TV Version of 'Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction' Anime Movie Announced

by DatRandomDude
May 20, 4:29 PM | 21 Comments

Crunchyroll announced that they acquired the television version of the Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction anime movie on Monday. The television re-edit will span 18 episodes and include new scenes. Crunchyroll will release the episodes weekly beginning May 23 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time (11:00 p.m. EDT) in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.

Produced by Production +h., the first part of the two-part anime movie adaptation of Inio Asano's sci-fi drama manga premiered on March 22. The second part will open in theaters on May 24.

Big Comic Spirits began serializing the manga in April 2014, which ended its eight-year serialization in February 2022. Shogakukan published the 12th and final volume the following March.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in July 2017 and released the 12th and final volume in April 2023.

Synopsis
As the world is threatened by the sudden appearance of a mysterious alien mothership, best friends Kadode Koyama and Oran "Ontan" Nakagawa carry on about their high school life. But as they grow up, they face existential questions, learning adulthood’s complexities and that the true threat may not be from above. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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Official site: https://dededede.jp/
Official X (Twitter): @DEDEDEDEanime

Source: Variety, Crunchyroll

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@Phlaryx It would be awesome if the movies had their own story

May 23, 9:01 AM by NO_LOLI_GAGGING

@waalex11 At 18 eps, they'll be adapting 5-6 chapters of the manga per ep, which is about average for modern anime productions.

May 21, 10:20 AM by Ionliosite2

dunno what you two are saying but the 18 episodes will have more contents than the 2 movies... the 2 movies are pretty much the compilation movies

May 21, 8:17 AM by DatRandomDude

This should've been a TV version since the start. Still not sure why they went with the movie format to begin with lol.

May 21, 8:04 AM by Softhenic03

I'ma be honest, I'm worried about the pacing. It's a 100-chapter manga that's full of dialogue, don't know if 2 movies/18 episodes can do it justice.

May 21, 7:21 AM by riventitan

My favourite manga, and I thought I will be able to see the adaptation only in a few years, it made my day

May 21, 7:15 AM by Guilmon1

@malvarez1 Not only them, this is the third anime in the last couple of years, which is a TV version of an originally theatrical anime. There are probably even more of them, that is, this is a kind of reverse version of recap movies.

May 21, 3:49 AM by RobertBobert

Heck yeah! Inio Asano's manga deserves this treatment.
Very excited for this!

May 21, 1:01 AM by Biisoo

I picture it as the 18 episodes being the actual series and the 2 movies serving as recap movies, but this time it’s as if they released the recap movies before the tv series lol. Once the 18 episodes come out, there really isn’t any point in watching the 2 movies since the 18 episodes will have more content adapted.

May 20, 11:49 PM by Phlaryx

@waalex11 18 episodes of 20 minutes is more runtime than the original 2 hours per movie, so it will be a fuller adaptation than the movies.

May 20, 10:24 PM by Zimzky

Didn't Crunchy do this with the Digimon Tri movies?

May 20, 9:04 PM by malvarez1

@Mystogan14579
Exactly. So it still won't be a full adaptation, lol. What a shame.

May 20, 9:00 PM by waalex11

I've never been this excited with anticipation for an adaptation like this, can't wait.

May 20, 8:58 PM by Zedlin

That's cool. Can't wait. I really enjoyed the manga.

May 20, 8:08 PM by Tamasul

@waalex11 prolly gonna be a compilation with additional scenes like Sand Land.