In April of this year, fans were surprised by the announcement of the release of a porn movie in Japan inspired by the franchise. Chainsaw Man, which to date is still a topic of interest in the comment forums. With the title of “Dildo Man“, narrated the journey of the”Dildos Demon” while pleasuring countless women, inspired by the girls from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s franchise. The movie was released on April 28 in Japan, but recently a rumor has been circulating about this release.
Before we explain, let’s remember that the first Blu-ray/DVD package of the anime of Chainsaw Man was released on January 27 in Japan, adding only 1735 copies sold in its first week. This number would become a trend on social networks in Japan, being used to date to ridicule the franchise and its fans.
Now, Rumor has surfaced that this pornographic film “sold more than the anime”, stating that it totaled over 8,600 copies sold in its first week. The trend was such that even the popular English-speaking YouTuber, “Chibi Reviews“He shared the information, pointing it out as real. The user shared an infographic that he wrote: “Porn parody “Dildo-Man” sold 8,600 Blu-rays, surpassing sales of Chainsaw-Man anime».
Certainly this post drew a variety of comments from followers of the YouTuber, who is on his way to half a million subscribers. However, this is all false information. In fact, this image is an edition of the infographics that we share on our social networks, and we could consider it a meme to make fun of Chainsaw Man fans. Exploring a bit, we can realize that it was shared in a popular Facebook group.:
Anyway, we have no problem with the free publicity they give usespecially since so many people reached out to us or browsed the site looking for the article where we discussed this (and why we’re doing this post). However, it is important to foster an Internet culture of “don’t go with what you read first”, and always look for a second or third source of information to confirm the information.
In this case, there were many clues that it was a meme, but the main one is that adult movies in Japan do not reveal their sales in this way. That’s right, the pornographic film industry in Japan is not listed in the Oricon sales rankings, and although some distributors do share a ranking of what they sold the most during the month, they never reveal these numbers.
Even so, it is important to point out that the number of sales of the physical packages of Chainsaw Man if it’s real, and that even the president of MAPPA He pointed out that the project was not successful in this aspect (as it was in other fields, such as streaming). Unfortunately, the production of a second season has not yet been announced, and there are rumors that the director Ryū Nakayama he would no longer be in charge of a future sequel. Anyway, so far everything has been rumors and fake-news (like the one shared in this article), but We are pleased to know that we are advertised in these groups and that even a big YouTuber believed the information just because they saw our logo in that image.. © 藤本タツキ/集英社・MAPPA
