Dandadan (TV series)
Anime series about ghosts, aliens, and a bet gone wrong.
Dandadan (ダンダダン), also written as Dan Da Dan, is a Japanese anime television series produced by Science Saru, based on the manga by Yukinobu Tatsu. The series aired its first season from October 4 to December 20, 2024, on the Super Animeism Turbo timeslot on MBS, TBS, and their affiliates. A second season has been announced but no airdate has been confirmed yet. It has been licensed for worldwide streaming by Netflix and Crunchyroll, and its English dub airs on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the United States.
- First season airdate
- October 4 – December 20, 2024
- Second season airdate
- Not yet announced
- Studio
- Science Saru
- Director
- Fūga Yamashiro
- Writer
- Hiroshi Seko
- Composer
- Kensuke Ushio
- Number of seasons announced
- 2 (second season announced in December 2024)
Lore & Background
The series follows Momo Ayase, a high school girl who believes in ghosts, and Ken 'Okarun' Takakura, a boy who believes in aliens. After they make a bet to determine who is right, they discover that both ghosts and aliens exist. Momo awakens psychokinetic powers, while Okarun becomes cursed by the Turbo Granny, gaining supernatural speed and transformation abilities. Together, they fight various entities to reclaim Okarun's 'spiritual essentials.'
Reader's Guide
Dandadan has received critical acclaim for its animation, characters, visuals, storytelling, musical score, and voice acting. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a 100% approval rating based on 14 reviews. The series garnered high streaming viewership: it ranked as the most-watched anime on Netflix for the second half of 2024 with over 19.6 million views, and the second season also topped Netflix's most-watched anime ranking for the second half of 2025 with over 17 million views. Nielsen reported the first season was the most-watched anime series in the United States among viewers aged 18 to 49 from September 2024 to April 2025. The opening theme 'Otonoke' by Creepy Nuts surpassed 74 million YouTube views as of November 2025. A third season was announced in December 2025 during Jump Festa 2026 and is set to premiere in 2027.
Did You Know?
- The series is the directorial debut of Fūga Yamashiro.
- The first three episodes were released theatrically outside Japan as Dan Da Dan: First Encounter.
- The English dub officially premiered on October 10, 2024, on Adult Swim's Toonami; an earlier screening of the first episode with the English cast took place at Anime NYC on August 24, 2024.
- The first two episodes were leaked in August 2024 alongside other anime productions localized by Iyuno.
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