The previously announced Chainsaw Man: The Reze Arc movie revealed the second trailer and a 2025 premiere date in Japan. The information was announced during the Jump Festa ’25 stage, along with two “contrasting” visuals.
Reina Ueda was cast as Reze last year. Studio MAPPA is animating the movie and the staff includes:
Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Screenwriter: Hiroshi Seko
Character Designer: Kazutaka Sugiyama
Assistant Director: Masato Nakazono
Sub Character Designer: Souta Yamazaki, Shun
Main Animator: Shoichi
Action Animation Director: Sota Shigetsugu
Devil Designer: Riki Matsuura, Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Costume Designer: Aya Yamamoto
Art Director: Yusuke Takeda
Color Designer: Naomi Nakano
Color Script: Riku
3DCG Director: Daiki Watanabe, Masahiro Tamai
Compositing Director: Teppei Ito
Editor: Masato Yoshitake
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Distribution: TOHO
Studio MAPPA animated the first season of the Chainsaw Man adaptation under Ryu Nakayama’s direction. Nakayama has since started his own animation studio. Kazutaka Sugiyama is the character designer, with Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who is credited for creature designs. Kensuke Ushio is composing the music. The main cast includes:
Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
Tomori Kusunoki as Makima
Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa
Fairouz Ai as Power
Mariya Ise as Himeno
Kenjiro Tsuda as Kishibe
Karin Takahashi as Kobeni Higashiyama
Taku Yashiro as Hirokazu Arai
Shiori Izawa as Pochita
The manga has been split into two parts: the second part has been ongoing since July 2023. MangaPLUS app is publishing it in English: all chapters are available to read for free while using the app. Viz Media is in charge of physical releases and describes the plot as:
Denji’s a poor young man who’ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He’s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he’s betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji’s become a whole new man—Chainsaw Man!
MAPPA channel describes the plot of The Reze Arc movie as:
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.