Date: 2024 May 22 18:08
Posted by Joe
The good folks from streaming giants Crunchyroll have sent us details about Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction. The new series is due to land on the streaming service from Friday 24th May 2024. Expect a story with high-school best friends and dystopian sci-fi antics with a lingering space ship.
The series is animated by studio Production +h. who are best know for the Netflix series The Orbital Children. Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction was originally a manga by Inio Asano, who is best known for Goodnight Punpun.
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Press release as follows:
"DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION"
INVADES CRUNCHYROLL
The 18-Episode Anime Adaptation Of Inio Asano's Hit Graphic Novel Will Be Available To Stream From 24th May
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Invading the Crunchyroll spring anime lineup comes the dystopian sci-fi story, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION . After premiering as a two-part film - Part 1 released on 22nd March and Part 2 will be released on 24th May, only in Japan - DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION will be available to stream on Crunchyroll, in over 200 countries, as an all-new 18-episode series. Starting on Friday, 24th May,, episodes releasing will feature brand new footage not seen in cinemas.
Nominated for an Eisner Award in 2019 and recognized critically in 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con as one of the year's Best New Manga, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION is based on the original graphic novel created by Inio Asano (Goodnight Punpun) and published by Shogakukan from 2014 to 2022 with over three million copies in circulation.
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DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Official Synopsis:
As the world is threatened by the sudden appearance of a mysterious alien mothership, best friends Kadode Koyama and Oran "Ontan" Nakagawa carry on about their high school life. But as they grow up, they face existential questions, learning adulthood's complexities and that the true threat may not be from above.
The anime is produced by studio Production +h. (The Orbital Children) and directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa who is best known for his work on the PSYCHO-PASS series. The series composition and screenplay were written by Reiko Yoshida whose previous work includes the Violet Evergarden series, Liz and the Blue Bird, and A Silent Voice.
Additional production staff includes world setting by Takaaki Suzuki (Violet Evergarden series); character design and chief animation direction by Nobutake Ito (INU-OH); color design by Satoshi Takezawa (Digimon Adventure); art direction by Mika Nishimura (Typhoon Noruda); CG direction by Satoi Inami; cinematography by Takuma Morooka (Moriarty the Patriot); editing by Masayuki Kurosawa a (Laid-Back Camp series); sound direction by Takeshi Takadera ([Oshi no Ko]); and music composed by Taro Umebayashi (Space Dandy).
The series stars lead voice performances by Lilas Ikuta (Hiro-chan in BELLE) as Kadode Koyama and ano (Memocho in [Oshi no Ko]) as Oran Nakagawa. Lilas Ikuta is also known as ikura, a singer-songwriter and vocalist of the popular music group YOASOBI whose songs include the global phenomenon "Idol" from the anime series [Oshi no Ko], "Brave" from the anime series Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and "The Blessing" from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury. The multi-talented voice actor ano is also a musical artist whose notable single "Chu, Tayousei." can be heard as one of the ending theme songs in the anime series Chainsaw Man.
The original movie theme song "ZeZeZeZettai Seiiki " performed by ano featuring Lilas Ikuta will also be a part of the new television version of DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION.
The supporting voice cast also includes the following: