By almost all accounts, the anime adaptation of DAN DA DAN is a massive hit. It's become quite clear that the original Shonen Jump manga of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu is now one of the best anime series of 2024. With no small amount of help from Science SARU (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!,
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By the time you reach DAN DA DAN Ep. 10 "Have You Ever Seen a Cattle Mutilation?", you're already getting the feeling that the anime likes doing emotional gut punches in between the action, comedy, and horror. This one now features a pitiful alien, and the reason why he wants money so much. As it
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 9 "Merge! Serpo Dover Demon Nessie!" is a peculiarly entertaining episode in more ways than one. It's not only a love triangle dynamic in action, but also a nod to old tokusatsu series like Power Rangers. It's such an odd mix of genres and references that you can't help but laugh the
![DAN DA DAN Ep. 8 "I've Got This Funny Feeling": Love Triangle Hijinks [Review]](https://thathollywoodshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dan-da-dan-review-1-660x371.webp "dan da dan review")
DAN DA DAN Ep. 8 "I've Got This Funny Feeling" features the start of a formula that's been traditional for love stories for a very long time. That would be the love triangle formula. With some supernatural horror action thrown in for flavor. DAN DA DAN Ep. 8 "I've Got This Funny Feeling": Details
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 7 "To a Kinder World" is just an episode full of plot twists. It continues from where we last left off in the previous episode as a horror action thriller, of course. Then it shows you the monster's backstory, and suddenly, you're reduced to tears. Truly, this is the hallmark of a
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 6 "A Dangerous Woman Arrives" has a bit of a bait and switch plot going on. All revolving around the supposed antagonist of this episode. There's quite a bit of foreshadowing around it though, so you can already guess who the true antagonist is going to be even before the switch. Oh
DAN DA DAN Ep. 5 "Like, Where Are Your Balls?!" is...not quite as odd an episode as the title implies. It's actually a pretty straightforward story. So long as you ignore the obvious stuff, and remember what had happened in the previous episodes. Oh, and with the surprise reappearance of a
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DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 "Kicking Turbo Granny's Ass" kicks this anime into high gear with a boss fight against the titular Turbo Granny. However, this crabby old spirit isn't fighting alone. Apparently, she has an ally of epic proportions. All entirely historically, of course. After all, Sony did insist
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia both kicks up the action and ramps up the stakes with a very poisonous plotline in Ep. 9 "Tengri". In fact, this is the most amount of bloody action we've seen in this anime in a while. However, in terms of story, it still takes second fiddle to the very sudden
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia has Sitara / Fatima play a very dangerous game of power and intrigue in Ep. 8 "Great Khatun Boraqchin". All surrounding the most recent addition to the growing cast: the Empress Boraqchin. She's elderly and quite enigmatic, but is also as sharp as a rapier. Playing
