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Dandadanis undeniably one of the biggest anime hits of 2024, and has exceeded the production team’s expectations. With such a positive response from the public, a second season has already been announcedand set for July 2025, but a tighter release date should be informed in the upcoming months.
WhileDandadanhas been one of Shonen Jump’s recent hits, probably no one was expecting the anime to gain so much spotlight, especially when releasing in a season featuringDragon Ball Daima, the lastDragon Ballanimewith Akira Toriyama’s signature. But the series could be easily considered the biggest Fall 2024 TV anime hit.
When we say that probably no one was expecting it to become such a hit, we really mean it:according to Shihei Lin, a Jump+ editor, not even the production team was expecting it to be so successful. Despite the careful planning of the series, it has exceeded any expectations. As a Jump+ editor, Lin managesDandadanand is credited in the anime as Original Work Managing Editor Producer,according toANN.
He wrote about in a long post on X (formerly Twitter), addressing many titles he manages on Jump+:
His statement regarding Dandadan is something like this:
Also, after careful planning and discussions,Dandadanbegan airing worldwide in October 2024, and has reached top 1 on many streaming services. ✨ Thankfully, we had to reprint the series in large quantities. Many people enjoyed the series around the world, even more than the production team expected. The second cour is slated to air next year, so we’ll be working hard to make sure everyone keeps enjoying it.
Sadly, he didn’t reveal anything about what the expectations were, as this kind of information is usually confidential and hardly shared.
Dandadan Performance’s on Netflix
Dandadanalso helped position Netflix as a promising place for anime fans. Actually, at least on Netflix,Dandadanbecamemore popular thanDragon Ball Daima, and was featured among the top 3 most watched Non-English shows on the service for many weeks.
In its debut week, Dandadan ranked #2. While it has never topped the chart, it kept in 2nd-3rd positions for five weeks, then started declining, but it was still able to keep itself in positions from 4th to 6th. It stayed in the top 10 during all weeks in which new episodes dropped.
Dandadan Performance’s on Crunchyroll
Dandadanis streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll, dubbed and subbed in English (dubs are different across the services).
