The website of the manga Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction has released a news that will amaze many fans, as it has been announced that both YOASOBI member (Lilas Ikuta) and singer ano will be playing the lead roles in the movie, which would be a huge break in the industry and for their careers to be appearing in a movie that is highly anticipated by both Japanese and international fans, as it may be the first time that two female singers will be playing the lead roles in a high-caliber animated adaptation.
Lilas Ikuta and ano to lend their voices to Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction
As for the characters of Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction that they will be playing, Lilas Ikuta will be playing the role of Kadode Koyama, a high school girl who loves reading manga and has feelings for a teacher at her school, while ano will be playing Ouran Nakagawa, Kadode’s best friend, who is a quirky character that sometimes rambles about her goal of leading the human race to destruction, but despite this she is very sociable.
Undoubtedly this has been great news for fans of both singers and the story and both YOASOBI singer, Lilas Ikuta, and ano, have been very excited about these roles and have even commented that despite being the first roles in which they will act as seiyuus, they will work with all the passion they have to provide a great performance to the fans, so we should expect a great quality work from these two very recognized singers in the industry.
Cast members that have been revealed for Dead Dead Demons Dedededede Destruction also include:
- Atsumi Tanezaki As Kiho Kurihara
- Miyuri Shimabuko As Ai Demoto
- Saeko Ooki As Rin Hirama
- Azumi Wako As Futaba Takemoto
- Ryoko Shiraishi As Makoto Tainuma
The film Dead Dead Demons Dededede Destruction is planned to have two parts and will be released in spring 2024 in Japan, so depending on the success of its initial release, we could see it in America if a distributor manages to bring it to this region of the world. It is also worth mentioning that the studio Production +h will be in charge of the production of the film and it is also worth mentioning that this will be the first time that Asano’s work will be adapted to an animated version.
It seems that this two-part adaptation of Dead Dead Demons Dededed Destruction plans to cover the entire story of the manga, however, it remains to be seen until more information about the film is revealed. There are also many fans that even though this is the first time that ano and Lilas Ikuta work as seiyuus, they are very hopeful that they will perform a great performance with their magnificent voices, so we can only wait for the first trailer of this film and see the quality work that these two great singers have to offer.
For those who do not know the story of this manga, Dead Dead Demons Dedicated Destruction is set four years ago, narrating an important event when a gigantic mother ship of invaders landed on the city of Tokyo and the despair that brought with this invasion became part of everyday life. This story tells the daily life of Kadode Koyama and Ouran Nakagawa in a world that has completely changed as they try to live their youth as normally as possible.