The publishing house Shueisha has provided a new update on Yukinobu Tatsu’s popular shonen action-comedy manga Dandadan (DAN DA DAN), announcing through their official media that this work has surpassed the incredible figure of 5 million copies in circulation, setting a new personal sales record.
According to the report made by Shueisha, this amazing figure takes into account the copies of the 17 compilation volumes that the Dandadan manga is currently published, being the seventeenth volume of the work the last to be released for sale on November 1st of this year.
Dandadan manga surpassed the incredible figure of 5 million copies in circulation
Information about Dandadan:
The manga Dandadan is written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu and began publication in Shueisha’s “Shonen Jump+” service on April 6, 2021. Currently, Shueisha Publishing has collected the DAN DA DAN manga into 17 volumes in total.
Thanks to the good reception from the public, in the month of November 2023, Shueisha Publishing confirmed that Yukinobu Tatsu’s manga, Dandadan, will have an anime adaptation.
The respective anime adaptation of the manga Dandadan made its premiere on October 4 of this year globally through the Netflix platform and has a English dubbing. The animation studio Science Saru is in charge of its production and the series will have a total of 12 episodes. As previously mentioned, the series is being simulcast legally on the Netflix platform, although it is also being streamed in the same way on the Crunchyroll platform.
The anime Dandadan has the following description: The story follows Momo Ayase, a young woman who, after an aggressive rejection, becomes involved in a chance encounter with a bullied boy. This mysterious young man, passionate about the occult, tries to find common ground with Momo, who, in turn, professes a belief in ghosts.
What begins as a dispute over the real and the imaginary becomes a wager that leads both protagonists to separately explore places associated with both the occult and the supernatural. The surprise comes when they discover that both dimensions coexist, triggering a series of surreal events.
As they immerse themselves in this world where the inexplicable intertwines with the everyday, Momo and the boy embark on an adventure to restore the balance between the supernatural and the real.
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