Dan Da Dan announces new voice actors for a beloved character as the season progresses, and Perfect Blue will premiere in theatres with a 4K restoration this October.
GKIDS Industry Panel News at Anime NYC
As Dan Da Dan reaches its second half, a new teaser has been released featuring the debut of the beloved gentleman character, Kinta Sakata. Bryce Papenbrook, known for his work as Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan, Inosuke Hashibira in Demon Slayer,and Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, has been revealed as the English voice actor for Kinta.
Daichi Fujiwara has been simultaneously announced as the original Japanese language Seiyu.
During the remainder of the season, fans can look forward to an enticing final few episodes centered around an oncoming kaiju battle, and added romantic tensions to Momo and Okarun’s circle. There is also a thrilling classical music battle between Okarun and Aira vs the classical composers lurking in the school’s music room, for which the production was detailed in full during the Dan Da Dan panel at Anime NYC.
The occult genre hit anime streams globally on ADN, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Muse, Netflix, and more. The original manga series recently crossed a milestone of 10 million in sales, more than doubling its circulation following the successful debut of the anime adaptation of the series.
About Dandadan
Dan Da Dan is a tv anime adaptation of author Yukinobu Tatsu’s manga by the same name, currently serialized by Shonen Jump Plus by SHUEISHA under Shonen Jump Imprint. Mangaka Tatsu previously worked as an assistant to Chainsaw Man and Fire Punch creator Tatsuki Fujimoto, and to Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku creator Yuji Kaku.
The production is done by acclaimed animation studio Science SARU, and the second season is co-directed by Fuga Yamashiro and Abel Gongora, the latter whom directed the opening theme animation for the first season. The opening theme song “On The Way” is performed by JPop artist AiNA The END, and the ending theme song “Doukashiteru” is performed by JRock artist WurtS.
The English and Japanese Voice Cast includes:
- Shion Wakayama (JP) / Abby Trott (EN) as “Momo”
- Natsuki Hanae (JP) / AJ Beckles (EN) as “Okarun”
- Nana Mizuki (JP) / Kari Wahlgren (EN) as “Seiko”
- Ayane Sakura (JP) / Lisa Reimold (EN) as “Aira”
- Kaito Ishikawa (JP) / Aleks Le (EN) as “Jiji”
- Hiroyuki Yoshino (JP)/ Kevin Andrew Rivera (EN) as “Manjiro”
- Daichi Fujiwara (JP)/ Bryce Papenbrook (EN) as “Kinta”
- Mayumi Tanaka (JP) / Barbara Goodson (EN) as “Turbo Granny”
- Tomokazu Seki (JP) as “Dover Demon”
- Tomokazu Sugita (JP) as “Taro”
- Fumi Hirano (JP) as “Hana”
- Masako Isobe (JP) as “Naki Kito”
- Mutsumi Tamura (JP) as “Evil Eye”
- Naomi Ohzora (JP) as “Chiquitita”
Dan Da Dan Staff for Season 2
Original Work: Yukinobu Tatsu | Serialized in “Shonen Jump Plus” BY SHUEISHA
Directors: Fuga Yamashiro, Abel Gongora
Script: Hiroshi Seko
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Character Design: Naoyuki Onda
Creature Design: Yoshimichi Kameda
Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto, Makiho Kondo
Art Director: Junichi Higashi
Compositing Director: Kazuto Izumita
Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Animation Production: Science SARU
Perfect Blue Comes to Theatres in October
GKIDS announced at their Anime NYC panel that they are bringing a new 4k restoration of the late director Satoshi Kon’s film Perfect Blue to cinemas nationwide starting October 3rd, 2025.
The legendary filmmaker Satoshi Kon is known for his previous thought-provoking works such as Paprika, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers. Perfect Blue is a feature film that remains relevant to this day (and one of my personal favs from Satoshi Kon) in its juxtaposition of created identities and realities formed around living in the public eye vs our own inner worlds.
About Perfect Blue
Perfect Blue follows former pop idol Mima Kirigoe as she makes a drastic transition into the acting world. The shift in public perception surrounding her identity creates internal controversy within herself, her fans, and even her manager as Kirigoe completes a disturbing assault scene in a drama and releases a provocative nude photo book in increasing efforts to distance herself from her former idol days.
In tribute to the psychological thriller genre, a stalker begins to follow Kirigoe, and the culmination of a sequence of deaths (a screenwriter first, and then a photographer) Kirigoe begins to question her sanity as she wonders if she murdered them. Kirigoe develops a split personality mirroring the character she portrays in the drama, and deals with this mental struggle for the duration of the film.
Will you be going to see Perfect Blue in theatres this October?
Note: The information above was sourced from a press release.
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