Review | Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Part 1 movie review: anime mixes teen drama, aliens
- J-pop star Ano voices a high-school girl in anime that deftly balances teenage drama with aliens invading Japan. What will Part 2 bring?
4/5 stars
For a tight-knit group of hormonally charged high-school girls, there are far more pressing matters than invading aliens in Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction.
Adapted from a manga series by Inio Asano, this two-part anime epic unfolds in the shadow of a giant spacecraft, which appeared over Tokyo three years earlier.
Since that day, the aliens’ presence has triggered action from the government, polarising political activism and violence and destruction, resulting in a volatile atmosphere around the world.
For best friends Kadode and Ouran (voiced by J-pop starlets Lilas Ikuta and Ano respectively) and their pals, the fate of the world pales in comparison to more immediate issues permeating their adolescent lives.
Kadode’s father disappeared on August 31 – the day the aliens arrived – and her mother has since become a paranoid germaphobe determined to move to the countryside with her new boyfriend.
