Dan Da Dan director explains anime\u2019s major change from manga in episode one Science Saru, CrunchyrollEagle-eyed Dan Da Dan fans have likely spotted a discrepancy in the anime\u2019s first episode that differs from the manga. We got to speak to the show\u2019s director, Fuga Yamashiro, about his decision to make this change. Dan Da Dan is one of the most highly-anticipated anime of the Fall season, scheduled to hit streaming services on October 3, 2024. The series\u2019 first episode premiered at Anime Expo over the summer, and quite a few fans have already gotten a peek at the eye-popping action it promises months ahead of its release. Warning: Spoilers ahead! Manga-readers have probably noticed a slight difference in episode one\u2019s big climax. When Momo\u2019s spiritual powers awaken as she\u2019s being abducted by the Serpoian aliens, there\u2019s a flashback to the beginning of the episode when she unsuccessfully kicked her scumbag ex-boyfriend during an argument \u2014 a fight she decidedly lost. This moment coincides with Momo kicking one of the aliens, dramatically freeing herself from their clutches. It makes for a far more impactful scene, showing her growth as a character and her newfound empowerment as a spirit medium. However, in the manga, this callback is not present during her scuffle with the Serpoians. We got the chance to quiz Dan Da Dan\u2019s director, Fuga Yamashiro, about his choice to insert this moment during the episode\u2019s climax \u2014 a moment he feels the manga\u2019s author, Yukinobu Tatsu, likely also wanted to include but couldn\u2019t. \u201cI added the kick in because I felt that the author had probably wanted to add it too, but that he couldn\u2019t because it would have disrupted the flow in manga form, so he had to take it out,\u201d Yamashiro told us. \u201cMy intention was to replicate what the author wanted using the specific strengths of the medium I was working in \u2014 adding a short insert like that works as a flashback in animation thanks to the sense of speed and rhythm inherent to the medium. \u201cI felt it was important to form a dramatic catharsis in the scene, content wise. Compare it to the opening scene, where Momo tries to kick her boyfriend but he blocks it, but after meeting Okarun and facing her own past and feelings, she\u2019s able to grow and change a bit internally, allowing her to land the kick on the Serpoian, sending him flying!\u201d Dan Da Dan is already shaping up to be one of the biggest premiers of the Fall anime season, and it\u2019s all thanks to little details like this that make an already outstanding story even more impactful. Of course, we can\u2019t discount the eye-popping action sequences and jaw-dropping fight scenes that Dan Da Dan manages to flawlessly translate from the manga\u2019s black-and-white pages. For Yamashiro, making each fight scene into its own story is an important part of successfully pulling these moments off in an animated format. \u201cThe manga is full of cool panels one after the other, and it never feels like it lets up,\u201d Yamashiro said. \u201cConnecting all of those with natural acting was quite difficult. I put a lot of effort into making sure fight scenes, for example, weren\u2019t just a bunch of cool shots, but rather a kind of story in and of themselves.\u201d For Yamashiro, discovering the rhythm of each episode and translating the visuals from a storyboard to moving, breathing animation is the funnest part of bringing Dan Da Dan to life \u2014 something he says is also a pretty difficult task to manage. \u201cWhat we call \u2018cutting\u2019 in Japanese, where we decide the timing of the episode, was the most fun part of adapting Dan Da Dan for me,\u201d he explained. You create the rhythm of the visuals at this step, and start to see the final form of the episode for the first time. \u201cOf course, you can visualize what the episode will look like to an extent reading the storyboard, but in this process you actually turn it into visuals. Deciding upon a proper tempo can be really hard work!\u201d Fans can watch Dan Da Dan on Crunchyroll and Netflix starting October 3, or catch the first three episodes in theaters prior to release from August to September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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