Note: This review contains spoilers for Chainsaw Man Season 1.
The overwhelming success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train appears to have started a trend, in which some anime adaptations adapt an arc from the source material as a feature film. Such was the case with 2024’s Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, as well as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (Infinity Castle) earlier this year, and this trend continues with Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (Reze Arc) (JP: Gekijō-ban Chensō Man Reze-hen), which takes place after Season 1 of the Chainsaw Man anime. Since I became a fan of Chainsaw Man through said anime, I was excited for Reze Arc after learning of its canon status, but the two-year gap since the ending of the first season led to me rewatching it again shortly before my appointed screening to get a reminder on what happened. After managing to catch a dubbed screening, I felt Reze Arc was worth the wait.
