Crunchyroll announced Chainsaw Man – The Compilation will stream exclusively on the service in September 2025 with two feature-length recap films covering the anime’s first season. Chainsaw Man – The Compilation will catch fans up before the premiere of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc on October 29 in U.S. theaters via Sony Pictures.
Chainsaw Man – The Compilation: Part I and Chainsaw Man – The Compilation: Part II will stream worldwide on Crunchyroll, excluding Asia. The compilation films will also feature new content in the form of “Chainsaw Days,” an adaptation of the original manga’s bonus episodes.
Synopses for each part can be read below:
Chainsaw Man – The Compilation: Part I
Denji is a teenager who lives his life as a Devil Hunter. Aiming to pay off the debt he inherited from his father, he starts hunting devils for the yakuza with his buddy Pochita, a “Chainsaw Devil”, while living a tragically poor life.
Just when things seem like they couldn’t get any worse, Denji is summoned by the yakuza.
Chainsaw Man – The Compilation: Part II
Becoming the “Chainsaw Man” and fighting with an insane, unhinged battle style, Denji finally succeeds in defeating the “Eternity Devil.”
After the battle, the members of Public Safety Devil Extermination Special Division 4 return to their daily lives and hold a “welcome party” for the new recruits.
During the party, Denji brings up the kiss that Himeno had promised him before the fight.
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc will screen in Japan on September 19. The movie will premiere on September 24 internationally and October 29 in the US. Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada will perform the ending theme song “JANE DOE.” Yonezu also performs the theme song “IRIS OUT.”
The staff and cast include:
Cast
- Kikunosuke Toya as Denji
- Reina Ueda as Reze
- Tomori Kusunoki as Makima
- Shiori Izawa as Pochita
- Shogo Sakata as Aki Hayakawa
- Fairouz Ai as Power
Staff
- Original Story: Tatsuki Fujimoto
- Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
- Screenwriter: Hiroshi Seko
- Character Designer: Kazutaka Sugiyama
- Assistant Director: Masato Nakazono
- Sub Character Designer: Souta Yamazaki, Shun
- Main Animator: Shoichi
- Action Animation Director: Sota Shigetsugu
- Art Director: Yusuke Takeda
- Color Designer: Naomi Nakano
- Color Script: Riku
- Editor: Masato Yoshitake
- Music: Kensuke Ushio
- Distribution: TOHO
- Production: MAPPA
Lastly, here’s a story synopsis for the film, via TOHO:
Denji became “Chainsaw Man,” a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4’s 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 café.
