Chainsaw Man sales are probably better than people initially thought.
MAPPA doesn’t have many projects announced.
You shouldn’t discard hopes for a possible Chainsaw Man S2.
There’s just a month left until Jump Festa 2024, an annual convention organized by Shueisha, the publisher of multiple Jump anthologies. One of the biggest questions the fans have now, however, is the absence of a sequel to Chainsaw Man anime. Indeed, with the series being so beloved by modern otaku, it is really strange that a second season was never even announced.
Chainsaw Man anime sold poorly?
The main concern behind Chainsaw Man getting a sequel season were poor BD/DVD sales reported by Oricon in the first week. Indeed, according to those, the show sold under 2000 copies of the first BD volume in the first week, which is usually a sign the series isn’t doing so well — however, these numbers don’t include direct orders straight from MAPPA’s online shop. Indeed, the sales for the show aren’t actually that bad — and BD sales aren’t as important as they were a decade ago anyways.
What is MAPPA doing?
The studio’s efforts seem to be focused on Jujutsu Kaisen S2 nowadays. The team working on it is partly made up of the same people who worked on Chainsaw Man — however, with the recent controversies about the treatment of animators, as well as production issues, it remains a question whether they would proceed to work on a potential sequel. But considering how many projects MAPPA undertook in recent years, it would seem surprising that they currently only have 3 anime series announced (in addition to a few movies): a second season of Hell’s Paradise (Jigokuraku), as well as two original projects, Bucchigiri?! and Lazarus. The studio only having these three series (as well as the second cour of JJK S2) gives just enough reason to speculate about a possible second season for a beloved show.
Hopes for the future
The internal production issues of MAPPA lead people to question the possibility of a sequel for Chainsaw Man — for the visible future, at least. It is also unlikely that a project of this magnitude would be given to another studio. However, with the manga’s popularity, and the anime actually doing better than the public might have perceived at first, there might be a hope for the sequel being announced during Jump Festa 2024. The studio doesn’t seem to have many projects scheduled for 2024 yet. Overall, a sequel announcement is very possible, as Chainsaw Man will have a panel there, though, obviously, nothing is guaranteed.
What is MAPPA planning to do with the series?
Summary:
Chainsaw Man sales are probably better than people initially thought.
MAPPA doesn’t have many projects announced.
You shouldn’t discard hopes for a possible Chainsaw Man S2.
There’s just a month left until Jump Festa 2024, an annual convention organized by Shueisha, the publisher of multiple Jump anthologies. One of the biggest questions the fans have now, however, is the absence of a sequel to Chainsaw Man anime. Indeed, with the series being so beloved by modern otaku, it is really strange that a second season was never even announced.
Chainsaw Man anime sold poorly?
The main concern behind Chainsaw Man getting a sequel season were poor BD/DVD sales reported by Oricon in the first week. Indeed, according to those, the show sold under 2000 copies of the first BD volume in the first week, which is usually a sign the series isn’t doing so well — however, these numbers don’t include direct orders straight from MAPPA’s online shop. Indeed, the sales for the show aren’t actually that bad — and BD sales aren’t as important as they were a decade ago anyways.
What is MAPPA doing?
The studio’s efforts seem to be focused on Jujutsu Kaisen S2 nowadays. The team working on it is partly made up of the same people who worked on Chainsaw Man — however, with the recent controversies about the treatment of animators, as well as production issues, it remains a question whether they would proceed to work on a potential sequel. But considering how many projects MAPPA undertook in recent years, it would seem surprising that they currently only have 3 anime series announced (in addition to a few movies): a second season of Hell’s Paradise (Jigokuraku), as well as two original projects, Bucchigiri?! and Lazarus. The studio only having these three series (as well as the second cour of JJK S2) gives just enough reason to speculate about a possible second season for a beloved show.
Hopes for the future
The internal production issues of MAPPA lead people to question the possibility of a sequel for Chainsaw Man — for the visible future, at least. It is also unlikely that a project of this magnitude would be given to another studio. However, with the manga’s popularity, and the anime actually doing better than the public might have perceived at first, there might be a hope for the sequel being announced during Jump Festa 2024. The studio doesn’t seem to have many projects scheduled for 2024 yet. Overall, a sequel announcement is very possible, as Chainsaw Man will have a panel there, though, obviously, nothing is guaranteed.
