The leak we reported last week was right and MBS has now posted this trailer online confirming that an anime series adaptation of the manga is in production Dandadanwritten and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu. Scheduled to debut in 2024, below you can see a first promotional image.
It was also confirmed that the animation is from the studio Science SARU (DEVILMAN crybaby, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!), directed by Fuuga Yamashiro (produced by DEVILMAN crybaby, directed episodes of Time Machine Blues), the script is Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan The Final Season, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Mob Psycho 100) and the character design is by Naoyuki Onda (Gantz, Rage of Bahamut, Berserk), with the design of the yokai being Yoshimichi Kameda. Music is the responsibility of Kensuke Ushio (Chainsaw Man, DEVILMAN crybaby, Liz and the Blue Bird).
The author Yukinobu Tatsu stated:
Thank you very much for making Dandadan an anime. I’ve always been impressed by the work of Science SARU and the current seiyuu whose voices I’ve heard in popular works, and having them work on Dundadan is a dream come true. I’m very grateful. I hope that together we can make Dandadan more exciting. I can’t wait to work with you all.
Dandadan began publishing in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Plus in April 2021. Yukinobu Tatsu was an assistant Tatsuki Fujimoto in Fire Punch It is Chainsawmanand was also assistant to Yuuji KAKU in Jigokuraku. Tatsu He is also the author of other serialized works such as Seigi no Rokugou It is Fire Ball!as well as one-shots like Yamada Kiki Ippatsu in 2019 and Renai Saibaihou in 2015.
Synopsis of Dandadan
After being aggressively rejected, Momo Ayase becomes angry when she bumps into a boy who is being bullied. Saved by her reckless kindness, the occult-obsessed boy tries to talk to her about supernatural interests he thinks they share. Dismissing his claims, Ayase proclaims that she believes in ghosts, sparking an argument between the two over which one is real, aliens or ghosts. In a bet to determine who is right, the two decide to separately visit places related to the occult and the supernatural: Ayase visits the first and the boy the second.
When the two arrive at their respective places, it turns out that they were half right, both aliens and ghosts exist. This marks the beginning of the adventure for Ayase and the boy, who shares a name with Ayase’s favorite idol, Ken Takakura, as they try to fix the supernatural and surreal sci-fi elements around them to return to a normal life.
