Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Anime Films’ Trailer Reveals Lead Voice Actresses’ Theme Songs – News

The two-part anime film adaptation of Inio Asano‘s Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction manga previewed the theme songs sung by the leads YOASOBI singer Lilas Ikuta, and singer ano in the latest trailer.

The theme song for the first film is “Zett-Zett-Zett-Zett- Zettai Seiiki” (Abababab Absolute Sanctuary) by ano feat. Lilas Ikuta The theme song for the second film “Seishun Ōka” (Adolescence Hymn) by Lilas Ikuta feat. ano. (“Seishun Ōka” plays first in the trailer.)

Ikuta (also known as “ikura“) voices main character Kadode Koyama, while ano voices main character Ouran “Ontan” Nakagawa.

Other cast members include:
(Top row, left to right in image above)

(Bottom row, left to right in image above)

The films will open on March 22 and April 19 (for the first and second film, respectively). Production +h. is producing the anime — the first full-fledged anime adaptation of any work by Asano.

Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Psychic Detective Yakumo, Break of Dawn, Dragonar Academy) is directing the films, and Reiko Yoshida (A Silent Voice, Violet Evergarden, Tamako Market) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. Nobutake Ito (The Tatami Galaxy, Kaiba, Kemonozume) is the character designer and chief animation director, Mika Nishimura (assistant art director for Dorohedoro) is the art director, and Taro Umebayashi (Space Dandy both seasons, Yuri!!! on Ice) is composing the music.

The manga revolves around the strange everyday life of the very ordinary high school girl Kadode Koyama, her friend Ouran Nakagawa, and others in a world where a giant mothership has appeared over Tokyo.

Asano launched the series in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in April 2014. Asano put the manga on hiatus often since July 2014. The manga ended in February 2022, and the manga’s 12th and final volume shipped on March 2022.

The manga inspired a 3D animated promotional video in September 2020. The series won the Best General Manga award at the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards in January 2021, and was honored in the manga category of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2022.

Viz Media is releasing the manga in English. Viz Media also published Asano’s previous series Solanin, What a wonderful world!, Downfall, and Goodnight Punpun. Fantagraphics Books published Asano’s horror manga Nijigahara Holograph in 2014, and Vertical Comics published Asano’s A Girl on the Shore manga in 2016. Solanin, A Girl on the Shore, and Downfall all all inspired live-action films.

Sources: Oricon’s YouTube channel, Comic Natalie