Notable Cast: Kikunosuke Toya, Reina Ueda, Shiori Izawa,
Tomori Kusunoki, Shogo Sakata, Fairouz Ai, Karin Takahashi, Natsuki Hanae,
Yuuya Uchida, Maaya Uchida
The first season of the Chainsaw Man anime absolutely
had me hook, line, and sinker. I was so taken by its strange tonal balances,
cinematic moments, and the sheer lunacy of its violence and tragedies that I
ended up purchasing every volume of the manga. And I purchase each new volume
on day one of its release in the US. But the anime is now three years old, no
season two has come, and the animation studio behind it seemed far more
interested in other projects than continuing on with the sensational
anime.
Turns out, they were working on a theatrical film to
continue the animated adaptation. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc is
perhaps a perfect distillation of everything fantastic about the Chainsaw
Man anime. It’s a relatively tight package —a shorter story arc within the
larger story — that distills all the tonal insanity, gory action, and emotional
collateral damage of the series into an impressively crafted feature-length
film that exemplifies the modern anime film.