The world premiere of Dandadão anime was held at Anime Expo 2024 on July 6. The panel featured director Fuga Yamashiro, voice actors Shion Wakayama (Momo) and Natsuki Hanae (Okarun), Science SARU producer Kohei Sakita, and MBS producer Hiroshi Kamei.

The premiere was met with extremely positive reactions from fans.

After the premiere, social media exploded with praise, with fans calling Dandadão a '10/10' rating and predicting it would be the new greatest anime.

The fluid animation style, which some have compared to that of Psychopathic Crowdattracted attention, along with the dynamic action scenes and the unique color composition of the scenes.

The fights were also praised as perfect and well-choreographed, but chaotic and raw.

The emotional quotient of the anime was also praised by fans, especially Ken's proclamation to save Momo and the awakening of his powers, which impacted the viewers.

They claimed that these scenes surpassed even the impact of the manga.

Overall, fans were impressed with the enthusiasm of the animators and voice actors, noting that the production team seemed to have had fun creating the series.

According to many, the panel itself was a highlight, with the team discussing their process and the care they put into each scene.

Even some of the most popular English voice actors have praised the anime highly.

With official launch scheduled for October 2024, Dandadão has already set a high standard with its debut.

The anime will stream on Netflix and Crunchyroll.

The main cast members include:

• Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase
• Natsuki Hanae as Okarun
• Mayumi Tanaka as Turbo-Grandma
• Kazuya Nakai as Alien Serpo

Fuga Yamashiro will direct the anime adaptation, with Hiroshi Seko writing the script. Kensuke Ushio will compose the music, and Naoyuki Onda will design the characters, with Yoshimichi Kameda designing the aliens and supernatural entities.

Dandadan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu. It has been serialized on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service since April 2021, with its chapters collected in 11 tankōbon volumes as of August 2023.

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