Movie · Action, Romance, Horror, Animated · 2025 · R

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc: parents' guide

16+our pick

Best for ages 16 and up. Rated R for strong bloody violence/gore and some nudity.

An extremely violent anime for older teens who know the series, mixing romance, dark comedy and gore. Teen devil hunter Denji falls for a girl he meets at a cafe, and their summer romance turns into explosive, bloody battles. Bodies are cut in half, heads come off and blood floods the streets. The two teens skinny-dip together in a night swim where their bare backsides and breasts are shown without detail, a daydream shows women in lingerie, and a passionate kiss ends with a tongue bitten off. There are a couple of s-words. Age 16 for the gore, the nudity and the sexual talk.

What's in it

Violence

Strong

Constant graphic gore: people sliced in half, decapitations, a slit throat, a person swallowed whole and blood flooding the streets. A villain describes skinning a man's wife and children, and the hero is repeatedly blown apart.

Language

Moderate

Two s-words, a few uses each of "ass," "hell" and "damn," and crude terms like "balls" and "boobs."

Sex and nudity

Moderate

Two teens, both about 16, strip and swim nude at night; bare backsides and breasts are shown without detail, with no nipples or genitals visible. A daydream lingers on women in lingerie, one character wears only panties and an apron, and kissing and sexual remarks recur.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Mild

A character drinks from a flask, and a pack of cigarettes is thrown away. No drug use.

Scary or intense scenes

Strong

Grotesque devils, a man begging to be killed from inside a monster's stomach, and long stretches of mass destruction and death. The romance ends in betrayal and loss, which hits hard.

Worth talking about

Denji is so starved for affection that he trusts anyone who is kind to him. What makes him easy to manipulate, and what are signs that someone's interest isn't genuine?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, Wikipedia. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.