Dan Da Dan, the Japanese supernatural thriller and action manga series, is set to premiere as a highly anticipated anime series on Crunchyroll and Netflix in September 2024.
The manga series created by Yukinobu Tatsu in 2021 accumulated over 360 million views on the original release platform, Shōnen Jump+. It became a global success, with over 3.2 million copies already sold on the market. The eccentric storyline of the manga series is highly anticipated by the fans to be as entertaining and even more gripping as anime.
Crunchyroll and Netflix have released the official teaser trailer for the Dan Da Dan anime on their respective YouTube pages, creating quite a buzz for its upcoming release in October. This simultaneous release by the two biggest streaming media giants has had fans in a new frenzy about the aliens and ghost-ridden world of Dan Da Dan coming to life.
Dan Da Dan is a wacky, coming-of-age anime series set in a world overrun by UFOs and ghosts. It has all the elements of all the great Japanese horror and thriller genres blended perfectly into a single, engaging storyline. The story follows the adventures of Momo, a young high school student who is a descendant of a long line of spirit mediums, and her fellow student, Okarun, an occult enthusiast who believes we are not alone and that UFOs have already infiltrated their world. Both ended up awakening their innate superpowers as they faced their supernatural adversaries. What follows are their crazy adventures in the world of the occult, with the perfect blend of teenage angst and a budding romance between the unlikely protagonists. Surrounded by a widely eccentric and colorful cast ranging from foul-mouthed Granny to mantis-shaped aliens, Dan Da Dan's anime universe is filled to the brim with characters the fans just can't wait to see.
The anime features a stellar Japanese voice cast with many respected names, including Shion Wakayama as Momo, NatsukiHanae of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba fame as Okarun, and Mayumi Tanaka, the voice actor of Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece, as Turbo Granny. This cast is another reason why fans of the Dan Da Dan manga cannot wait for the October premiere of the anime series.
This series perfectly blends two quite distinct horror genres into a perfect harmony, which is impressive in its own right. The Dan Da Dan series is animated by the Japanese animation studio Science Saru Studios, renowned in the industry for its diverse team that always brings well-rounded stories to its viewers. Science Saru’s signature animation style is expected to give an impressive presence to both ghosts and alien antagonists, much to the anticipation of the fans. The studio employs a combination of classic hand-drawn animation and digital augmentation animation to bring out immersive animated series that are well-received by viewers as well as critics. Fans eagerly anticipate the premiere of Dan Da Dan in October and plan to tune in every week for new episodes.
