As the second half of Dan Da Dan prepares to spook and surprise fans, GKIDS revealed a teaser for the upcoming episodes, featuring the dashing gentleman Kinta Sakata. During the show’s Anime NYC panel, Bryce Papenbrook (Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer) was revealed as the English-language voice of Kinta. This comes on the heels of the original Japanese language teaser, and new key visual released this past Thursday, which revealed Daichi Fujiwara as the character’s Japanese-language voice.
As the season moves to its second half, fans can look forward to a buck-wild final few episodes, centering on the chaotic oncoming kaiju battle, as well as introductions to many colorful new additions — and subsequent romantic tensions — to Momo and Okarun’s circle. Following last week’s power metal spectacular, this week’s episode spins to a classical music battle for Okarun and Aira, of which the production was detailed in full during the show’s panel at Anime NYC.
Dan Da Dan is a television adaptation of author Yukinobu Tatsu’s manga of the same name, which is currently serialized in Shonen Jump Plus by Shueisha under the Shonen Jump imprint. Produced by Science SARU (DEVILMAN crybaby, Inu-Oh, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off), the second season is co-directed by Fuga Yamashiro, director of the first season, and longtime Science SARU veteran Abel Gongora, who directed the opening theme animation of the first season. Composer kensuke ushio (Chainsaw Man, DEVILMAN crybaby) also returns. The opening theme song, “On The Way,” is performed by J-Pop artist AiNA THE END, and the ending theme song, “Doukashiteru,” is performed by J-Rock artist WurtS.
And for fans of anime’s classic auteurs, GKIDS will be bringing Satoshi Kon’s cult-hit thriller Perfect Blue back to cinemas nationwide in a new 4K restoration on October 3. The debut feature from the legendary director of Paprika, Millenium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers has been hailed as one of the best animated features of all time and is only one of a handful of projects Kon directed before his passing in 2010.
The shocking debut feature remains relevant to this day, with a prescient vision of shattered identities formed by living in the public eye in an online world. Kon’s bold view on how technology and media can mold and distort our own perceptions of ourselves has only grown more haunting with time. Perfect Blue is recognized as the first animated psychological suspense movie, and won acclaim at international festivals and from its initial release in Japan in 1998.
Synopsis: “Who are…you?” Mima Kirigoe, a former pop idol, makes a bold transition into acting, taking on a role in a drama that includes a disturbing assault scene, and even releasing a provocative nude photo book. Her dramatic reinvention grabs public attention, but also provokes unease among her fans, her manager, and even herself as she struggles with the rapid shift from her days as a pop idol. As a stalker begins to shadow her, a screenwriter and a photographer are murdered one after another. “Did I kill them?” Mima begins to wonder if a split personality is gradually taking over, just like the character that she plays in the drama. Then “the other Mima,” the pop idol who was supposed to have “graduated,” appears in front of her…
