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DAN DA DAN: First Encounter Theatrical Screening Earns US$1,005,531 in U.S. Box Office

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter, the theatrical screening of the first three episodes of the television anime of Yukinobu Tatsu's DAN DA DAN "paranormal mystery battle & romantic comedy" manga, earned an estimated US$1,005,531 during its limited-time screening in the U.S. from Friday to Sunday. The screening ranked #13 at the U.S. box office.

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter screened in 610 theaters and earned an estimated US$400,893 on Friday, US$265,786 on Saturday, and US$338,852 on Sunday.

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter also had limited-time screenings in Asia on August 31, and in Europe on September 7. The screenings will expand to over 50 countries and regions, including Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa through mid-September.

The series will premiere in Japan on October 3 on TBS and MBS's Super Animeism TURBO programming block. Netflix will stream the anime worldwide starting on October 3 at 25:00 JST (effectively, October 4 at 1:00 a.m. JST), and Crunchyroll will also stream the anime. GKIDS has acquired the theatrical, videogram, and digital transactional rights. The anime's English dub premiered at Anime NYC on August 24.

The anime's Japanese cast stars:

• Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase
• Natsuki Hanae as Okarun
• Mayumi Tanaka as Turbo Granny
• Kazuya Nakai as Serpoian
• Nana Mizuki as Seiko
• Ayane Sakura as Aira Shiratori
• Kaito Ishikawa as Jiji (Jin Enjо̄ji)

Fūga Yamashiro (Tatami Time Machine Blues assistant director) is directing the anime at Science SARU, and Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan The Final Season, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Mob Psycho 100) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Composer kensuke ushio (Chainsaw Man, DEVILMAN crybaby, Liz and the Blue Bird) is scoring the music. Naoyuki Onda (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) is designing the characters, and Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100) is designing the aliens and supernatural entities.

Hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts performs the opening theme song "Otokone," and ZUTOMAYO performs the ending theme song "TAIDADA."

Crunchyroll describes the story:

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.

To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!?

The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!

The anime's first six episodes were leaked in August.

Tatsu serializes the manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service, and Shueisha published the 15th compiled book volume on July 4. The 16th volume will ship on October 4. Viz Media publishes the manga in English and will release the ninth volume on October 15.

Sources: The Numbers, Box Office Mojo (link 2)