The Dandadan anime is likely coming to US cinemas soon via GKIDS. That’s because GKIDS announced it had acquired the theatrical and home video rights to the Dandadan anime.
This was revealed via GKIDS’ official YouTube channel and social media pages, though not many details were shared regarding GKIDS’ plans for the anime.
Still, this news means it’s practically confirmed that the anime will come to US cinemas in some capacity.
GKIDS Acquires Theatrical and Home Video Rights to Dandadan Anime
The Dandadan anime adaptation was announced in late 2023, and it excited many fans. After all, not only is the manga by Yukinobu Tatsu incredibly popular but the anime is being made by Science SARU (of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off fame).
Soon after its announcement, it was confirmed that the Dandadan anime would be streamed on various platforms.
Aside from Netflix streaming the show globally, the anime will also be streamed on Crunchyroll in many parts of the world.
Now, GKIDS revealed its acquisition of the theatrical and home video rights of the anime, indicating that there are plans for a theatrical release at some point.
As this anime adaptation is a TV series, it’s interesting that Dandadan will be released in cinemas. It’s not clear if all the show’s episodes will be screened in cinemas, but at least some of them will.
Meanwhile, the home video release also means we’ll see an official English-language Blu-ray version at some point.
Dandadan US Cinema Release Date Predictions
Currently, it’s confirmed that Dandadan will premiere in October 2024. If the film gets a theatrical premiere from GKIDS, its cinema release date will likely be in late September or early October.
Of course, that’s assuming the theatrical run will be a premiere-type thing that will screen the first three episodes or so.
If that’s not the case, another potential theatrical release is a screening of all the episodes sometime after its streaming release.
In that case, we might get the screening in December 2024 or sometime in early 2025.
As for the home video release, GKIDS will likely share info about that in late 2024 or early 2025, likely after the end of the anime’s first cour or season.
For now, fans will have to wait until more details are shared, though GKIDS did confirm that it will reveal more info soon.
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