A new key visual and trailer have been revealed for the ongoing second season of DAN DA DAN, along with the casting of voice actor Daichi Fujiwara as Kinta Sakata. The second season premiered on Japanese television and Netflix on July 3, 2025 and is expected to run for 12 episodes.
Fujiwara joins a second season cast that includes:
- • Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase
- • Natsuki Hanae as Ken “Okarun” Takakura
- • Mayumi Tanaka as Turbo Granny
- • Nana Mizuki as Seiko Ayase
- • Ayane Sakura as Aira Shiratori
- • Kaito Ishikawa as Jin “Jiji“ Enjoji
- • Mutsumi Tamura as Evil Eye
The first season aired for 12 episodes in Fall 2024. Crunchyroll and Netflix are streaming the both seasons worldwide, outside of Japan.
Abel Gongora (Season 1’s opening animation storyboard artist and director) joins season one director Fuga Yamashiro as co-director for the second season. Other staff include Hiroshi Seko (Chainsaw Man) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter, Naoyuki Onda (MF Ghost, Inuyashiki) as character designer, Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100 character designer) as alien and yokai designer, Satoshi Hashimoto (Spy x Family Season 1) and Makiho Kondo (“Tokyo Clone” music video) as color designers, Junichi Higashi (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2) as background art director, Kazuto Izumita (Great Pretender) as composting director, and Kensuke Ushio (Tengoku-Daimakyo, The Heike Story). Science SARU is in charge of the animation production.
A theatrical release of the first three episodes titled DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE was released in North America before the second season aired. GKIDS screened both the original Japanese language with English subtitles and English dub version beginning June 6, 2025.
The anime is based on the sci-fi occult manga series by Yukinobu Tatsu, which debuted on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ on April 6, 2021 and has released 20 tankobon volumes as of April 2025. A 21st volume will be released in Japan on October 3, 2025.
Viz Media releases the DAN DA DAN manga series in English, describing the main synopsis as:
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?
Sources: DAN DA DAN Official English Twitter, Official Anime Website, Crunchyroll News
