Joseph Luster
December 17, 2024 
The anime adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu’s DAN DA DAN manga is barreling toward its finale, but there’s still another cast member to welcome. Masako Isobe (Kinu Furisato in Twin Star Exorcists) is joining the cast as the Kito family’s strongest old lady, Naki Kito, who will appear in Thursday’s climactic chapter.
Here’s her design:
Jashi (Evil Eye), pictured below, will also make an appearance:
DAN DA DAN is being made at Science SARU, with Fuga Yamashiro, an assistant director for Tatami Time Machine Blues, helming the project as director. The scripts are being both penned and supervised by Hiroshi Seko, whose credits include Attack on Titan The Final Season, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Chainsaw Man.
VIZ Media publishes the original manga by Yukinobu Tatsu as Dandadan and gave this description for the first volume:
DAN DA DAN Plot
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
Source: Anime News Network
