Dan Da Dan Season 2 Release Date Announced in New Trailer
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Dan Da Dan was one of the most popular anime series of 2025, with the sci-fi coming of age story quickly becoming one of the highest rated series in recent history and exploding in popularity overnight. When the first season of Dan Da Dan wrapped up, fans were desperate for news about the next, and now we finally have a release date.
Animation studio Science Saru revealed on the official Dan Da Dan X (formerly Twitter) page that Dan Da Dan season 2 is set to start airing on July 3, 2025.
Okarun in his Turbo Granny form in the trailer for Dan Da Dan season 2.
Okarun in his Turbo Granny form in the trailer for Dan Da Dan season 2.
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The announcement was made alongside the release of a new trailer, which is currently only available in Japanese. The trailer shows Momo and Okarun dealing with a host of new threats, including a terrifying humanoid villain with a large, glowing eye on his forehead. It also shows various other aliens and spirits, some new and some returning from the first season, and a touching hug between the two main characters.
An official release date in the US has not yet been announced, but it's likely that, like the first season, the second season of Dan Da Dan will air simultaneously via Crunchyroll and Netflix in most regions outside of Japan. In Japan, it will air on all MBS/TBS affiliated stations at 12:26am starting on July 3.
Dan Da Dan is a wild sci-fi and coming of age story about two teens — Momo, a girl who believed in ghosts but not aliens, and Okarun, a boy who believed in aliens but not ghosts. A chance encounter with both ghosts and aliens bound their fate together, and the two came to develop feelings for one another.
The series is being produced by Science Saru, which previously worked on anime series like Devilman Crybaby, Star Wars Visions, and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and it's been praised by fans and critics alike for its stunning production values, touching storytelling, and masterful animation. The series holds a perfect score of 100% from critics on review score aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.
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