Amazon Offers Significant Preorder Discount for Dandadan Season 1 Blu-Ray Release

Dandadan was one of 2024’s breakout anime hits, and while we’ll have to wait a while for Season 2, you can at least rewatch the first batch of episodes with a new Blu-ray release dropping on June 10. Dandadan Season 1 is up for preorder for $24.49 (was $35) at Amazon and Walmart. There’s also a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray that includes a bunch of extra goodies for $65. Unlike the standard edition, the Collector’s Edition isn’t discounted at this time, but with Amazon’s and Walmart’s preorder price guarantees, your order total will automatically be adjusted to the lowest price offered until release.

$24.49 (was $35) | Releases June 10

The standard edition includes all 12 episodes from the first season, as well as a handful of extra content like an interview with the production crew, a scene breakdown from one of the directors, and an interview with composer Kensuke Ushio. This two-disc Blu-ray set comes in a nice slipcase featuring key art from the series.

$65 | Releases June 10

For the collector’s edition, you’re getting all of the on-disc content from the standard version and some physical extras., including a 32-page art book, art cards, and a sticker. This version also features unique box art.

Dandadan is one of the most unique anime debuts of 2024. The series adapts the popular manga of the same name, which follows Japanese high school students Momo and Okarun. Both investigate paranormal phenomena, though they don’t see eye to eye. Momo believes in ghosts but doesn’t think aliens are real, while Okarun believes in aliens but not ghosts. Naturally, they soon discover that ghosts and aliens are both very real and very dangerous. Fortunately, both gain supernatural abilities to use against the paranormal forces threatening their world. The anime is produced by Science Saru–the same studio behind the recent Scott Pilgrim Takes Off animated series–and the animation does justice to mangaka Yukinobu Tatsu’s original art.

While the upcoming Blu-ray release will be a great way to revisit the story so far, the original manga series is also available for those who want to experience the source material, or who don’t feel like waiting until the next seasons to see what happens next. So far, 12 volumes have been translated into English and are on sale now at Amazon, while Volumes 13, 14, and 15 are all planned to release later in 2025 and are available for preorder.