© 2025 MAPPA/CHAINSAW MAN PROJECT ©Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHA
A new poster visual has been revealed for the forthcoming Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc anime film, along with a music video for Kenshi Yonezu’s theme song titled “IRIS OUT.”
accessible on all major music streaming platforms.
will be made available. The event will feature live audio commentary from Yonezu, and fans can join in during the live stream by posting messages on Twitter/X using the hashtag #Spotify_KenshiYonezu. This listening party is a real-time, one-time event that will not be recorded afterward. Fans can access the listening party on the designated date here .
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc will be shown in theaters in Japan, beginning on September 19, 2025, and in the U.S. on October 24, 2025. It will also be released in selected Asian countries from September 24, 2025, to September 26, 2025, and in parts of Europe, South America, and the Middle East on October 30, 2025. 4DX, MX4D, and Dolby Cinema screenings in Japan will commence on October 4, 2025.
Tatsuya Yoshihara (Chainsaw Man action director, Black Clover series director [later chief director], Wistoria: Wand and Sword) is directing the anime film, with Kazutaka Sugiyama as character designer, Hiroshi Seko as screenwriter, Aya Yamamoto as costume designer, Kensuke Ushio as music composer, and Kiyotaka Oshiyama and Riki Matsuura (Fire Force Season 2 co-main animator) as devil designers. MAPPA is responsible for the animation production.
The other staff consists of Yusuke Takeda as background art director, Naomi Nakano as color designer, Teppei Ito as composting director, Sota Yamazaki (co-chief animation director on Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2, character designer and animation director on Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines’ second ED animation) and Shun (Chainsaw Man co-chief animation director) as sub-character designers, Shoichi (Chainsaw Man key animator and Ep 12 co-animation director) as main animator, Sota Shigetsugu (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 key animator) as action animation director, Riku (Eve “Kororon” music video director, character designer, etc. [as Ligton] as color scripter, along with Daiki Watanabe (Chainsaw Man 3D setup and animation staff) and Masahiro Tamai (takt op.Destiny 3DCG modeling director) as 3DCG directors.
Meanwhile, the film’s leading voice cast includes:
• Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
• Tomori Kusunoki as Makima
• Shogo Sakata as Aki
• Fairouz Ai as Power
• Shiori Izawa as Pochita
• Karin Takahashi as Kobeni
• Natsuki Hanae as Beam
• Yuya Uchida as The Violence Fiend
• Maaya Uchida as Angel Devil
• Reina Ueda as Reze
The main premise of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc outlines that:
Denji became “Chainsaw Man”, a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now a member of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes cover from the rain. There, he encounters Reze, a girl who works at a café.
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© 2025 MAPPA/CHAINSAW MAN PROJECT ©Tatsuki Fujimoto/SHUEISHA
The 12-episode Chainsaw Man TV anime series debuted in October 2022 and aired for one cour. Crunchyroll streamed the anime globally.
The first part of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga series was published from December 3, 2018, to December 14, 2020, in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. The ongoing second part commenced serialization on the Shonen Jump+ app and website on July 13, 2022. Twenty-two tankobon volumes have been released as of September 2025.
Viz Media distributes the Chainsaw Man manga in English in North America, and details the main synopsis as:
Denji is a debt-ridden young man who’ll do anything for cash, even hunting devils alongside his pet devil Pochita. He lives a simple life burdened by his financial struggles. However, everything changes one fateful day when he is betrayed by a trusted individual. Now, with the power of a devil dwelling within him, Denji transforms into a whole new entity — Chainsaw Man!
Sources: Chainsaw Man Official English Twitter , press release