Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction (OVA)

When you look up at the sky, what do you see? A blue sky? Freedom? A hopeful future? The people of Tokyo see none of these. Instead, an ominous alien mothership looms overhead, engulfing the city skyscape.

Three years ago, they came. The arrival of the "Invaders" sparked the greatest war humanity had ever faced—one that threatened to end the world. The Japanese government scrambled to fight the Invaders. Weapons were mass-produced, sparking controversy and pacifist movements.

That day, everything changed. And yet, nothing has changed. Kadode Koyama and Ouran Nakagawa live their final days like they always have: going to school, playing with friends, and doing what any carefree high school girl would do.

As they grow up, they come to learn what it truly means to be an adult, in a world where adults seem to be demons who only deceive and destroy. They come to learn the real threat to humanity is not the Invaders, but humanity itself.

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Nakagawa, Ouran Main

ano Japanese

Koyama, Kadode Main

Ikuta, Lilas Japanese

Nakagawa, Hiroshi Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Ooba, Keita Supporting

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Isobeyan Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Tainuma, Makoto Supporting

Shiraishi, Ryouko Japanese

Watarase, Naoki Supporting

Ban, Taito Japanese

Kurihara, Kiho Supporting

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Hirama, Rin Supporting

Ooki, Saeko Japanese

Takemoto, Futaba Supporting

Waki, Azumi Japanese

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Keyamura, Shinya Producer

Honda, Fuminori Producer

Arai, Shuuhei Producer, Planning

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Nov 12, 2024

sanander

Recommended

Dedo Dedo Dede Dede... One hell of a name, isn't it?

This show is a lot of things, it is so many things that the most elaborate review of it on this website is incredibly long. But in short; it is cute (almost chibi) girls living their cute slice of life lives juxtaposed against a gritty, realistic first contact scenario in which everything goes wrong.

It is this contrast that I found surprisingly real. Life changes incredibly slowly, it takes years for one to notice but it's always dynamic. One day, aliens arrive. Three years later, people who were 14 when the massive mothership appeared over Tokyo ... are graduating high school, enrolling in college, looking for jobs and getting into relationships. But the UFO is still there, seemingly unchanged, part of the scenery, almost. All the while the country slowly shifts into militarism, the more radical members of society begin forming groups of opposing views, tension grows and people die.

Another thing that was a very pleasant surprise to me is how modern it is. Anime tends to be old-fashioned, eschewing phones as devices to call or text others and that's it. Here you have the girls play first-person shooter games, browse SNS, one of the characters makes a living through the internet, an AI is present who's largely reminiscent of modern language models rather than the classic sci-fi 'basically a human with a voicebox'. This is perhaps the first SOL anime I have seen that made me feel like it's actually set in the year I'm watching it in (in more ways than one).

I can barely withhold a real life comparison that is relevant to the current situation in the world (at the time of writing this review), but I feel like it is no place to bring up politics. Even if that would help explain why I feel the way I do about this anime. It is one of best releases of 2024 that you will never hear about.

PS. Unlike many others, I will say that the ending impressed me greatly, it is both unexpected and draws a fine line under everything that happened. I would call it most literally, a wrap-up.
PPS. Don't make the Haruhi mistake, watch it in the broadcast order, episode 0 is there for a reason.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 10, 2024

patkarunungan

Mixed Feelings

'Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction', which I'll refer to as Dededede for short, has many elements to become great. After all, I find it to be an Evangelion wannabe.

For some people, it's a masterpiece. This, however, felt dull.


§ Overview

On August 31st, 2010, an alien mothership has arrived in Tokyo. But unlike the movie 'Independence Day,' there is no apparent invasion until that fateful event, which will be referred to as August 32nd.

This anime follows the ordinary lives of Nakagawa Ouran and Koyama Kadode as they try to live normal lives amidst the threat of an alien invasion.
...

§ Remarks


1. Ouran and Kadode are high school students, and they live dull lives. At first, we don't know their relevance to the alien invasion. But over time, we learn what they did years ago, and you can't help but be infuriated. It's up to you to find out, but their general indifference to what's happening around them makes this an unpleasant watch.


2. In Evangelion, the pilots, Shinji, Asuka, and Rei, are directly involved in trying to prevent the angels from initiating the Third Impact. In contrast, by trying to present the daily lives of Ouran and Kadode including their indifference to the alien invasion, we can't help but feel indifferent to what's happening, which is the same way they are feeling. Sadly, the events in the anime just happen, and there seems to be no compelling reason to stop something from happening.


3. This is an allegory but the anime doesn't commit to a particular interpretation. It's also like a Rorschach Test. Some right-wing conservatives will likely view the aliens as similar to how illegal immigrants are 'invading' the Western world. Center-left / globalist types will likely view the anime as an allegory against genocide. Perhaps some Japanese (I don't know, I'm just guessing) might view this as an allegory against the increasing encroachment, either of white individuals fetishing Japan or perhaps geopolitical tensions against China.

As far as libertarians like me are concerned, both the Japanese government and the aliens' government are at fault. Humans and aliens could have arrived at a compromise, but governments messed up and both parties have to suffer.

Regardless, the allegorical aspect is worth considering. It's just that, as far as I'm concerned, the execution leaves much to be desired that I won't rewatch this anime, and rewatching is necessary to give it a 'close reading' so to speak.


4. What made label this as an Evangelion wannabe is that the August 32nd event is clearly an homage to the Third Impact as shown in 'The End of Evangelion'. Both have bright lights accompanied by an upbeat musick. This is Dededede's insert song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz7mZSFdlJU


5. The ending is mixed. It felt like a deus ex machina because it's beneficial for the person transferring to a parallel timeline, but it doesn't solve anything in the original timeline. Still, it's consistent with the theme that it's about avoiding facing the issues.


§ Character Designs

It needs getting used to. In the usual slop of harem anime, girls are sexualised. But here, Kadode and Ouran are high schoolers who seem like grade schoolers. Why would you sexualise these kids?

There is no waifu to look forward to. There's no hot character like Misato.

It's by design as the mangaka would rather that we focus on the themes he is presenting. Fair enough, but he messes up elsewhere.


§ Conclusion

This is a potentially thought-provoking anime. The problem is that the execution leaves much to be desired. It doesn't help that the episode called Episode 0 shouldn't be watched first. (Watch Episode 0 after Episode 16 but before Episode 17.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Sep 6, 2024

SpaceBeebop

Not Recommended

Preliminary (15/17 eps)

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The negative points are too many.

Starting an anime from the future and then showing you the past kills the plot. Well, when the father comes out at the beginning, what happens seems to be very intriguing and interesting. but he is immediately removed, remaining in the background so as not to appear again, perhaps almost until the end of the anime he can appear.

The animation and how well constructed it is is impressive with the design of the characters. but these characters are too flat and boring, the only thing they have is that they are fucking crazy and demented.

They only show you their ... daily life with a lot of science fiction without explanation, using only devices and that's it.

The way he develops everything seems absurd to me. the anime has no real tension, giving plot twists like that ruins it.

although then there are many absurd and poorly constructed scenarios with supposed tension and action.
There comes a point where everything becomes so overwhelming.

I put a little of this and a little of that because yes, then I change this, I put that again I take it out I put more of that and more and more.

Well, the anime is very beautiful but so much fantasy and science fiction ruin it. There are no solids in the development or in the story.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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