Lilas Ikuta (aka YOASOBI’s ikura) and singer-songwriter ano have been announced as the lead voice actors of the Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction two-part anime movie. It was also revealed that Part 1 will premiere in Japan on March 22, 2024, with Part 2 to follow on April 19.
Ikuta is playing Kadode Koyama while ano voices Ouran Nakagawa. An image featuring a shot of the two artists and a shot of their respective characters was released with the announcement.
The supporting voice cast was revealed in late October.
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction is based on the Shogakukan-published manga by Inio Asano, which began serialization in Big Comic Spirits in 2014 and ended in 2022 with 12 tankoubon volumes. Viz Media describes the plot as:
The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional.
Meanwhile, Kadode Koyama and her best friend avidly track the aliens’ movements on social media and less enthusiastically study for college entrance exams. When the end of the world looms overhead, you learn to take things one step at a time.
Staff
• Director: Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Break of Dawn)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Nobutake Itou (Inu-Oh, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl)
• Scriptwriter: Reiko Yoshida (A Silent Voice)
• Art director: Mika Nishimura (Dorohedoro assistant art director)
• Music composer: Tarou Umebayashi (Yuri!!! on Ice)
• Animation production: Production +h.
Cast
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Kiho Kurihara
• Miyuri Shimabukuro as Ai Demoto
• Saeko Ooki as Rin Hirama
• Azumi Waki as Futaba Takemoto
• Ryouko Shiraishi as Makoto Tainuma
• Miyu Irino as Keita Ooba
• Kouki Uchiyama as Kenichi Kohiruimaki
• Taito Ban as Watarase
• Junichi Suwabe as Hiroshi Nakagawa
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Nobu Koyama
Source: @DEDEDEDEanime
