{"id":54973,"date":"2025-12-15T14:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54973"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:30:57","slug":"chainsaw-mans-reze-dance-becomes-second-most-liked-x-post-of-all-time-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chainsaw-mans-reze-dance-becomes-second-most-liked-x-post-of-all-time-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chainsaw Man&#8217;s Reze Dance becomes second most-liked X post of all time in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Songwriter Kenshi Yonezu\u2019s recent X post \u2013 featuring a 17-second animated short of <strong>Chainsaw Man<\/strong>\u2019s Reze dancing to his song \u201cIris Out\u201d \u2013 has taken the internet by storm, especially in Japan. With over 142.5 million views and 1.4 million likes at the time writing, it&#8217;s currently the second most-liked post of all time in the country, behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yuukikikuchi\/status\/1240946299467259905?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">final chapter of Yuuki Kikuchi\u2019s web manga series<\/a> \u201c100 Nichi Go ni Shinu Wani\u201d (A Crocodile Who Will Die in 100 Days).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udef5\ud83d\ude2d<br><br>\u300cIRIS OUT\u300d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30ec\u30bc\u30c0\u30f3\u30b9<\/a>\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30c1\u30a7\u30f3\u30bd\u30fc\u30de\u30f3<\/a>\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RezeDance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RezeDance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChainsawMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChainsawMan<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRISOUT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRISOUT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MvJv1z3Ypb\">pic.twitter.com\/MvJv1z3Ypb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u7c73\u6d25\u7384\u5e2b\u3000\u30cf\u30c1 (@hachi_08) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hachi_08\/status\/1999370773530837085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the theme song of Chainsaw Man \u2013 The Movie: Reze Arc, \u201cIris Out\u201d became popular due to its catchy beat and close thematic connections to the movie\u2019s plot, breaking multiple streaming records in Japan across Spotify and other platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Reze Dance short is produced by MAPPA, the same animation studio behind the movie and previous TV anime series. Specifically, Reze\u2019s key animation was created by Akiko Kudo, based on original\u00a0choreography by Bunkei. Digital paints and paint checks were done by Matsuri Hoshi and Naomi Nakano, respectively, while composting was handled by Teppei Ito.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>X isn\u2019t the only place you can find the Reze Dance. The official short currently has over 14 million views on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/o2rrJ7FDi-g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, 1.5 million likes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kenshiyonezu_08\/video\/7582860395514187029?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7538663694189790736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok<\/a>, and 1.2 million likes on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSJ2uU0kyYt\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chainsaw-man-creators-kingdom-hearts-reference-on-x-has-fans-worried-about-the-direction-of-the-mangas-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chainsaw Man creator\u2019s Kingdom Hearts reference on X has fans worried about the direction of the manga\u2019s story<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/chainsaw-man-directors-next-project-is-a-roblox-horror-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chainsaw Man director\u2019s next project is a Roblox horror game<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by singer songwriter Kenshi Yonezu, the viral Chainsaw Man animated clip was produced by studio MAPPA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":54979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-54973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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