Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Heads to Prime Video in Japan

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is getting a new home in Japan. The Chainsaw Man anime staff confirmed the film’s “theatrical edition” will stream exclusively on Prime Video in Japan starting September 19, 2026, exactly one year after its original theatrical debut. A new celebratory visual accompanied the announcement, shared through the franchise’s official X account.

The film already streams outside Japan on Crunchyroll, where it’s been available since April 30, 2026, with English subtitles and an English dub. This Prime Video release specifically covers the Japanese market, giving domestic fans their first mainstream streaming option since the movie left theaters after a strong theatrical run that stretched well into 2026 through repeat screenings and special events.

Reze Arc – What We Know

The film first opened in Japanese theaters on September 19, 2025, through distributor Toho, before rolling out internationally with early U.S. screenings on October 22 and a full Crunchyroll-backed release via Sony Pictures Releasing on October 24. It adapts the Bomb Girl arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga, following Denji as a chance meeting with a mysterious woman named Reze upends his life as a Devil Hunter.

Tatsuya Yoshihara directed the film, with Hiroshi Seko writing the screenplay and MAPPA handling animation. The Japanese cast includes Kikunosuke Toya as Denji, Reina Ueda as Reze, Tomori Kusunoki as Makima, and Fairouz Ai as Power, while the English dub features Ryan Colt Levy, Alexis Tipton, Suzie Yeung, and Sarah Wiedenheft in the same roles. Kenshi Yonezu performs the opening theme “IRIS OUT” and the ending theme “JANE DOE,” the latter featuring Hikaru Utada, with Maximum the Hormone contributing an insert song.

The film has become one of the highest-grossing Japanese releases in recent memory, pulling in more than ¥29.7 billion worldwide as of June 19, 2026 — a total that places it among the top-performing Japanese theatrical films ever released, alongside modern hits from Demon Slayer and Attack on Titan. It also picked up a Best Animation Film nomination at the 49th Japan Academy Film Prize, cementing its critical reception alongside its commercial success.

That box office run helped set up the franchise’s next chapter: a Chainsaw Man Assassins Arc anime, which had its teaser trailer and main staff revealed back in June and remains in production. The manga itself has continued to grow its readership throughout this stretch too, with the Chainsaw Man source material surpassing 30 million copies in circulation worldwide before its second part wrapped earlier this year.

What This Means for Chainsaw Man Fans

Landing on Prime Video exactly one year after its theatrical premiere gives the film a clean, symbolic release date rather than an arbitrary streaming window, and it puts Reze Arc in front of a much wider domestic audience than theatrical or premium digital purchases could reach. For Japanese fans who skipped the theatrical run or missed limited digital releases, this is the first real mainstream streaming access to the film. Prime Video has increasingly become a landing spot for major anime theatrical releases in Japan once their exclusivity windows with distributors wind down, and this release continues that pattern for one of the platform’s biggest gets yet.

The timing also lines up with growing momentum around the franchise’s next anime installment. With the Assassins Arc anime already in production, having Reze Arc freshly available on a major streaming platform gives newer or lapsed fans an easy way to catch up before that next chapter arrives. It also gives longtime fans a reason to revisit the film ahead of whatever marketing push accompanies Assassins Arc’s eventual release date announcement.

What’s Next for Reze Arc

Prime Video’s exclusive Japanese streaming window begins September 19, 2026. No end date for the exclusivity period has been announced, and Toho hasn’t said whether the film will later expand to other Japanese streaming services. Outside Japan, Crunchyroll remains the film’s streaming home, with no changes announced to that arrangement. Fans hoping for more Reze Arc merchandise, stage-play tie-ins, or theatrical re-screenings should also keep an eye on official announcements, since the franchise has leaned on all three in the past year to keep the story visible between major releases.

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