Chainsaw Man Movie Rockets to No. 2 Highest-Rated Anime Ever — Is No. 1 Next?

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc showed up to opening weekend and basically blew the doors off. Fans rushed in, logged their votes, and now the film is brushing shoulders with the all-timers on anime fan charts. Yes, already.

The scoreboard, quick and clean

• On MyAnimeList (think anime's IMDb), roughly 200,000 users pushed the movie to No. 2 on the Top 100 over opening weekend. As of writing, it sits at a 9.18 average score, just behind Frieren: Beyond Journey's End at 9.29. The wild part: Reze Arc jumped from 9.10 to 9.18 in just over 24 hours, so it could still make a run at the top spot.
• Even if the score cools off a bit after the hype window, it is currently keeping company with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Steins;Gate, and Attack on Titan Season 3 in the upper tier. That is rare air.
• Rotten Tomatoes opened at a perfect 100% for the movie on release day. It has since ticked down to 96% after a single negative review. Still glowing, basically.

What the movie covers

This is the Bomb Girl arc from Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga, adapted as a feature. Story-wise: Denji falls hard for the new mystery girl in town, Reze, while the larger hunt for the Gun Devil grinds on in the background. It is a clean, emotionally messy slice of Chainsaw Man that slots right into canon.

What happens next

The obvious next step would be Chainsaw Man Season 2. No official announcement yet, so for now it's just the logical follow-up, not a confirmed thing.

Zooming out, 2026 is already shaping up to be busy. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 will try to defend its crown, and Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 has every chance to storm the rankings too.

Bottom line: Reze Arc is not just getting its flowers; it's arranging the bouquet. Denji would probably eat it.