The official website for the two-part Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction anime film, based on Inio Asano’s (Solanin, Downfall) manga of the same name, announced five new voice cast members who will join its upcoming second part as follows:
Ojiro-senpai voiced by Chiharu Sawashiro (Banri Settsu in A3!)
Hikari Sumaru voiced by Saori Onishi (Miyako Shikimori in Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie)
Takarada voiced by Kenichiro Matsuda (Bond Forger in SPY x FAMILY)
Taro Miura voiced by Kengo Kawanishi (Mikazuki Augus in Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans)
Ogino voiced by Masafumi Kobatake (Senya in BUCCHIGIRI?!)
Additionally, veteran actor Naoto Takenaka will make a supporting appearance as the “chairman” of the invaders. Among anime fans, he is well-known for his voice appearances in Mamoru Oshii films, such as Shigeki Arakawa in Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), Kimu in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004), and Master in The Sky Crawlers (2008).Takenaka is also an active film director since the early 90s. In 2023, he directed a live-action film adaptation of Downfall, another Inio Asano’s critically-acclaimed manga, by himself.”I am a big fan of Inio-san,” Takenaka said on the film’s official website. “I was fascinated by the world that Inio-san depicted and made ‘Downfall’ a film. However, once I completed the film, I felt tremendous loneliness. However! I was able to enter Inio-san’s world again as a voice actor! I am so happy! With you all, I want to see through Inio-san’s world that has continued to evolve!”
The first of the two-part Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction anime film opened in Japan on March 22, 2024, ranking seventh in its opening weekend. The second part is set to follow on May 24.
Source: “Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction” anime film official website / Twitter©Inio Asao/Shogakukan/DeDeDeDe Committee
