A new trailer for the upcoming Dandadan anime series was revealed at Jump Festa 2024, confirming an October 2024 premiere. In addition, the first few cast members of the anime were revealed.
The Dandadan action and romance-comedy manga series by Yukinobu Tatsu is ongoing in Shonen Jump+. Thus far, 12 volumes have been published to date in Japan. Fans may look forward to the new anime adaptation when 2024’s Halloween season gets underway.
Dandadan Anime Gets the Jump Festa 2024 Spotlight
The Jump Festa 2024 livestream revealed a new trailer for the Dandadan anime, which premieres in October 2024 on MBS in Japan. The following cast members have been confirmed:
- Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase
- Natsuki Hanae as Okarun
- Mayumi Tanaka as Turbo-Granny
- Kazuya Nakai as Alien Serpo
Watch the new trailer below:
Dandadan will be animated by Science SARU with Fūga Yamashiro as director. Hiroshi Seko will supervise and write the series scripts, and Kensuke Ushio is composing the anime’s music. Additionally, Naoyuki Onda serves as character designer, and Yoshimichi Kameda is the designer for the anime’s strange creatures.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the anime series from VIZ Media:
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!
Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum regarding what they’ll believe in and what they won’t. Their quest to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes and paranormal battles they’ll have to participate in to believe!
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
