Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction
, also abbreviated as DDDD, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Inio Asano. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from April 2014 to February 2022, with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English release. The story follows two high school girls who struggle with the mundanity of life after an alien spaceship descends on Japan.
A two-part anime film adaptation produced by Production +h. is set to premiere in Q2 2024.
By March 2022, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction had over 3 million copies in circulation. In 2021, the manga won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category, as well as the Excellence Award of the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2022.
Plot
A large spaceship appears over Tokyo three years before the story starts. A one-sided war against the seemingly harmless aliens ensues, sparking controversy and pacifism.
Despite this unique and tragic event, high school girls Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa Ouran behave as if nothing has changed. They live their days like they always have. The focus of this story is not the alien invasion, but human nature, dialogue, growing up, and life.
Characters
A girl in her third year of high school. She loves the iconic manga character Isobeyan.
Ouran is a very flamboyant girl, who often rambles on about her goal to enslave or lead the human race to destruction. However, despite her seemingly flamboyant and sociable personality, Ouran tends to only show her true self to her friends and family. She is Kadode's best friend.
Media
Manga
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, written and illustrated by Inio Asano, was first announced with the tentative title . The manga started in Shogakukan's manga magazine Big Comic Spirits on April 28, 2014. The series went on hiatus multiple times. It finished on February 28, 2022. Shogakukan collected its chapters in twelve volumes, released from September 30, 2014, to March 30, 2022.
Viz Media announced at Comic-Con International 2017 that it had licensed the manga in North America. The manga has also been licensed in Brazil by Editora JBC, in France by Kana, in Spain by Norma Editorial, in Germany by Tokyopop, and in Italy by Panini Comics.
Volumes
Anime
In March 2022, it was announced that the series will receive an anime adaptation by Production +h. It was later confirmed to be a two-part film adaptation directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa, with a screenplay by Reiko Yoshida, character designs and chief animation direction by Nobutaka Ito, and music composed by Taro Umebayashi. The film adaptation is set to premiere in Japanese theaters in Q2 2024.
Reception
By March 2022, the manga had over 3 million copies in circulation.
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction placed eighteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2016 ranking of top 20 manga for male readers. It has won the French award the "Daruma Best Drawing Manga" at the Japan Expo Awards in 2017. The series was chosen as one of the Best Manga at the Comic-Con International Best & Worst Manga of 2018. The manga received the Attilio Micheluzzi Award in 2018 for the Best Foreign Manga. The series won the French Konishi Prize for the Best Translated Manga in 2019. In 2021, along with Police in a Pod, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction won the 66th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category. It was also awarded an Excellence Award in the Manga Division at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2022.
The manga was nominated for an Eisner Award in the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia" in 2019.
References
External links
2014 manga
2024 anime films
Anime films based on manga
Extraterrestrials in anime and manga
Inio Asano
Science fiction anime and manga
Seinen manga
Shogakukan manga
Slice of life anime and manga
Viz Media manga
Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga