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Chainsaw Man Reze Arc Ichiban Kuji Returns September 18

Chainsaw Man Reze Arc Ichiban Kuji Returns September 18
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The A Prize Puts Denji and Reze Back at the Cafe Table

The headline item of this second wave has nothing to do with chainsaws. The A prize recreates the scene where Denji and Reze sit talking at the cafe 二道. Denji looks flustered but clearly not unhappy about it, and Reze wears a mischievous expression. Japanese anime news site Anime Anime's rundown of the lineup puts the figure at roughly 10cm, or about 12cm once the base is counted.

The first wave's most popular figure comes back at the other end of the box. The Last One prize, which goes to whoever draws the final ticket, is the Chainsaw Man & Beam MEGAIMPACT figure redone in a special color finish. It stages the fight against the Typhoon Devil at about 23cm tall and 30cm wide, making it the largest piece in the set by a wide margin.

Nine Tiers, From a 22cm MASTERLISE to Rubber Coasters

The B prize, Reze MASTERLISE, is a roughly 22cm figure in the MASTERLISE high-quality line, inspired by a visual released after the film opened. Reze holds a gerbera up in front of her face, and the sculpt puts as much work into the bloodstains on her white shirt as it does into the flower.

The C prize switches registers completely with a Chokonokko set pairing Aki Hayakawa and the Angel Devil, small rounded figures made to perch on the edge of a shelf or a monitor. The D and E prizes are both B3 visual boards with newly drawn art, one of Denji and Reze, the other of Aki and the Angel Devil, printed with a special process for stronger color.

The back half of the box is where most tickets land. The F prize is a set of six Kyun-Chara acrylic stands in the line's usual chibi proportions, covering Denji, Reze, Power and Aki Hayakawa among others. The G prize is a holographic sticker set in eight variants using Pochita and stills from the film, the H prize is an A3 clear poster in eight variants, and the I prize is a rubber coaster in ten variants, each pairing a character with a line from the movie.

The Film the Merch Is Drawing From

Chainsaw Man started as Tatsuki Fujimoto's dark-hero action manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, and Part 2 is still running in Shonen Jump+. Denji, saddled with the debt his parents left behind, contracts with the Chainsaw Devil Pochita and scrapes by as a devil hunter. After one incident leaves him carrying a devil's heart, he becomes Chainsaw Man.

The TV anime aired in October 2022, and the film picks up directly from its final episode to adapt the Reze arc. Denji is out on a date with Makima when he happens to meet a girl named Reze, and the encounter pulls him somewhere he cannot predict. MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan Final Season) produced the film, with Tatsuya Yoshihara directing.

Looking Ahead

In-store sales begin Friday, September 18, 2026 and roll out across Lawson, Ministop, Daily Yamazaki and other convenience stores, plus bookstores, hobby shops and Ichiban Kuji official shops. Ichiban Kuji ONLINE opens at 11:00 the same day. A draw costs 880 yen including tax, and the Double Chance campaign, which gives a second shot at a prize, runs from the sale date through the end of December 2026.

Ichiban Kuji is a Japanese prize-draw format with no losing tickets, so every 880 yen returns something from the lineup above. It is also a domestic retail product: no overseas distribution has been announced, and there is no international storefront in the list of participating retailers.

The kuji goes on sale one day before the film's next milestone. Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc starts streaming exclusively on Prime Video in Japan on September 19, 2026, exactly a year after its theatrical opening, per an announcement on the anime's official site. Amazon's Japanese press release for that deal put the film's global box office above 29.7 billion yen (approx. $200 million). For readers catching up on the source material in English, Viz Media publishes the Chainsaw Man manga, and Shueisha's MANGA Plus carries the ongoing Part 2 chapters.

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