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Crunchyroll to Stream 2-Part Chainsaw Man Anime Compilation Film in September

Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream a two-part compilation film of the Chainsaw Man anime titled Chainsaw Man - The Compilation: Part 1 & 2 in September worldwide, excluding Asia. The compilation films will recap key moments from the television anime, and will also include Chainsaw Days (Chainsaw Biyori), a newly animated adaptation of the original manga's bonus chapters.

The anime's staff announced on Tuesday that the compilation film will exclusively stream on the ABEMA streaming service in Japan on September 5 at 9:00 p.m. JST. The anime's staff also announced that the upcoming Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc will simultaneously screen in 61 IMAX theaters in Japan.

Crunchyroll describes the compilation films:

Denji is a young boy who works as a Devil Hunter with the “Chainsaw Devil” Pochita.

One day, as he was living his miserable life trying to pay off the debt he inherited from his parents, he got betrayed and killed. As he was losing his consciousness, he made a deal with Pochita, and got resurrected as the “Chainsaw Man”: the owner of the Devil's heart.

Reina Ueda plays Reze in the film.

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired worldwide theatrical rights the film. The company will open the film in theaters in the United States and the United Kingdom on October 29, and will also open the film earlier in more than 80 countries on September 24.

The film's staff includes:

• Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara (Chainsaw Man TV's storyboarder, key animator, episode director)
• Screenwriter: Hiroshi Seko (returning from TV anime)
• Character Designer: Kazutaka Sugiyama (returning from TV anime)
• Assistant Director: Masato Nakazono (storyboarder and chief episode director for TV anime)
• Sub Character Designer: Sota Yamazaki, Shun (chief animation directors for TV anime)
• Main Animator: Shōichi (animation director from TV anime)
• Music: kensuke ushio (returning from TV anime)
• Action Animation Director: Sōta Shigetsugu
• Devil Designer: Riki Matsuura, Kiyotaka Oshiyama
• Costume Designer: Aya Yamamoto
• Art Director: Yūsuke Takeda
• Color Designer: Naomi Nakano
• Color Script: Riku
• 3DCG Director: Daiki Watanabe, Masahiro Tamai
• Compositing Director: Teppei Ito
• Editor: Masato Yoshitake
• Distribution: TOHO
• Production: MAPPA

Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada are performing the ending theme song "JANE DOE." Yonezu is also performing the film's theme song "IRIS OUT."

The television anime series premiered on TV Tokyo and five other affiliated channels, as well as on Amazon Prime Video in October 2022. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in over 200 countries and territories around the world.

Tatsuki Fujimoto (Fire Punch) debuted the Chainsaw Man manga in Weekly Shonen Jump in December 2018 and ended its "first part," the "Kōan" (Public Safety) arc, in December 2020. The manga's second part, titled "Gakkō-hen" (School Arc), started on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in July 2022. The manga won the Best Manga award at The Harvey Awards for three consecutive years.

The manga inspired a stage play adaptation that ran in Tokyo and Kyoto in September to October 2023.

Sources: Press release, Crunchyroll (Kyle Cardine, Daryl Harding)