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Dandadan
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Momo Ayase (left) and Ken "Okarun" Takakura in his yōkai form (right)
ダンダダン
Genre
Manga
Written byYukinobu Tatsu [ja]
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 6, 2021 – present
Volumes17 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by
Written byHiroshi Seko
Music byKensuke Ushio
StudioScience Saru
Licensed by
Original networkJNN (MBS, TBS)
Original run October 4, 2024 – present
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Anime film
icon Anime and manga portal

Dandadan (ダンダダン), also script displayed as Dan Da Dan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu [ja]. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website since April 2021, with its chapters collected in 17 tankōbon volumes as of November 2024. The series follows two teenagers with supernatural powers fighting yōkai and aliens with help from multiple allies.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Science Saru aired from October to December 2024. A second season is set to premiere in July 2025.

Plot

Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her fellow highschooler, Ken Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the extraterrestrial and the occult—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun visiting the latter. Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities. Meanwhile, Okarun is possessed by a spirit who takes over his body. By using Momo's abilities and Okarun's possessed form, they defeat the aliens together.

The rest of the story follows the two, as they team up with fellow students, friends, family, and new acquaintances to fight spirits and aliens; the overarching plot themes include retrieval of Okarun's penis and testicles (kintama) and the development of romantic feelings between Momo and Okarun.

Characters

Main characters

The main characters of the series are the "Family" (家族, Kazoku), a group of kids led by Seiko dealing with the supernatural. The members of the Family who also attend high school at Kami High are also members of the History and Culture Research Club (歴史文化研究部, Rekishi Bunka Kenkyū-bu), which serves as a front for their activities.

Momo Ayase (綾瀬 桃, Ayase Momo)
Voiced by: Shion Wakayama[3] (Japanese); Abby Trott[4] (English)
A gyaru high school girl who believes in ghosts and the supernatural. This is in part due to the influence of her grandmother, Seiko, working with them, but after she got teased for it at school, Momo cursed Seiko out for this, causing their relationship to become strained. After being abducted by Serpo aliens, she discovers she has psychokinetic powers, allowing her to visualize the "auras" of people and objects, and visualizes her power as giant hands to "grab" and control these auras. Momo has a celebrity crush on the actor Ken Takakura, often becoming giddy whenever someone says his full name out loud. Although she and Okarun initially do not get along and constantly argue and fight with each other, after defeating Turbo Granny, they become close friends and throughout the course of the story, she develops strong feelings for Okarun. She decides to help him get his testicles back, with the ultimate goal of mending her relationship with her grandmother.
Ken Takakura (高倉 健, Takakura Ken) / Okarun (オカルン)
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae[3] (Japanese); A.J. Beckles[4] (English)
A shy and friendless high school boy who tries to connect with Momo over their shared interests in the supernatural. Momo (as well as her friends Miko and Muko) call him "Okarun" (derived from "occult" after his interest in the topic) so that she is not inadvertently reminded of her celebrity crush, though Okarun is oblivious to the origin of this. After being possessed by the Turbo Granny, Okarun gains the ability to enter a powerful demonic state, granting him immense speed but also a suave yet lethargic alternate personality. Okarun is bullied frequently by his other classmates for his nerdy demeanor, but grows to take solace in his new friends and eventually becomes somewhat popular. Most of all, he values and cares a lot about his friendship with Momo due to her being his first real friend, and after his initial encounter with Taro and Hana, he realizes he is in love with Momo, eventually confessing to her. The loss and recovery of his testicles is the main focal point for most of the series.
Seiko Ayase (綾瀬 星子, Ayase Seiko)
Voiced by: Nana Mizuki[5] (Japanese); Kari Wahlgren[6] (English)
A spirit medium and Momo's grandmother, whom she lives with, despite appearing to be in her 20s. She helps Momo and Okarun deal with dangerous spirits and yōkai. Though she has no innate powers, she has an extensive knowledge of supernatural entities and curses, and uses various artifacts and the borrowed power of the god residing in their city to seal and exorcise yōkai, though this power is only limited to the city itself. She has a brash and aloof personality, much to the chagrin of those around her, but deeply cares for her loved ones including Momo.
Turbo Granny (ターボババア, Tābo Babā)
Voiced by: Mayumi Tanaka[3] (Japanese); Barbara Goodson[6] (English)
A yōkai who takes the form of a cruel, foul-mouthed elderly woman, Turbo Granny used to comfort the spirits of girls who died horrible deaths, but started cursing and stealing the genitals of anyone who entered her territory. After Momo and Okarun defeat her, Seiko seals her spirit inside a maneki-neko doll, and she agrees to aid Okarun and Momo in finding Okarun's testicles, in exchange for receiving her powers back.
Aira Shiratori (白鳥 愛羅, Shiratori Aira)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura[5] (Japanese); Lisa Reimold[6] (English)
The school idol of Kami High. Although she puts on the appearance of a ditzy and amiable person, she is actually incredibly vain and boasts a Messiah complex, a direct result of her inability to reconcile with the death of her mother at a young age. After obtaining one of Okarun's kintama, Aira reawakened her suppressed ability to see the supernatural, which coupled with her egomania, led her to believe that she was divinely chosen to exorcise yōkai and thus targets Momo, delusionally believing her and Okarun to be malevolent demons. The resulting confrontation culminated in her absorbing Acrobatic Silky's powers, giving her a similar transformation to Okarun as well as immense agility and prehensile hair. Aira subsequently allies with Momo and Okarun despite still thinking they are demons, and becomes openly affectionate towards Okarun for his selfless nature. As the Family grows, she declares herself their leader, but becomes more selfless over time in making them her new friend group.
Jin Enjoji (円城寺 仁, Enjōji Jin) / Jiji (ジジ)
Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa[5] (Japanese); Aleks Le[6] (English)
Momo's childhood friend and first crush, until he teased her over Seiko's rituals for her. He goes by the nickname "Jiji". After his parents were hospitalized as a result of his house being haunted and possessed by the Evil Eye, Enjoji moved in with Momo and Seiko before transferring over to Kami High and joining Momo's class. Though considered an attractive and athletic jock, Jiji is actually an eccentric dork who constantly throws praise onto others and views everyone in a positive light. After Jiji apologizes for his behavior, he and Momo rekindle their friendship, and as a result Okarun feels jealous over his relationship with Momo, which is later revealed to be somewhat valid as Jiji develops feelings for her over time. He is possessed by the Evil Eye, who goes on a blind rampage when in control of Jiji's body.
Vamola (バモラ, Bamora)
Vamola is a Sumerian and the sole surviving child of her race. Arriving on Earth after escaping an invasion on her home planet, she honors her adoptive mother's wishes to find a worthy husband who can help her preserve the Sumerian bloodline, leading her to Momo and Okarun, the latter of whom she chooses as her husband believing that he was the one who defeated her. She tends to imitate what others say since she doesn't know any earthly language, so the group has to teach her to speak Japanese.
Kinta Sakata (坂田 金太, Sakata Kinta)
Kinta is Okarun's chubby and somewhat anti-social classmate, who is deeply into the supernatural and extraterrestrial, but tries to get Okarun to make him more popular with girls. Despite his overall social ineptitude, he has invaluable imagination skills that work well in tandem with nanoskin, an alien technology that allows anything the holder visualises to become reality.
Rin Sawaki (佐脇 凛, Sawaki Rin)
Rin, mainly referred to as Class Rep (委員長, Iinchō), is the dutiful and over-bearing class representative of Class C, which most notably includes Okarun, Kinta Sakata, and Vamola. After dealing with the lasting grudge of a deceased childhood friend, she obtains yōkai-fuelled gravity powers based upon her ability to sing.

Supporting characters

Humans

Miko (ミーコ, Mīko)
Voiced by: Kaori Maeda[7] (Japanese); Sarah Anne Williams[8] (English)
Miko is a gyaru student and one of Momo's best friends. She claims to have prescient insight into Momo and Okarun's “relationship” and, along with Muko, supports them as a couple.
Muko (ムーコ, Mūko)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita[7] (Japanese); Anairis Quiñones[8] (English)
Muko, nicknamed Kei-san (ケイさん), is a tanned gyaru student and one of Momo's best friends. She often follows Miko's lead, including on matters relating to Momo and Okarun. Turbo Granny has stolen her phone, largely to research the supernatural.
Queen Sensei (女王, Joō)
Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi[7] (Japanese); Allegra Clark[8] (English)
Jou is the diligent and reliable school nurse who listens to all of the students' problems. Though she cares for the students, she often puts them off with her kinky behavior, most exemplified by the whip she uses to flog miscreants and even her fellow school staff.
Manjiro (万次郎, Manjirō)
Manjiro is Seiko's pupil and a spirit medium who is asked to help out in the Evil Eye case.
Hayashi (囃子)
The Hayashi are a band of musicians who sometimes help Seiko exorcise evil spirits using Heavy Metal music.
Masamichi Bega (部賀正道, Bega Masamichi)
Also known as Bega the Demon (鬼の部賀, Oni no Bega), he is an extremely strict but kind police officer stationed at the Kamikoshi Police Box. He takes in Unji Zuma, a local delinquent boy, after discovering his background as an orphan.
Unji Zuma (頭間 雲児, Zuma Unji)
Zuma is a student at Renjaku High School, and is the leader of a gang of delinquents from other high schools. He lost his family as a child and is subsequently adopted by Bega, who too lost his family. He has supernatural, umbrella-based powers after encountering the spirit of his younger brother, now turned into a yōkai dubbed Umbrella Boy. After being led to obtain one of Okarun's testicles, Unji makes an attempt at beating a supernatural diorama board game named Danmanra.
Kouki Yukishiro (雪白 幸姬, Yukishiro Kōki)
Kouki is a student who confronted Momo in the school library while Momo was still small from the Danmanra adventure. Although she was a piano prodigy when she was younger, she has since become invisible to her family and other classmates, hiding her face behind long, disheveled hair. She is acting on directions from a shadowy figure, after they blackmailed her because of a lewd selfie.
Kashimoto (樫本)
Kashimoto is Payase's partner, who is familiar with pygmies and offers intel to Seiko on Momo's case.

Aliens

Mr. Mantis Shrimp (シャコさん, Shako-san) / Peeny-Weeny (ぺニーチンコス, Penīchinkosu)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki[9] (Japanese); Brent Mukai[8] (English)
Peeny-Weeny is an alien resembling a mantis shrimp with a turtle shell and based on the Dover Demon. His species (whose speech consists largely of gargled, unpronounceable characters) has immense endurance, can shift into a more powerful form, and like an actual mantis shrimp, attacks with bullet-speed punches. As such, they are often hired by other species for combat work, but Peeny-Weeny is considered one of the weaker members and is forced to resort to low-level mercenary work. Peeny-Weeny reluctantly takes these missions as his son, Chiquitita, has a terminal illness that causes him to lose blood constantly, requiring daily transfusions, and which also killed his wife. He is eventually hired by the Serpo as extra muscle to fight Momo, Okarun, and Aira, who defeat him. Afterwards, however, they discover that his species' blood is cow milk, so Seiko gives him a cow for him to use as a constant source of blood for Chiquitita. Eternally grateful for this, he splits time between his son and a new life on an Earth farm, assisting the Family whenever he can.
Chiquitita (チキチータ, Chikichīta)
Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora[7] (Japanese); Brittany Lauda[8] (English)
Chiquitita is Peeny-Weeny's cheerful son, who inherited his mother's disease.
Banga (バンガ)
Banga is an elderly Sumerian resistance fighter and Vamola's adoptive mother.
Rokuro Serpo (セルポ 6郎, Serpo 6rō)
Rokuro is the Serpo clone who helped fight the Kur invasion. Afterwards, he was branded as defective and exiled from the Serpo; he works part-time at a convenience store, always seeking out other job opportunities.
Payase (パヤセ)
Payase collects cursed objects; he works with Kashimoto, and both are acquaintances of Seiko.

Spirits

Taro (太郎, Tarō)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita[10] (Japanese); Kaiji Tang[8] (English)
Taro is an anthropomorphized anatomical model that resides at Momo and Okarun's high school. He is madly in love with Hana.
Hana ()
Voiced by: Fumi Hirano[10] (Japanese); Allegra Clark[8] (English)
Hana is an anthropomorphized anatomical model that resides at the Ayase residence. Unlike Taro, Hana lacks any limbs.
Evil Eye (邪視, Jashi)
A powerful and sinister yōkai born as a human sacrifice in the feudal period. He harbors a hatred for all humanity and tricks Jiji into forming a contract so he may eradicate them. The Evil Eye, in addition to its immense physical abilities, uses the grudges of the sacrificial victims to form powerful, nigh-invincible constructs which frequently manifest into something akin to a soccer ball.
Mai Kawabanga (川番河 舞, Kawabanga Mai)
Mai was the childhood friend of Rin Sawaki who had died due to a car accident. Her spirit then went on to become an Ombusman bound to Rin. After she and Rin reconcile, she becomes Rin's guardian spirit; refusing to move on until Rin becomes a successful idol.
Umbrella Boy (アンブレラボーイ, Anburera Bōi)
Umbrella Boy is the now-yōkai spirit of Unji's deceased brother, who possesses Unji's body. He provides Unji with umbrella-based powers, and is based on a kasa-obake.

Antagonists

Spirits

Acrobatic Silky (アクロバティックさらさら, Akurobatikku Sarasara)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue[9] (Japanese); Amber Lee Connors[8] (English)
Acrobatic Silky is a powerful yōkai who possesses immense size and enhanced strength and flexibility. In her human life, she was a single mother and an aspiring ballet dancer, but was forced into odd jobs, including as a prostitute, to make ends meet and support her daughter. Her life ended up falling apart when her pimps kidnapped her daughter and brutally assaulted her in order to collect payment, leading her to commit suicide. Shortly after becoming a yōkai, a toddler-aged Aira called her "Mommy" after briefly mistaking her for her own deceased mother, which caused Acrobatic Silky to delusionally assume that she was Aira's mother in life, and began to stalk her for over a decade until Aira could sense yōkai again. Once this happened, however, Aira did not remember her and assumed she was a familiar summoned by Momo, angering Acrobatic Silky so much that she accidentally killed her. As recompense, Acrobatic Silky sacrificed her life force to resurrect Aira by transferring her powers to Aira. In turn, Aira showed her compassion in her final moments, allowing her to move on to the afterlife without regret.
Reiko Kashima (カシマレイコ, Kashima Reiko)
Reiko, also known as the Slit-Mouthed Woman (口裂け女, Kuchisake-onna), is a yōkai that formerly resided in a ruined area in Kamikoshi City. After being bested by Momo, Reiko harbored a grudge against the girl and vowed to get revenge on her the next time they met.
Fairy-Tale Card (メルへンカルタ, Meruen Karuta)
The Fairy-Tale Card is a yōkai sealed within the Danmanra board game and the creator of the cursed trunk's inner world.

Aliens

Alien Serpo (セルポ星人, Serupo Seijin)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai[3] (Japanese); Benjamin Diskin[6] (English)
The Alien Serpo are an entirely male alien race who come from Planet Serpo. Due to their race being exclusively all male, the Serpo have no way of reproducing naturally and resort to using cloning technology, but since biological evolution cannot occur within identical beings, the Serpo seek to gain reproductive organs by abducting humans from Earth and stealing their sex organs (or "bananas").
Naki Kito (鬼頭 ナキ, Kitō Naki)
Voiced by: Masako Isobe [ja][11]
Naki Kito is a subterranean who spent over 200 years offering human sacrifices to the Tsuchinoko in order to prevent her village's destruction, until Enjoji brought Momo and Okarun to the village.
Kur (深淵ケの者, Keru)
The Kur are a militaristic alien race who originate from the farthest reaches of space. Described by Serpo as globalists, they have been actively seeking out planets within the galactic system to conquer, including Vamola's homeworld.
Count Saint-Germain (サンジェルマン伯爵, Sanjeruman Hakushaku)
Count Saint-Germain is an alien and an affiliate of the Kur, working as the deputy head teacher and advisor of the History and Culture Research Club in Momo and Okarun's high school, while under the assumed name Sanjome (三丈目).
Pygmies (小人, Kobito)
These diminutive people wear conical hats and masks and are able to stitch and weave at incredible rates. Only people sensitive to the spirit world can see them, including Momo and Queen; according to Queen, they have a strong desire to help Kouki because she can perceive them.

Production

Manga

Before the serialization of Dandadan, Yukinobu Tatsu had worked as an assistant for Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man and Yuji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku.[12] The serialization was confirmed during a meeting for Shōnen Jump+ in the second quarter of 2020. However, Tatsu started Dandadan after Chainsaw Man and Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku had finished because he wanted to complete his role as an assistant until the end.[13]

When discussing Tatsu's propensity to have meal scenes after major scenes, he stated that they were inspired by multiple factors, including the belief that people who work hard deserve to eat well. He cited a quote from the manga Jarinko Chie about how the worst thing to be is hungry and alone, as well as the familial intimacy of eating scenes in Hayao Miyazaki films in My Neighbor Totoro and Porco Rosso. He also discussed his struggles as a poor manga assistant, receiving 1000 yen from his teacher to treat himself to stir-fried pork and a can of coffee after work. He added that, because it is entertainment, he wants readers to feel hopeful.[14]

Anime

The anime was directed by Fūga Yamashiro [ja], and it was his directorial debut. According to producer Hiroshi Kamei, he would use notes from watching other media. Kamei discussed how the anime uses "small moments" of the camera lingering on characters' faces. He called these "everyday action" or "everyday direction," expressing that the staff wanted to put heightened attention on these compared to other anime and that they wanted to use these instead of words to depict these "small interactions." He also discussed the use of "lead scenes," scenes that lead into other scenes down the line; he cited an example of Momo handing Okarun's magazine to him, and Okarun later handing his clothes to Momo, intended to demonstrate how their relationship changes by how similar they are.[15]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu [ja], Dandadan started its serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website on April 6, 2021.[16] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 4, 2021.[17] As of November 1, 2024, 17 volumes have been released.[18]

The series is simultaneously published in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform and on Viz Media's Shonen Jump website.[19] In February 2022, Viz Media announced that they had licensed the series in print format; the first volume was released on October 11 of the same year.[20][21]

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced in November 2023. It is produced by Science Saru and directed by Fūga Yamashiro, with scripts written by Hiroshi Seko, character designs by Naoyuki Onda [ja], alien and supernatural entity designs by Yoshimichi Kameda [ja], and music composed by Kensuke Ushio.[22] The series aired from October 4 to December 20, 2024, on the Super Animeism Turbo programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS.[3][23][24][a] The opening theme song is "Otonoke" (オトノケ) performed by Creepy Nuts, while the ending theme song is "Taidada" performed by Zutomayo.[26][24] Prior to the television airing, the English dub of the series premiered at Anime NYC on August 24, 2024.[4] The first three episodes also were collected and released theatrically as Dan Da Dan: First Encounter, with screenings starting in Asia on August 31.[5][27]

Crunchyroll is streaming the series outside of Asia, including the Middle East and CIS, while Netflix is streaming the series globally. Hulu is streaming the series in the United States.[28][29][30] Muse Communication licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.[31] In June 2024, GKIDS announced that it had acquired the theatrical, videogram, and digital transactional rights to the series.[32]

In August 2024, prior to the premiere of the English dub, the first two episodes of the anime were leaked alongside many other anime productions that were localized by Iyuno. Episodes 3–6 were later leaked prior to the anime's premiere.[33]

After the airing of the first season finale, a second season was announced and is set to premiere in July 2025. Crunchyroll and Netflix are confirmed to be streaming the season.[34][35][36]

Reception

Manga

By November 2023, the manga had over 360 million views on the Shōnen Jump+ platform.[37] The series had over 3.2 million copies in circulation by November 2023; over 4 million copies by October 2024;[38] and over 5 million by December 2024.[39]

In North America, the volumes of Dandadan were ranked on Circana (formerly NPD) BookScan's monthly top 20 adult graphic novels list since October 2022.[40]

In June 2021, Dandadan was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in the Best Web Manga category and placed second out of 50 nominees.[41][42][43] It ranked fourth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers.[44] It was nominated for the 15th Manga Taishō in 2022 and placed seventh with 53 points.[45][46][47] The series ranked first on both the Nationwide Bookstore Employees and Publisher Comics' Recommended Comics of 2022.[48] The series ranked fourth in Tsutaya Comic Award 2022.[49]

Anime

The series premiere was positively received by nearly all the writers of Anime News Network. Caitlin Moore and James Beckett gave it a perfect score; Moore complimented Science Saru's animation, the dynamic between Momo and Okarun, and their voice acting while Beckett praised the studio's art in bringing the anime to life, noting its romcom tropes combining with horror and science fiction and Okarun's reference name. Richard Eisenbeis acknowledged the animation and story as he was enthusiastic about following the series. In contrast, while Rebecca Silverman agreed that the animation and visuals were great and premise was interesting, she did not enjoy the episode and expressed she was done with the series due to the use of sudden bright lights and flashing images, a vast majority of the dialogue was "spoken in a scream", and the sexual assault scenes.[50]

Mike Mamon of IGN praised the first three episodes of the anime for its animation, storytelling, visuals, direction, characters, and voice acting, concluding that "Dandadan's first three episodes manage to stick the landing by focusing more on the anime's lovable protagonists and less so on the absurdity of the occult and extraterrestrial world they inhabit."[51] Toussaint Egan of Polygon praised the adaptation for its animation and character designs, while complimenting the studio's decision of elevating the visuals and color design in combining with art direction to the anime's action sequences.[52]

Notes

  1. ^ MBS and TBS listed the series premiere as 24:26 on October 3, 2024, which is effectively October 4 at 12:26 a.m. JST[25]

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