Dandadan anime has exceeded expectations, says Shonen Jump publisher

Summary

  • Dandadan exceeded the expectations of the production team and became a top anime hit of 2024.

  • A second season is confirmed for July 2025, with a closer release date to be announced.

  • Dandadan has surpassed Dragon Ball Daima on Netflix, but its performance on Crunchyroll remains uncertain.

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    • Dandadan Performance is on Crunchyroll

Dandadan is undoubtedly one of the biggest anime hits of 2024 and has exceeded the expectations of the production team. With such a positive response from the public, a second season has already been announced and set for July 2025, but a closer release date should be announced in the coming months.

while Dandadan was one of Shonen Jump's recent hits, probably no one expected the anime to gain so much attention, especially when it launches in a season with Dragon Ball Daimalast Dragon Ball Akira Toriyama's signature anime. But the series could easily be considered the biggest TV anime hit of fall 2024.

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When we say that probably no one expected it to become such a success, we really mean it: according to Shihei Lin, a Jump+ editor, even the production team didn't expect it to be so successful. Despite the careful planning of the series, it exceeded all expectations. As a Jump+ editor, Lin gets by Dandadan and is credited in the anime as an Original Works Editor-in-Chief Producer, accordingly ANN.

He wrote about it in a long post on X (formerly Twitter), addressing many of the titles he manages on Jump+:

His statement about Dandadan goes something like this:

Also, after careful planning and discussion, Dandadan began airing worldwide in October 2024 and reached number one on many streaming services. ✨ Fortunately, we had to reprint the series in large quantities. Many people have enjoyed the series around the world, even more than the production team expected. The second course is scheduled to air next year, so we'll be working hard to make sure everyone continues to enjoy it.

Unfortunately, he did not reveal anything about the expectations, as this kind of information is usually confidential and hardly shared.

Dandadan Performance is on Netflix

Dandadan It also helped position Netflix as a promising place for anime fans. Actually, at least on Netflix, Dandadan became more popular than Dragon Ball Daimaand was ranked in the top 3 most watched non-English shows on the service for many weeks.

In its debut week, Dandadan ranked at number 2. Although it never reached the top of the chart, it remained at positions 2-3 for five weeks, then began to decline, but still managed to stay in positions of at 4 to 6. It remained in the top 10 in all weeks that new episodes dropped.

Dandadan Performance is on Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll doesn't have the most watched shows like Netflix, so we don't have official data on how popular they are Dandadan is on duty. However, according to BloombergHis report, the marketing team was instructed by the head of marketing not to promote the show, which angered Toho executives. While this may not be enough to keep subscribers off the service, its performance could be significantly affected.

Dandadan is streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll, dubbed and subtitled in English (dubs differ by service).

Source: CBR

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release date

September 13, 2024

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Yukinobu Tatsu

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