw Man's official X/Twitter account, Music Natalie
