Warning: SPOILERS for the primary three episodes of Dan Da Dan Season 2 are forward!
Originally of June, Dan Da Dan followers who headed to taking part film theaters may see the primary three Season 2 episodes edited collectively as a feature-length entry on the 2025 motion pictures schedule titled Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye. Now these of you who’ve been streaming the favored anime together with your Netflix subscription, Hulu subscription or over on Crunchyroll are lastly caught as much as the identical level on the 2025 TV schedule. However that is simply the opening salvo of craziness that’s to return in Dan Da Dan Season 2, which the director and one of many collection’ principal stars opened up about whereas talking with CinemaBlend.
What Director Abel Góngora Stated About Dan Da Dan Season 2
The primary three Season 2 episodes noticed Momo, Okarun, Turbo Granny and Jiji coping with each the Mongolian loss of life worm, which had been regarded as a snake god inhabiting the city the place Jiji and his mother and father had been staying, and Evil Eye, a spirit intent on exacting vengeance on the Kitos, the prosperous household that’d been sacrificing kids to the worm. The latter entity possessed Jiji, and actually, that is director Abel Góngora’s favourite sequence from Dan Da Dan Season 2 to this point. He mentioned the next once I inquired about what second from Season 2 he was most pleased with the way it turned out:
We’re in the midst of it, we’re nonetheless doing it, however to this point, I would say the Evil Eye arc, there may be the second the place Jiji will get possessed by the Evil Eye after which the combination of the flashbacks and cuts which might be a bit of bit summary or a bit of bit unusual wanting, I feel that half is a bit of bit experimental, and I feel with the music and the visible are actually cool and I am fairly joyful about it. I am unsure individuals will perceive what’s taking place as a result of it is a bit of bit loopy, nevertheless it’s very attention-grabbing, I feel.
The Evil Eye spirit was as soon as a frail youngster used as one of many Kito household’s sacrifices and was subsequently certain to the home the place the sacrificing was performed. For years, this spirit witnessed the mother and father of youngsters killing themselves due to the loss of life worm’s affect, however when it discovered that the Kitos had been nonetheless sacrificing youngsters within the current day, it got down to kill them. The Evil Eye’s skills made it a formidable menace to the loss of life worm, though it was in the end killed when Momo and Okarun lured it to the floor and it was uncovered to direct daylight.
What A.J. Beckles Stated About Dan Da Dan Season 2
By the tip of Dan Da Dan’s most up-to-date episode, titled “You Received’t Get Away With This!,” the volcano close to the city erupted upon the loss of life worm dying. Jiji remains to be bonded to the Evil Eye, and Okarun and Turbo Granny stay trapped underground. So the protagonists removed from out of hazard, and so far as the remainder of Season 2 goes, Jiji voice actor A.J. Beckles knowledgeable me that these upcoming episodes elevate the bar from what was delivered in Season 1:
I’ve been telling those that come as much as me, as a result of I learn the manga, I’ve mentioned this primary season is simply probably the most tame that the story is ever gonna be. It’s extremely introductory, it is introducing to the world characters, the final vibe, however from right here on you simply take all the things, you flip up the knob.
In case you’re a passionate Dan Da Dan fan who actually can’t wait to be taught what’s forward for the primary characters, you’re welcome to hitch Beckles in studying the manga to get caught up to the mark on Yukinobu Tatsu’s fantastical saga. However for these of you who’re content material to look at episodes week to week, Beckles additionally had this to say about how Season 2 improves upon Season 1:
I really feel just like the relationships are extra vital, the motion is extra action-y, the feelings are deeper and extra critical. There’s much more like interior turmoil occurring, and I am to see how that is tailored and what that appears like and the performances and all the things. I feel Dan Da Dan followers that simply joined in when the primary season got here out are simply going to see extra of what they love performed even higher.
New episodes of Dan Da Dan are launched on Fridays. I used to be impressed with how these opening Evil Eye episodes turned out, and I’m wanting ahead to seeing how issues kick up a notch like A.J. Beckles teased, and maybe even be taught after Season 2 is over if there have been another moments/sequences that Abel Góngora was extra happy with than Jiji’s possession.