Dandadan Director Explains His Personal Take on Momo, Okarun
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Dandadan is one of the most highly anticipated anime arrivals this October and considering how packed the fall season is in 2024, that’s saying something. The original manga series by creator Yukinobu Tatsu focused on two protagonists who could not be more different in Momo and Okarun as the former loves the supernatural and the latter is far more into the extraterrestrial. Recently, at this year’s Anime Expo, we here at ComicBook had the chance to talk with Dandadan’s director, Fugu Yamashiro, about the relationship between the idiosyncratic pair and how Science SARU brought them to life.
Momo and Okarun are set to take the anime world by storm this October and Fugu Yamashiro was more than willing to explain the compelling relationship between the anime protagonists, “It’s kind of fun to watch, isn’t it? In one instant, the two can have a normal, silly conversation between friends, and then in the next instant, it goes back to being serious again. The range of ups and downs in the emotions is huge. I don’t know how to explain it, but… I think the key is the momentum between the characters. There is a funness and cheerfulness in the manga, and that’s how it comes out in the anime. Plus, Dandadan is a romantic comedy. It has that kind of party feeling. I think my strategy when creating characters is to capture their core essence.”
While Dandadan is set to arrive this October, a specific release date has yet to be revealed. Luckily, anime fans will have the option of watching the series on Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll, so Okarun and Momo will have several platforms to reach audiences.
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