the japanese portal myjitsu shared an article analyzing why the franchise of Chainsaw Man has not made the announcement of a second season, a sequel feature film or at least the intentions of making a sequel to the anime adaptation. It should be noted that the president of MAPPA has already stated that the project was a success, so the fans do not understand what is happening.
«“Chainsaw Man” is the anime adaptation of a manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto that has received a great deal of attention around the world. While fans are waiting for the announcement of a second anime season, events related to the franchise were held on May 20 and 21 of this year, but it seems that there was no announcement about it.».
«On May 20, the “Chainsaw Festival”, an event dedicated exclusively to the anime “Chainsaw Man”, was held at the Tokyo Garden Theater facilities. There were live performances by the voice cast such as Kikunosuke Toya and Ai Fairouz, as well as live performances by major music artists such as TOOBOE, Ano, PEOPLE 1, Syudou, among others. However, there was no announcement of the second season of the anime in either of the two presentations of the day.».
«In addition, the following day the “MAPPA STAGE 2023” event was held by the MAPPA studios, the studio in charge of “Chainsaw Man”. There, a new promotional video for the long-awaited sequel to “Jujutsu Kaisen” was revealed, along with more information about the upcoming films by directors Sunao Katabuchi and Mari Okada, and other details about other franchises. However, although there was a panel dedicated to the “Chainsaw Man” franchise, and although the voice actors chanted the “Chainsaw Man” chant, there was no relevant information to be announced.».
«The “Chainsaw Man” anime came to its conclusion in December of last year, and it has been almost six months since then. It was the perfect opportunity to announce a sequel, so fans are disappointed. Comments have emerged on social networks, such as: “I’m pretty impressed that something as big as Chainsaw Man hasn’t announced a sequel yet.“; “I thought that in one of these two big events of the year the continuation of the series would be announced.“; and, “Well maybe next year“».
«Before its premiere, the anime adaptation of “Chainsaw Man” was already expected to be a guaranteed success, but the result was a project that divided the opinion of fans. The reason was that director Ryuu Nakayama was constantly the target of criticism, and some radical fans have even said, “If Ryuu Nakayama continues directing, don’t even bother doing a second season.”».
«Also, it seems that the anime was not successful in Blu-ray and DVD sales. The first package, which was released in January this year, only sold 1,735 copies, a number that would become an internet meme and is used to ridicule the play, production members, and fans to this day. social networks».
«However, failure in that aspect does not translate into commercial failure. According to an interview with MAPPA CEO Manabu Otsukapublished in Toyo Keizai Online on May 17, the project was a success. Although it is not clear about it, it seems that the income from streaming rights was enough to cushion the dismal sales of the physical packages».
«However, it seems that the income was not as good as expected, so there is a high chance of some future leverage (borrowing to invest). Perhaps the delay in the announcement of the second season is due to some policy change. For starters, the second part of the original “Chainsaw Man” manga seems to not be as popular as the first part was, maybe they wait for the opinion to improve?».
