Dan Da Dan: First Encounter is a 2024 Japanese animated science fiction action comedy horror film,[2] consisting of the first three episodes of the anime television series adaptation of the manga series Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu. The compilation film was directed by Fūga Yamashiro and written by Hiroshi Seko.
Dan Da Dan: First Encounter was released on August 31, 2024, in Asia, September 7 in Europe, and September 13 in North America. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $4 million worldwide.
Plot
Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens, while her friend Ken Takakura, whom Momo nicknames "Okarun", believes in aliens but not ghosts. In a bet to determine who is correct, the two decide to separately visit locations associated with both the occult and the supernatural—Momo visiting the former, and Okarun visiting the latter. Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities. Meanwhile, Okarun is possessed by a cursed spirit who takes over his body.
After rescuing each other, Momo uses her newly-awakened psychokinetic power to suppress Okarun's curse, which gives him a depressed demon form with Turbo Granny's powers.