Dara seems to leave her long past behind when two siblings find her out in a mountain forest in summer’s sleeper anime hit, Dara-san of the Reiwa Era! Final Weapon has everything you need to know about Dara-san of the Reiwa Era, including the weekly schedule, release dates and timing for new episodes, and much more about the anime.
The story of Dara-san of the Reiwa Era begins with Hinata and Kaoru, two siblings who become friends with Dara. It turns out that Dara is a serpent god, but despite her initially scary appearance, she’s awkward, lonely, and even amicable. As a result, no time is wasted in establishing a friendship for the ages in this comedic and heartfelt series.
Dara-san of the Reiwa Era Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of Dara-san of the Reiwa Era will release on Thursdays at 5:30 a.m. PT / 8:30 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll. Episodes will be released with English subs. Dara-san of the Reiwa Era is expected to feature 13 episodes in total.
Here are the release dates and schedule for Dara-san of the Reiwa Era (subject to change):
- Episode 1 – July 2 – OUT NOW
- Episode 2 – July 9
- Episode 3 – July 16
- Episode 4 – July 23
- Episode 5 – July 30
- Episode 6 – August 6
- Episode 7 – August 13
- Episode 8 – August 20
- Episode 9 – August 27
- Episode 10 – September 3
- Episode 11 – September 10
- Episode 12 – September 17
- Episode 13 – September 24
New episodes of Dara-san of the Reiwa Era will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
- Pacific Daylight Time: 5:30 a.m. PDT
- Mountain Daylight Time: 6:30 a.m. MDT
- Central Daylight Time: 7:30 a.m. CDT
- Eastern Daylight Time: 8:30 a.m. EDT
- Greenwich Mean Time: 12:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
Mutsumi Tamura performs the opening theme song “Dara Dara♡Dancing,” and REIRIE performs the ending theme song “Hinatabocchi.”
The anime’s cast members include:
- Mutsumi Tamura as Dara-san
- Minami Tsuda as Hinata Misogiya
- Momoka Terasawa as Kaoru Misogiya
- Aoi Koga as Amane Hasegawa
- Tomokazu Sugita as Naomichi Fudeki
- Mai Aizawa as Miwa Ikago
- Saori Hayami as Older sister Shrine Maiden
- Hōchū Ōtsuka as Orochi
Tadato Suzuki, known for his work on Gushing Over Magical Girls, will be directing the Dara-san of Reiwa anime at Asahi Production. Koichi Kikuta is handling the character design, and Rei Ishizuka is composing the music. Lantis is credited for music production.
Additional staff members include:
- Series Script Supervisor: Noburo Kimura, Yasunori Yamada
- Costume Design: Yoshiko Takemoto, Yui Ushinohama, Ririka Yamazaki
- Ghost Design: Ryūji Watarai
- Prop Design: Rie Ikegami
- Color Key Artist: Hayato Yoshida
- Art Setting: Kayoko Tomono, Miho Norisue, Shūichi Ōkubo
- Art Directors: Yukiko Maruyama, Teruko Takekoshi
- Art: Atelier Musa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Wen Xin He
- Photography: Asahi Production
- Editing: Ami Ishii
- Sound Director: Kazuki Kuwahara
- Sound Production: INSPION Edge
Where Can I Watch Dara-san of the Reiwa Era?
Crunchyroll is streaming Dara-san of the Reiwa Era worldwide, excluding Japan and China. In Japan, the anime is airing on the AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and Kansai TV channels, along with various streaming services.
What is Dara-san of the Reiwa Era About?
Haruomi Tomotsuka started drawing the manga on X (formerly Twitter) in October 2019, and later released compiled book volumes of the manga at Comic Market (Comiket). Kadokawa releases the manga digitally on its ComicWalker website.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via Yen Press:
Two young children stand before the veil of life and death, and a many-armed terror opens a breach, stretches wide its many-fanged maw…and invites them in for a sleepover! And that’s not all, folks! Dara-san’s gonna have some fun in the sun at summer festivals, try toy-model making, and more! Somehow, an unknowable horror from beyond the black woods of untold history has ended up as the straight man in this silly spookfest!
