This week, Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) announced that GKIDS will release Dan Da Dan in North American theaters nationwide from Friday, September 13. An appropriately chilling date!
Making its theatrical premiere as Dan Da Dan: First Encounter, the release will present the first three episodes of the series. The premiere will also feature an exclusive interview with Yukinobu Tatsu and Shihei Lin, the author and editor of the original manga; Fuga Yamashiro, director of the upcoming anime series; and Shion Wakayama and Natsuki Hanae, voice actors for the leads Momo and Okarun, respectively.
As previously announced, the first episode of Dan Da Dan will premiere July 6 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles.
Produced by Science Saru (Devilman Crybaby, Inu-Oh, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, The Colors Within), the series is the directorial debut of studio veteran Yamashiro (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, The Heike Story). The creative team also boasts music composer kensuke ushio (Chainsaw Man, Devilman Crybaby, The Colors Within).
Billed as an “action-packed love letter to sci-fi and horror with the heart of a ruthlessly funny teen rom-com,” the series is a television adaptation of Tatsu’s manga of the same name, which is currently serialized in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump Plus. Tatsu previously worked as an assistant to Tatsuki Fujimoto on Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch, and with Yuji Kaku on Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku.
Synopsis: Dan Da Dan follows Momo, a high school girl from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult freak. The two of them start talking after Momo rescues Okarun from getting bullied. However, an argument ensues between them — Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts. To make the mutual deniers believe in each other, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital known for its UFO sightings, and Okarun goes to a tunnel that is said to be haunted. In each place, they encounter overwhelming paranormal activity that transcends comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to challenge the paranormal forces! Their fateful love begins as well!?
The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!
