The official website for the two-part anime film adaptation of Inio Asano’s Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction manga announced on Monday that the production team has delayed the opening of the second film from April 19. until May 24 to improve the quality of the film. The site also revealed new visuals for the second film.
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The first film will hit theaters this Friday.
Lilas Ikuta (also known as “ikura”) voices main character Kadode Koyama, while ano voices main character Ouran”Ontan”Nakagawa.
Production +h. is producing an anime — the first complete anime adaptation of any of Asano’s works. Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Psychic Detective Yakumo, Break of Dawn, Dragonar Academy) will direct the film, and Reiko Yoshida (A Silent Voice, Violet Evergarden, Tamako Market) will write and supervise the film’s script. Nobutake Ito (The Tatami Galaxy, Kaiba, Kemonozume) is the character designer and 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 music.
The theme song for the first movie is “Zett-Zett-Zett-Zett-Zettai Seiiki”(Abababab Absolute Sanctuary) by ano feat. Lilas Ikuta. The second film’s theme song is “Seishun Ōka” (Hymn of Youth) by Lilas Ikuta feat. ano.
Sources: Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction cartoon website, Natalie Comics