Chainsaw Man Assassins Arc: Everything Confirmed After the Reze Movie
MAPPA is not done with Chainsaw Man. A new anime adapting the Assassins Arc, a direct continuation of the Reze Arc movie, was officially announced at Jump Festa 2026 on December 21, 2025, and a second teaser has since confirmed that the film's core creative team is coming back.
Is this Chainsaw Man Season 2 or a movie?
This is the first thing to get straight, because search results are messy on it. Most fans and search engines call the next Chainsaw Man project "Season 2," and that is a perfectly good way to find it. It is not the official label, though. MAPPA has not branded the Assassins Arc project with a season number, and it has not confirmed a format at all. We do not yet know whether it will be a TV series like the original anime or another feature film like the Reze Arc movie.
What is confirmed is the content. The project adapts the Assassins Arc, sometimes called the International Assassins Arc, and it picks up directly from where the Reze Arc movie ended. So if you have been typing "Chainsaw Man Season 2" into a search bar, you are looking for the right thing. Just know that the official announcement never used those words, and neither the format nor a season number is locked.
When does the Chainsaw Man Assassins Arc come out?
Short answer: there is no release date yet. The project was announced at Jump Festa 2026 on December 21, 2025, with a teaser visual and a teaser PV, and a second teaser PV followed at MAPPA's 15th-anniversary livestream on June 19, 2026. Neither reveal came with a premiere date or a window.
You will see "2027 at the earliest" floating around in coverage. Treat that as industry and fan speculation, not a promise. MAPPA has not committed to a year, and until the studio puts a date on screen, any specific timeframe is a guess. Anime production schedules shift constantly, and a project this size, with no confirmed format, is exactly the kind that resists an early date.
The good news is that the momentum is real. Two teasers in six months, plus a confirmed staff roster, is more than a lot of announced sequels get in their entire first year.
Who is making the Assassins Arc?
This is where the June 19, 2026 livestream did the heavy lifting. The second teaser PV confirmed that the core creative team from the Reze Arc movie is returning:
- Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
- Script and series composition: Hiroshi Seko
- Character design: Kazutaka Sugiyama
- Music: Kensuke Ushio
That is continuity where it counts. Yoshihara, Seko, Sugiyama, and Ushio carrying over from the film means the look, the pacing, and the sound of the Assassins Arc should feel like a seamless extension of the movie rather than a reboot in a new style. For an arc that leans this hard on tone, keeping Ushio on music in particular is a strong signal. MAPPA is the studio behind the project.
What will the Assassins Arc adapt?
The Assassins Arc is the stretch of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga that follows the events of the Reze Arc. The Reze Arc movie adapted chapters 39 to 52, so the new project picks up from roughly chapter 53 onward. Treat that chapter number as an approximate reader mapping rather than an official figure, since MAPPA has not published a chapter range, but it is the natural jumping-on point in the manga.
As for the voices, the established franchise cast is expected to return, though MAPPA has not officially re-confirmed the main cast for this specific project. Given that the same team is carrying over behind the scenes, a cast continuation is the safe expectation. It is just not a confirmed one yet.
Wait, there is a Chainsaw Man mobile game too?
Yes, and it was one of the bigger surprises from the June 19, 2026 event. Alongside the second teaser, MAPPA announced Chainsaw Man's first dedicated smartphone game. It is in development, with no release date and few details so far.
One detail did stand out. The game's opening animation is produced by MAPPA and set to Maximum the Hormone's "ALL THE LYNCH!! ALL THE MINCE!!". To be clear, that song is the mobile game's opening theme, not the anime's. If you see it credited as the Assassins Arc opening somewhere, that is a mix-up. The anime's theme songs have not been announced.
How to catch up before the Assassins Arc
Because the new project continues directly from the film, the Reze Arc movie is required viewing, and it is easy to stream now.
The Reze Arc movie has been streaming globally on Crunchyroll since April 30, 2026, in both subbed and dubbed versions. It was a genuine hit, earning about $191.4 million worldwide, so this is not a minor side story you can skip. It adapts manga chapters 39 to 52 and sets up everything the Assassins Arc builds on.
If you want the full breakdown of the film, where to watch it, and a spoiler-tagged explanation of its ending, we have a dedicated guide: the Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie guide. For readers who would rather get ahead on the page, the manga continues past chapter 52 into the Assassins Arc, so you can read the material the new project will adapt right now.
What is still unconfirmed?
To keep expectations honest, here is what MAPPA has not announced yet:
- Format. TV series or movie, still unknown.
- Release date or window. No official date. The "2027 at the earliest" talk is speculation, not a commitment.
- Season number. No official "Season 2" branding, despite the common search phrasing.
- Main cast. Expected to return, but not re-confirmed for this project.
- Anime theme songs. Not announced. The Maximum the Hormone track belongs to the mobile game's opening, not the anime.
Everything else on this page is either directly confirmed by MAPPA or clearly flagged as an estimate.
The Assassins Arc is officially on the way, the movie's creative team is coming back, and the only real unknowns left are the format and the date. Add Chainsaw Man to your list on MyAnimePulse to track it, and if you have not seen the film yet, start with the Chainsaw Man Reze Arc movie guide before the next chapter of the story arrives.
Verified as of July 11, 2026. We'll update this piece as more is officially confirmed.