{"id":106887,"date":"2024-12-22T05:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T13:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=106887"},"modified":"2024-12-23T03:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T11:09:32","slug":"meet-chainsaw-mans-new-director-and-reze-in-new-teaser-trailer-for-reze-arc-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/22\/meet-chainsaw-mans-new-director-and-reze-in-new-teaser-trailer-for-reze-arc-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Chainsaw Man&#8217;s New Director \u2014 and Reze \u2014 in New Teaser Trailer for Reze Arc Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The month after&nbsp;<em>Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc<\/em> was announced, it was revealed that the <em>Chainsaw Man&nbsp;<\/em>TV anime&#8217;s director<strong> Ryu Nakayama<\/strong> had <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/01\/06\/chainsaw-mans-ryuu-nakayama-directs-vspo-x-cardfight-vanguard-collaboration-trailer\/\">founded a new studio<\/a>, making it clear that the former freelancer wouldn&#8217;t be returning for the movie. Today, a new teaser trailer provides the first good look at the anticipated film, while also unveiling Nakayama&#8217;s successor and a 2025 release date.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">That successor is <strong>Tatsuya Yoshihara<\/strong>, previously the action director for the TV series. Beyond <em>Chainsaw Man<\/em>, Yoshihara was series director for shows like <em>Black Clover&nbsp;<\/em>(later switching roles to chief director), <em>Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san<\/em>,<em> Yoru no Yatterman<\/em>, and the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/07\/26\/interview-crafting-magical-adventures-in-wistoria-wand-and-sword-with-producer-katsuki-aoyama-and-editor-shiro-yamano\/\"><em>Wistoria: Wand and Sword<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(which is getting a <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/29\/wistoria-wand-and-sword-to-get-season-2\/\">second season<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201dChainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc\u201d Official Teaser 2\uff0f\u5287\u5834\u7248\u300e\u30c1\u30a7\u30f3\u30bd\u30fc\u30de\u30f3 \u30ec\u30bc\u7bc7\u300f\u7279\u5831\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d1n552v1ng0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Surrounding Yoshihara are various familiar faces from the <em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> TV anime: character designer <strong>Kazutaka Sugiyama<\/strong>, screenwriter <strong>Hiroshi Seko<\/strong>, costume designer <strong>Aya Yamamoto<\/strong>, music composer <strong>Kensuke Ushio<\/strong>, devil designer <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/18\/look-back-key-frame-collection-launches-on-january-20-2025\/\"><strong>Kiyotaka Oshiyama<\/strong><\/a>, background art director <strong>Yusuke Takeda<\/strong>, color designer <strong>Naomi Nakano<\/strong>, and compositing director<strong> Teppei Ito<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There are also some notable new names, like the sub-character designers<strong>&nbsp;Sota Yamazaki<\/strong> (co-chief animation director on <em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em> Season 2, character designer and animation director on <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/08\/10\/2nd-ending-animation-for-makeine-too-many-losing-heroines-released-on-youtube\/\"><em>Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines<\/em>&#8216; second ED animation<\/a>) and <strong>Shun<\/strong> (<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> co-chief animation director). Also in the <em>Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc&nbsp;<\/em>credits are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;Main animator: <strong>Shoichi<\/strong> (<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> key animator and Ep 12 co-animation director)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Action animation director: <strong>Sota Shigetsugu<\/strong> (<em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em> Season 2 key animator)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Devil designer: <strong>Riki Matsuura<\/strong> (<em>Fire Force<\/em> Season 2 co-main animator)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color script: <strong>Riku&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">(Eve <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/08\/27\/eve-releases-kororon-anime-music-video\/\">&#8220;Kororon&#8221; music video<\/a> director, character designer et al. [as Ligton]<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 3DCG director:<strong> Daiki Watanabe<\/strong> (<em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> 3D setup and animation staff)<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 3DCG director: <strong>Masahiro Tamai<\/strong> (<em>takt op.Destiny<\/em>&nbsp;3DCG modeling director)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Aside from the teaser trailer and staff unveiling, there are also two visuals, one of Denji in his Chainsaw Man form and another, more peaceful illustration of human Denji and Reze at a caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"984\" data-attachment-id=\"106891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/22\/meet-chainsaw-mans-new-director-and-reze-in-new-teaser-trailer-for-reze-arc-movie\/chainsaw-man-the-movie-reze-arc-cafe-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?fit=849%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"849,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie Reze Arc cafe visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"106891\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C984&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-cafe-visual.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, 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href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"984\" data-attachment-id=\"106892\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/12\/22\/meet-chainsaw-mans-new-director-and-reze-in-new-teaser-trailer-for-reze-arc-movie\/chainsaw-man-the-movie-reze-arc-explosion-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?fit=849%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"849,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie Reze Arc explosion visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"106892\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C984&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C984&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?resize=297%2C420&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Chainsaw-Man-%E2%80%93-The-Movie-Reze-Arc-explosion-visual.jpg?w=849&amp;ssl=1 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Tatsuki Fujimoto\/SHUEISHA, MAPPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Chainsaw Man<\/em> and <em>Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc <\/em>are&nbsp;based on the Shueisha-published supernatural action manga by&nbsp;<strong>Tatsuki Fujimoto<\/strong>, which began serialization in 2018.&nbsp;Viz Media describes it as:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"g-6--lg pad-x-lg--lg mar-b-lg type-rg type-md--md line-caption text-spacing\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Denji\u2019s a poor young man who\u2019ll do anything for money, even hunting down devils with his pet devil Pochita. He\u2019s a simple man with simple dreams, drowning under a mountain of debt. But his sad life gets turned upside down one day when he\u2019s betrayed by someone he trusts. Now with the power of a devil inside him, Denji\u2019s become a whole new man\u2014Chainsaw Man!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the synopsis for the movie reads:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Denji became \u201cChainsaw Man\u201d, a boy with a devil\u2019s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4\u2019s 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 caf\u00e9.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The first part of the&nbsp;<em>Chainsaw Man&nbsp;<\/em>manga ran from 2018 to 2021 in Weekly Shonen Jump. The current second part began serialization on the Shonen Jump+ app and website in July 2022. There are 19 tankoubon volumes as of December 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime series premiered in October 2022 and ran for one cour, with Crunchyroll, Bilibili, and Ani-One ULTRA streaming the <strong>MAPPA<\/strong>-produced show.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Update:<\/strong> Added the synopsis for <em>Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Kikunosuke Toya<\/strong> as Denji<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Shiori Izawa<\/strong> as Pochita<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong> Tomori Kusunoki<\/strong> as Makima<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Shogo Sakata<\/strong> as Aki<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Fairouz Ai<\/strong> as Power<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Kobeni<\/strong> as Karin Takahashi&nbsp;<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Natsuki Hanae<\/strong> as Beam<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022<strong> Yuya Uchida<\/strong> as The Violence Fiend<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Maya Uchida<\/strong> as Angel Devil<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 <strong>Reina Ueda <\/strong>as <span style=\"color: initial\">Reze&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CHAINSAWMAN_PR\/status\/1870672295427276923\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@CHAINSAWMAN_PR<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month after&nbsp;Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc was announced, it was revealed that the Chainsaw Man&nbsp;TV anime&#8217;s director Ryu Nakayama had founded a new studio, making it clear that the former freelancer wouldn&#8217;t be returning for the movie. 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