‘Chainsaw Man’ sweeps its premiere in Spain and the Reze Arc reaffirms itself as one of the great anime phenomena of the year

Last week ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: The Arc of Reze’ finally arrived in our cinemas, landing in Spain just a month after its premiere in Japan. It already came with very good box office data, because it has even managed to dethrone ‘Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Infinite Fortress’, but its international career has gotten off to a scary start.

A long-awaited return

The movie of ‘Chainsaw Man’ It premiered on October 24 and has begun its journey in Spain with fear, because during its first weekend it has placed itself in first place at the box office. Dejitate the demon of Fujitski They have beaten ‘The Black Phone 2’, ‘The Dinner’, ‘The Sundays’ and even ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’, which premiered the same Friday. ‘Tron: Ares’ continues to sink and remains in tenth place on the list

It is estimated that between October 24 and 26 ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: The Arc of Reze’ has grossed more than 689,000 euros in cinemas. That, although it is very far from the The 3,363,401 euros that ‘The Infinite Fortress’ made in its first week are tremendous numbers for an anime film.

At the international level, the Arch of Reze It is also working wonderfully and the new ‘Chainsaw Man’ is already among theThe highest rated anime movies of the year. At the time of writing this article, on Rotten Tomatoes it has 96% critical approval and 99% public approval, with an average score of 9.18 on MyAnimeList and 8.6 on IMDb.

So we shouldn’t be surprised if ‘Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze’s Arc’ ends up becoming a potential Oscar contender for Japan, especially if the phenomenon has wheels.

If we are curious, we have the first season of the anime or two compilation films that summarize it available on Crunchyroll. The plot of ‘Chainsaw Man‘ follows Denji, a young man who, when he is murdered after leading a tremendously precarious life, makes a deal with a demon. Thus he begins to work for a demon extermination agency, although there are several forces interested in his potential as Chainsaw Man.

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