A shock hit from Shonen Leap + is getting its anime adaptation. The supernatural-and-extraterrestrial action-comedy manga Dandadan will be tailored right into a TV anime collection subsequent yr.

For those who haven’t heard of Dandadan, the elevator pitch is easy however efficient. Two college students, Ken Takakura (a.okay.a. Okarun) and Momo Ayase, are at odds. The latter believes in ghosts, hailing from a household of spirit mediums. Takakura is obsessive about the occult—aliens, cryptids, and such. Each stubbornly agree to go to places the place the opposite believes supernatural experiences have occurred.

So, naturally, each of them are appropriate.

What ensues is Yukinobu Tatsu’s Dandadan, an brisk and action-filled manga with a shocking quantity of coronary heart. It appears extremely well-suited for an anime adaptation, and much more, it’s being produced by Science Saru.

Dandadan Takes Off

Science Saru has rapidly develop into a well-known title in animation, because of some unbelievable characteristic and collection work. The studio, helmed by Masaaki Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi, was behind movies like The Night time Is Quick, Stroll On Lady and Inu-Oh, in addition to collection like Hold Your Fingers Off Eizouken!, Devilman Crybaby, and the current Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.

Take a look at these collection, and also you see a selected knack for comedy, monsters, and surrealism that looks as if an ideal match for Dandadan. Fuuga Yamashiro is taking the director’s chair on this collection.

This collection has been one I’ve completely adored studying by way of the backlogs of, because it manages to stability out emotional story beats with good laughs and motion. Add in some stellar monsters and character design because the stakes escalate, and this could possibly be hit for 2024. Contemplating the yr we’ve already had in anime, it’s time to be following all of it.