Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada have released the Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc ending theme song “JANE DOE” on various music streaming services, including Spotify.
“I started working on the song without giving too much thought to who would sing it,” Kenshi Yonezu said. “However, as the song began to take shape, it became evident that no one was better suited to it than Utada-san, so I reached out to them. The moment Utada-san’s voice—melancholic, yet sweeping like a gust of wind—came in over the track, I remember being so moved that I let out a sharp gasp. As a songwriter, I feel truly honored to have been given this opportunity.”
“I knew I had to give it a go when I received this offer,” Hikaru Utada said. “Both of us being uncompromising singer-songwriters, we knew better than anybody else where the other comes from, but also faced the challenge of meeting halfway where our styles, as we found in the process, contrast I hope everyone can feel the new sides that were brought out in us, as we remained true to ourselves and each other.”
Music video director Tomokazu Yamada added, “We spin endlessly in the darkness of the universe, exerting light gravitational pull upon one another. Even when we are close enough to touch, we are all distant stars. Each with its own rotation, each gazing upon its own night. This is truly a collision of galaxies. A moment that is like an eternity, in a place that is neither light nor darkness.”
Kenshi Yonezu also performs the theme song “IRIS OUT.” Maximum The Heroine performs the insert song “Hawatari Nioku Centi [2-hundred-million-Centimeter-long-blades] (70% Unlocked edit).”
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc opened with midnight screenings on September 19 in Japan across 12 theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Hokkaido. There are also MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema screenings. The movie heads to US theaters on October 24 with English dubs and English subs with Japanese voice-overs. What’s more, the movie premieres September 24 internationally and October 29 in the U.K.
The cast and staff 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.
