Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Previews Ending Song by Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada

#news #anime #movie August 13, 2025

by Tamara Lazic

Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc movie previewed the ending theme song "JANE DOE" by Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada in a 30-second teaser released earlier today. Kenshi Yonezu is also performing the theme song "IRIS OUT," which was featured in the recent trailer. The movie premieres on September 19 in Japan, with worldwide release dates starting on September 24.

In the U.S., the Chainsaw Man movie premieres on October 19. Studio MAPPA is returning to animate, after previously working on the first season of the Chainsaw Man adaptation under Ryu Nakayama’s direction. Tatsuya Yoshihara is directing the movie, with Kazutaka Sugiyama as the character designer and Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who is credited for creature designs. Kensuke Ushio is composing the music. The staff includes:

Screenwriter: Hiroshi Seko
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

MAPPA channel describes the plot of 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.

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
Reina Ueda as Reze

The Chainsaw Man anime is adapting the manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto, currently serialized on the Shonen Jump+ platform. The series was initially launched in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 2018. In English, it's available on the MANGA Plus app with VIZ Media is publishing the volumes.

Source: Official MAPPA Channel
©Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha, MAPPA