The TV anime “Dandadan,” which will begin broadcasting nationwide on the “Super Animeism TURBO” slot on 28 MBS/TBS affiliates from October 3rd, had an advance screening in Osaka on the 21st, with Wakayama Shion (voice of Momo), Hanae Natsuki (voice of Okarun), Tanaka Mayumi (voice of Turbo Granny), and Nakai Kazuya (voice of the Serpo alien) taking to the stage.
[Broadcast] Episode 1 of the anime “Dandadan”
“Dandadan” is an anime based on the popular manga by Tatsuyuki Shin, which is currently being serialized in “Shonen Jump +” (Shueisha). In this work, Momo (Ayase Momo), a high school girl born into a family of spiritualists, and her classmate Okarun (Takakura Ken), an occult maniac, fight against various mysterious phenomena in an occult-themed bizarre battle and youth story. This unusual battle fantasy with an occult theme has attracted attention, with a total circulation of over 3.2 million copies and over 360 million views. The main cast includes a luxurious cast of voice actors such as Shion Wakayama (as Momo), Natsuki Hanae (as Okarun), and Nana Mizuki (as Hoshiko), and the first TV anime to start in October 2024 is attracting a lot of attention.
This was the first time the four had appeared on stage since last year’s Jump Festa 2024, and as the stage greeting began, the excitement gradually rose among the four. Tanaka took over from Nakai and began talking about the difficulties and things he had to keep in mind when playing the role of the “Selpo Alien,” and then Nakai took over from Tanaka to talk about “Turbo Granny,” creating a chaotic situation. The witty exchange between the two veterans resulted in laughter from Wakayama and Hanae, as well as from the fans gathered at the venue, making for a hilarious stage greeting.
The greeting began with a big smile from Wakayama, who said, “I’m so excited that everyone will finally be able to see it.” Hanae said, “I came to Osaka thinking that my ‘penis’ might be in this venue (laughs),” and said he had come to look for something that Okarun, the character he plays, had “lost.” Tanaka was in full throttle from the start, delivering the famous Turbo Granny line, “Let me suck your penis,” and Nakai, who was Tanaka’s “senior,” made dry jokes, saying, “I’m here to take care of him.” With just “greetings,” the conversation unfolded in a friendly atmosphere.
When asked about the appeal of “Dandadan,” Wakayama enthusiastically stated, “It has a fast-paced story development and incorporates various genres, but it’s very easy to watch. That’s what I love about it.” Hanae said, “When I first heard about ‘Dandadan,’ I wondered what kind of work it was, so I started reading the manga… What kind of work is it? (laughs) It has a lot of different elements, and the power of the pictures and the action are amazing, but I like the romantic comedy aspect. Then the occult and horror elements were added, and I enjoyed reading it,” revealing that he was initially attracted by the “mystery” of the title.
When Hanae asked, “What about Mayumi-san?” Tanaka replied, “Exactly, exactly the same as Hanae.” “What about Nakai-kun?” Nakai repeated Tanaka’s exact phrases, “Exactly, exactly the same as Tanaka.” From this point on, a glimpse of chaos gradually began to appear, and Tanaka, who was supposed to have been asked about the difficulties of playing Turbo Granny, somehow started to say, “I’ll take on Nakai-kun’s role here…” and “The difficulty of playing the Serpo alien was that all the aliens had the same face, and I had to do all of them. Their personalities are slightly different, and I had to do them without recording them separately.” “That was me,” “That was the difficulty and the thing I worked hard on,” “I was the one who struggled, and I worked hard,” and Tanaka and Nakai exchanged heated arguments. Hanae joined in, asking Tanaka, “Which of the three Serpo aliens did you pay the most attention to?” to which Hanae replied, “You’re weird, aren’t you?” Finally, Tanaka asked the fans in the audience, “What did you think of the Serpo aliens, everyone?”, to which the audience responded with thunderous applause. Nakai was busy making comments like, “The whole thing is weird,” and he naturally started to fight back, saying, “What I struggled with was that it was a new role that I’d never played before, and since I’m a man, I didn’t know how to play the role of an old lady… and she’s not just an old lady.” The audience, Wakayama, and Hanae all laughed nonstop, and it became a lawless, chaotic zone.
In order to put an end to the lawless zone, Wakayama was asked for a message for the broadcast of the TV anime “Dandadan”. “When adapting the original “Dandadan” into an anime, I think you can see that Director Yamashiro (Fuga) was conscious of staying faithful to the original so that people can have the same experience (as the original). I would be happy if you could tune in every week starting in October. I hope to spread the circle of “Dandadan”. The stage greeting ended with a big round of applause.
(C) Ryu Yukinobu/Shueisha, Dandadan Production Committee
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