Dandadan has been making waves on pixiv, thanks to its recent anime television series adaptation that premiered on October 3rd, 2024!

Written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu, Dandadan has been serialized in Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ app and website since April 2021. The series follows two teenagers, Momo Ayase and Ken “Okarun” Takakura, who each gain special powers after encounters with the paranormal.

Momo, whose grandmother is a medium, believes in ghosts but not aliens. Okarun is a nerd who believes in aliens but not ghosts. Each determined to prove the other wrong, Momo chooses a location associated with the occult for Okarun, and the latter a location associated with the extraterrestrial for Momo. As it turns out, they’re both right: Momo gets abducted by a group of aliens, while Okarun is possessed by a spirit, resulting in the pair gaining supernatural abilities. What follows is an often comedic, action-packed story involving spirits and aliens, a quest to retrieve Okarun’s “golden balls” that he lost while being possessed, and blossoming feelings of young love.

To celebrate Dandadan’s anime adaptation, we’ve compiled some fantastic artwork featuring the characters from the series. Enjoy!

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