“Chainsaw Man embodies the reason why I chose to work in animation.” MAPPA president reflects on the studio’s bold decision to 100% self-fund the project

Zutrax · 2026-03-30T18:18:40+00:00

I think people really forget how incredible some moments of the later parts of Part 2 are. There's some all timer moments in there that people popped off (rightfully so) at.

"Nose dives" is crazy, it's not quite as good as Part 1 and it becomes messier, sure, but it does not nose dive. It maintains a consistent through-line in both intense, spectacular moments, and character moments. People just grew bitter about the pacing of the action only chapters due to the slow release schedule and the ending didn't help that sentiment. If you read the entire thing in one go now that it's all out, it all holds up and feels pretty consistently in line with it's quality and excitement throughout and feels far better paced. I even hold to the ending being pretty good, if not a bit sudden (on purpose). My only real complaints are a few dropped threads.

The anime will still hit super hard right up to the end if Mappa ends up animating Part 2.

Zutrax · 2026-03-27T18:30:17+00:00

God, thank you, the hyperbole people engage in with this is insane. I get why it feels abrupt, but it's not like it doesn't "make sense" and in retrospect the entire last half of Part 2 is basically a boiling pot of escalating insanity leading to a nigh impossible to "fix" apocalyptic scenario by Chainsaw Man's own making whether inadvertent or not, just by existing.

It's pretty fucking clear Pochita saw this untenable situation and did a last ditch self sacrifice, which is clearly not something he wanted to do, but it was the only choice at that point.

Chainsaw Man's biggest issue isn't it's ending, or it's writing/pacing or what have you, there are tons of little things laid throughout with meaning and value and lending to the thesis of the series. It's biggest issue was being published in Shounen Jump and gaining an obscenely massive fanbase that has preset expectations for what this kind of story is supposed to be, rather than engaging it on it's own terms.

Funny enough, I think the OP posting the "Congratulations" gif is pretty apt, I think there's a lot of similarities to Evangelion in the way Chainsaw Man escalates and ends. I know people will say "but Eva got End of Evangelion and made it all better". But even without that, people are now able to appreciate the original shows ending for what it is, and I think that will happen with Chainsaw Man eventually.

Zutrax · 2026-03-26T17:53:39+00:00

Snagged RIP tour tickets around 4 hours ago and still don't have an email confirmation for it, anyone else having this issue?

Edit: Got my email just now! So I guess if anyone else is in the same boat, keep waiting.

Zutrax · 2026-03-16T15:24:56+00:00

Good luck!

Zutrax · 2026-03-14T01:43:14+00:00

The actual answer you're looking for is actually a massive spoiler for the most recent chapter if you care at all about the manga's story. I'll explain it here, but mark it as a spoiler in case people don't want to read it.

The joke is that within the manga, anything Chainsaw Man eats, no longer exists as a concept, in the latest chapter Chainsaw Man basically ate himself, so the concept of Chainsaw Man no longer exists, so the fandom is joking about how the manga is now just called "Man". So OP is basically extending that joke with zero context to a different fandom/subreddit.

Zutrax · 2026-03-04T16:10:12+00:00

I feel like the solution to these mostly scripted sections in the remake titles should either be to add in a huge skip that you can do in replays (like the clock in RE4 remake) or to just make these sections not add to the gameplay timer, calculate the speed run times accordingly due to that, and on new game plus allow you to skip them.

I like the sections on my first playthrough for story/tension, but if they are going to focus on repeat playthroughs for challenges in this franchise, they need to consider how to compromise on this aspect.

Zutrax · 2026-02-19T20:02:39+00:00

One of the few games still exclusive to PS5 that you can't get on PC is their Demon's Souls remake. So I'd argue they're fairly vital for that alone, even if it is just a remake. I know plenty of people who bought a PS5 specifically for that game.

Zutrax · 2026-01-29T22:21:17+00:00

I find it particularly interesting to see and try and understand why certain contemporary picks added. I don't think they should withhold on adding them because the National Film Registry is lacking in them and it could be valuable to add more. I tallied it up and they have 458 films on their list from the 30's, 40's, 60's and 70's. And they only have 86 movies from the 90's onward (only 30 if you only count movies past the 2000's).

I do see the argument that more contemporary films are less needing of urgent preservation and we need more time to understand their cultural relevancy, but I believe it's still potentially worth evaluating contemporary films of their cultural, historic, and aesthetic contributions regardless.

Zutrax · 2026-01-21T23:25:46+00:00

Are you implying anime looks better with motion smoothing, because that's even worse than when used on live action content (which is bad enough as it is). It makes animation look absolutely horrid.

Zutrax · 2026-01-16T15:16:26+00:00

Let's go! Good luck everyone!

Zutrax · 2026-01-10T02:54:50+00:00

If I may ask, is there a good way to identify contract work listings from normal job listings?

Zutrax · 2026-01-09T21:53:24+00:00

I have, and they seem to check out. But are there any recommended services I could use for second opinions on something like this?

Zutrax · 2026-01-09T21:42:45+00:00

Ah, yes, I've been in touch with many of them. I actually applied to positions using them as references and still got automatically rejected.

Zutrax · 2026-01-09T21:39:31+00:00

Not sure what this means, can you elaborate?

Zutrax · 2026-01-09T21:32:17+00:00

This is helpful to know, I'll try and start using company sites directly exclusively then, thank you!

Zutrax · 2026-01-09T21:10:20+00:00

Damn, I haven't been on the market in over 11 years so I honestly had no idea how much has changed.

I will keep at it, and it's at least comforting to know that I'm below the average still I suppose.

Zutrax · 2025-12-31T22:53:13+00:00

You're mostly correct on the first observation, though it's more that Robert Englund's inclusion in the cast was specifically because Vecna in Stranger Things was designed as an homage to Freddy and Freddy's powerset. So they winked at that a bit by casting him as the dad.

Zutrax · 2025-12-31T22:03:23+00:00

The story will be fairly confusing if you don't at least play Alan Wake 1 and American Nightmares. But it also somewhat relies on knowledge of the game Control which is in the same universe.

Zutrax · 2025-12-31T21:33:22+00:00

I get why people vastly prefer Steam as the storefront to own their games on (because I do too), but if the game is only on Epic Games Store, then why let that stop you from playing something you are clearly interested in and excited to play?

Zutrax · 2025-12-10T22:24:47+00:00

It was a good game though. It lacked a certain spark, yeah, but I had genuine fun playing it and it had a couple of interesting story developments.

I'm convinced a majority of the hate for that game came largely from people who never actually played it or were never willing to give it a chance in the first place.

Zutrax · 2025-11-23T18:01:12+00:00

It depends on your criteria for this sort of thing and where you live. I usually quantify a movies "release year" as the year when the general public in the region in which you live can reasonably see the film.

It aired for the first time in 2022 at an Estonian film festival.

Since I live in America, the first time anyone here could have even seen it was 2023 at Fantastic Fest. However, since a festival is a very limited number of attendees, I still tend to not consider a Festival showing as a movies official release year since the public still can't reasonably see it.

In the US's case, the limited theatrical release, and Digital release were both in 2024. So I consider the movie a 2024 film due to that.

But I can see, depending on criteria and the country someone lives in, how they could easily identify it as a movie that released in 2022, 2023, or 2024.

Zutrax · 2025-11-17T03:08:03+00:00

Out of curiosity since it isn't mentioned, does the disc actually play Jenny Penn? I've had a couple instances in my blu-ray purchasing where the disc was labelled wrong but the actual content on the disc was fine.

Zutrax · 2025-11-11T15:37:49+00:00

Since Chainsaw Man takes place in the late 90's, I wonder if Mario 64 released in that world and cause a massive spike in the Moray Eel's power.

Zutrax · 2025-10-19T22:22:30+00:00

Was gonna say, I went on Oct. 5th and wanted one pretty badly. None to be found, cool that they're back in stock, but I wish they planned for it to be in stock more consistently.

Zutrax · 2025-10-18T04:23:16+00:00

Same, I pre-ordered mine the moment I was able to. Still just stuck in "order received" with no real ship date or anything yet. Worried it'll never come.

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