Chainsaw Man Season 2

[Vicki Patolot]

ChainsawMan is an anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto. The series, produced by MAPPA, was announced on December 14, 2020.[1][2] It adapts the first 38 chapters of the manga series.[3] The series was directed by Ryū Nakayama (director) and Makoto Nakazono (chief episode director), with scripts by Hiroshi Seko, character designs by Kazutaka Sugiyama, and Devil designs by Kiyotaka Oshiyama. Tatsuya Yoshihara served as action director and Yūsuke Takeda directed the art. Naomi Nakano was the color key artist and Yohei Miyahara designed the screens. The music was composed by Kensuke Ushio.[4][5][6]

The series follows the story of Denji, an impoverished young man who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of a dog-like Devil named Pochita, granting him the ability to transform parts of his body into chainsaws. Denji eventually joins the Public Safety Devil Hunters, a government agency focused on fighting against Devils whenever they become a threat to Japan.

The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo and other networks from October 12 to December 28, 2022.[7][8][9][a] The opening theme song is "Kick Back" by Kenshi Yonezu, while each episode features a different ending theme song.[11][12][b] Crunchyroll has licensed the series outside of Asia, and began streaming an English dub on October 25, 2022.[14][15] Medialink licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.[16]

A Chainsaw Man movie, titled Reze Arc, is on the way instead of an expected second season. While Chainsaw Man season 2 is almost certainly still happening down the line, the big-screen release is the next thing to look forward to in terms of Denji and Pochita's canon story.

The fact an early teaser is already out (and that the first season came out two years ago) would indicate that things are moving along nicely. 2025 is still a possibility, however as we head into the second half of 2024 without a formal announcement.

The only question mark, then, would be if western audiences get the Chainsaw Man movie close to its Japanese release. If previous big-name features are any indication, those in the US, UK, and other regions should perhaps be patient - and wait another few months after Japanese audiences get it.

On the topic of Chainsaw Man season 2: yes, we're just as surprised as you are that the anime is going into a canon movie directly after its first season. A second season will surely arrive down the line and will likely cover the aforementioned International Assassins arc, which (to keep it vague) features Denji's notoriety increasing, something which puts him on the radar of various hitman.

We expect Denji (Kikunosuke Toya), Makima (Tomori Kusunoki), Kobeni (Karin Takahashi) Power (Fairouz Ai), and Aki (Shogo Sakata) all to return in the Chainsaw Man movie. One major newcomer will be Reze (Reina Ueda), while we also anticipate much of the English dub cast to reprise their roles. More news as and when we get it.

The first Chainsaw Man movie trailer is here! The Reze Arc teaser showcases key art of, who else, Reze with the brief trailer interspersing images of Denji, too. As the trailer progresses, the pair get increasingly closer... but Reze is hiding a secret that will have to come out sooner or later.

For all intents and purposes, yes. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc continues where the first season left off and will be canon to the events of the anime. In short, it's a must-watch if you want to continue Denji's saga - in much the same way Mugen Train was effectively presented (and later adapted) as Demon Slayer's second season.

However, we still expect an actual Chainsaw Man season 2 to be released at some point after the movie. That means, in effect, the watch order will go: Chainsaw Man season 1, Reze Arc movie, Chainsaw Man season 2.

The first season of Chainsaw Man is available to watch subbed and dubbed on Crunchyroll for Premium members. It's safe to assume the Chainsaw Man movie will be released theatrically and will likely stream on Crunchyroll down the line.

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Over the years, I've gotten less worked up about horror franchise continuity as I used to. A lot of it is due to having a kid - I need to channel my energy into potty training and making sure no Lego pieces are eaten, leaving precious little of it left to care about things like "How did Jason get back to Crystal Lake after morphing into a little boy and drowning in the New York sewer system?". But also, as these long-running series continued, it just got too hard to try to make it work like I used to; a younger, childless me would probably trying to figure out a way that this new Halloween film that's coming could still include the other sequels as canon, but current day me can't devote the time it would take to possibly sort it out even in a rudimentary fashion. We have Jigsaw coming this week, and I'm sure that will satisfy whatever lingering devotion I have to serialized storytelling in my horror franchises, but from now on the other ones can do whatever they like, as long as I'm reasonably entertained by the result.

This approach is really the only one you can take when it comes to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series of films, which all seemingly go out of their way to contradict one another, or even themselves in the case of Texas Chainsaw 3D, which could never decide on the years of its own self-contained timeline. I mean, this is a series that has two movies named Leatherface, and that's the least confusing thing about it. Nearly every sequel has presented itself as the "true" follow-up to Tobe Hooper's 1974 original, yet some of them also have a nod to the 1986 Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, i.e. casting that film's Bill Moseley to play the Jim Siedow role in Chainsaw 3D, showing some love to that entry while also completely overwriting its place in the canonical history. Watching this series in order is akin to reading a Choose Your Own Adventure book in sequential order rather than following the "turn to page ____" instructions, making it less a traditional franchise and more of an experiment in fan patience. How many times can you be told that the previous film(s) don't count before you stop wanting to bother?

I suspect a lot of its erratic nature is due to the fact that the series has never had a consistent studio behind it, let alone a gatekeeper to ensure everything gels. Unlike Freddy, who stuck around with New Line for his entire run, or Chucky, who has been with Universal for all of his sequels (MGM released the first), the Chainsaw films change hands almost as often as they recast Leatherface (only one actor has ever played him twice). The classic original was an independent production that had several distributors throughout the '70s and early '80s, including an early incarnation of New Line before they got into producing their own films. The first sequel was a Cannon production, but they went belly-up and the series found itself back with New Line (now a full "mini-major" studio) for 1989's Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. The next film had two releases* under different distributors (the exact ones are a question mark - BoxOfficeMojo attributes them both to Lionsgate, but I remember Columbia being involved with one?), then the brand went back to New Line AGAIN for the pair of Platinum Dunes films that began in 2003, and after Bay and co. parted ways the series returned to Lionsgate for its two most recent entries. If there is another film in this poor series, it could very well be from a studio that doesn't even exist yet.

That may account for some of the on-screen tomfoolery, as character and story rights get tangled up in all the transferring around and it's usually not worth the hassle to sort it out. I recall George Romero having to secure permission to reuse Tom Savini's biker character from Dawn of the Dead in 2005's Land of the Dead - and that's his own character! Ditto for Sam, Bruce, and Robert having to ignore the plot of Army of Darkness in the first season of the Ash vs. Evil Dead series due to Universal still owning that one (it was cleared up for the second season). When the same creative team can't access their own characters, you can see how something like the Chainsaw series - which has plenty of cast/crew turnover with each film, would have trouble keeping everything intact, if they even wanted to in the first place. Let's not forget that after the mammoth success of the first film in the 1970s, the first few follow-ups all tanked at the box office, so the idea of ignoring an unsuccessful film was hardly an issue for anyone involved. The other series have played fast and loose with continuity in the past (most notably with H20), so there's even precedent for it - the key difference is that those other series tended to find great success at the box office, whereas Chainsaw was kept alive thanks to home video numbers and the sheer enormity of the original film, giving the "Texas Chainsaw" name just as much weight as "Friday the 13th" or "Elm Street" even if the box office numbers suggested otherwise.

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