Dandadan is an ongoing Shonen Jump+ manga by Yukinobu Tatsu with an anime that has aired two seasons and has a third announced. Volume 25 reached #3 on Oricon's September 2026 monthly comic ranking with an estimated 114,716 print copies sold.
Dandadan's coverage through 2026 runs mostly through sales charts and merchandise, with the manga as the constant reference point. Volume 25 charted at #3 on Oricon's September 2026 monthly comic ranking with an estimated 114,716 print copies, and it was already ranking in Amazon Kindle pre-orders in early August before its September 4 release. Volume 24 ranked #3 on Oricon's June 2026 monthly list, and Volume 19 drew a review in a July column covering seven new manga releases. The manga, by Yukinobu Tatsu, runs on Shonen Jump+.
The anime side of the story is the Street Style ver. pop-up shop at the Bushiroad Creative Store Akihabara Main Store, which ran June 5 to June 21, 2026, with newly drawn street-fashion art of Momo, Okarun, and Turbo Granny as a maneki-neko. The shop came after the first two seasons aired, and a third season is announced. Dandadan also appeared at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles from July 2 to 5, where Smart Share built a browser-based AR photo feature for the booth with no app install and photos stored on the user's device. A Williams F1 team collaboration adds a theme song by TWICE's TZUYU, an original song planned for early 2027 ahead of the Suzuka Japanese Grand Prix. Apparel collaborations from GEEKS RULE and PARCO put Dandadan shirts alongside Chainsaw Man and Neon Genesis Evangelion designs in Taipei, Hong Kong, and Seoul.
On the publishing side, Shueisha announced on September 30 that its outsourcing contract with editor Shihei Lin and Mix Green ended as of July 31. Lin has worked as an editor on Dandadan, Chainsaw Man, and SPY x FAMILY, and Shueisha said the works he oversaw will continue serialization on Shonen Jump+ under a new structure. No replacement editor was named.
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The SNK-licensed mobile game KOF'98 UM OL runs a limited collaboration with the Dandadan TV anime from October 23 to November 6, 2026. Momo and Jiji join the roster as limited characters. Okarun and Aira, who appeared in the first collaboration, return. Players can earn Jiji through collaboration events, and a login bonus gives a collaboration-limited icon frame on the seventh day.
Oricon's Monthly Comic Ranking for September 2026, tracking estimated print sales from August 31 to September 27, puts the fifth volume of Yama Wayama's Hoshi in the Girls' Garden at #1 with 182,399 copies. Kagurabachi volume 12 is #2 at 124,297, and Dandadan volume 25 is #3 at 114,716. Kingdom volume 80 ranks eighth for the month but carries the largest cumulative figure in the top 20 at 446,040.
Shueisha announced on September 30 that its outsourcing contract with editor Shihei Lin and with Mix Green Inc., the company where Lin is representative, ended as of July 31. The arrangement covered editorial operations for titles on the Shonen Jump+ app. Lin has worked as an editor on Chainsaw Man, SPY x FAMILY, and Dandadan. According to the announcement, the works he oversaw will continue serialization on Shonen Jump+ under a new structure. Shueisha did not name a replacement editor or give a reason for the end of the contract. The three titles named in the cluster are among the platform's best known. Shonen Jump+ is Shueisha's manga app and web platform. The announcement addresses only the outsourcing arrangement, not the status of any individual series. No date was given for when the new editorial structure takes effect beyond the July 31 end of the contract.
TZUYU, a member of TWICE, will perform the official theme song for the Atlassian Williams F1 Team and anime DAN DA DAN collaboration. The original song is planned for release in early 2027, ahead of the F1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, and an original music video is confirmed. The song title, release date, and video details will be announced later. Special collaboration merchandise is also planned.
Amazon Kindle's manga best sellers ranking as of September 4, 2026, shows new releases dominating, with Kagurabachi 12, Dandadan 25, and Akuyaku Reijou-tachi wa Yuruganai 4 among popular titles. Pre-orders also place strongly, led by World Trigger 30 at number one. A sale offers all Kodomo no Jikan volumes for 99 yen each, alongside points-back campaigns on select series.
Smart Share Inc. developed and provided an AR photo feature for the Dandadan booth at Anime Expo 2026, held July 2-5 in Los Angeles. The browser-based web app requires no app install; visitors scan QR codes to collect digital stamps that unlock photo items such as characters, frames, and stamps. Photos are processed and stored on the user's device, not sent to servers. Smart Share handled planning, UI/UX design, system development, and event implementation.
In an interview with Real Sound Anime, director Abel Gongora and animation producer Mitsuru Triangle discussed Science SARU's approach to the Tentai no Jardugal TV anime. The studio took on the project not to extend its history anime legacy, but to pursue new visual expression. The team consulted Mongolian and Persian experts to balance historical fidelity with animation.
GEEKS RULE is holding a world tour with PARCO, selling collaboration T-shirts based on Chainsaw Man, Dandadan, and Neon Genesis Evangelion across three cities. The tour starts in Taipei on August 1, moves to Hong Kong on August 8, and ends in Seoul on September 5. Six shirt designs are available, with some items planned for later release in Japan.
Amazon's Kindle manga bestseller chart for August 7, 2026 shows One Piece monochrome volume 115 and Isekai Izakaya: Nobu volume 22 among the top new releases. Dandadan volume 25, due September 4, is already ranking in pre-orders. GANTZ volumes dominate the list during a sale.
The 30th volume of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen manga ranked #1 on Circana BookScan's Top 20 adult graphic novels list for June. The chart featured 17 manga volumes, including multiple Jujutsu Kaisen entries, Chainsaw Man volume 21 at #2, Gachiakuta volume 1 at #6, and The Summer Hikaru Died volume 1 at #8. Other titles include Witch Hat Atelier, One Piece, Demon Slayer, Dandadan, Blue Lock, and The Apothecary Diaries.
Oricon's monthly comic ranking for June 2026 placed That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime volume 32 at #1 with 270,780 copies sold. Chainsaw Man's final volume ranked #2, and DAN DA DAN volume 24 ranked #3. The top 20 list covers estimated print sales from June 1 to June 28. Slime volume 32 was initially reported as the final volume but later corrected to the latest volume.
Beneath the Tangles' Reader's Corner column for July 7, 2026, reviews seven new manga volumes, including Dandadan Vol. 19, Hima-Ten Vol. 1, and Victoria of Many Faces Vol. 3. The column highlights new series debuts and ongoing story developments.
Amazon Japan's Kindle manga bestseller ranking for June 5, 2026, shows pre-orders for upcoming Jump Comics volumes already charting high, alongside new releases from Chainsaw Man, Dandadan, Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, and Mato Seihei no Slave. The list also highlights a sale on Mato Seihei no Slave back volumes.
A pop-up shop for the TV anime Dandadan, titled Street Style ver., will run from June 5 to June 21, 2026, at the Bushiroad Creative Store Akihabara Main Store. The shop features newly drawn illustrations of characters including Okarun and Momo in street fashion. Merchandise includes acrylic stands, clear files, acrylic keychains, and a mascot keychain of Turbo Granny as a maneki-neko. Customers who spend at least 3,000 yen per transaction will receive a random hologram sticker from a set of five designs. The event is timed after the broadcast of the first two seasons of the anime, with a third season already announced. Dandadan is based on the manga by Yukinobu Tatsu, serialized in Shonen Jump+, and follows high school students Momo and Okarun as they confront supernatural phenomena.