Review of Dan Da Dan

Dandadan has a lot going for it in the manga: the unique artstyle by Yukinobu Tatsu, the incredibly fast pace of the story, and the great characters. But there is something just a touch more mesmerizing when it comes to the anime adaptation of the series. The animation by Science Saru is amazing as always, but their weird and unique style pairs in an especially beautiful way with that of Dandadan, and overlaps perfectly with what the original mangaka wanted it to look like: crazy, fast-paced and batshit insane. STORY The story of this series is fairly simple, that is, if I were to lie: it startsoff with the main character, Momo Ayase, being dumped by the biggest asshole in all of history, after which she enters school and stops a boy from getting bullied, the boy being the second main protagonist, Okarun. This mufkr is persistent, and goes after Momo Ayase, telling her how interesting the book about alien stuff he was reading while he was getting stones thrown at him is, but surprisingly Momo Ayase rebutts and calls him a bitch for getting into alien stuff and that they don't exist, and instead says that spirits exist, to which Okarun responds nah bro you're weird. To prove each other's point, they end up going to famous spots where both spirits and aliens have been spotted, and surprise Momo gets abducted by aliens, and Okarun gets possessed by a spirit, namely Turbo Granny, and eats his genitals, deepthroat. Okarun/Turbo Granny goes to save Momo Ayase from the aliens, zero masculinity attached, Momo gets psychic powers, they get back to solid ground somehow and she finally discovers his real name, and no shit it's the same name as her favourite actor Ken Takakura.
Story TL;DR: Okarun has no peepee

Ok, so the summary of the story of Dandadan above is obviously me joking around, but that is not even the full story. You may think that I delved way too deep into spoiler territory, but that is literally the first chapter of the manga, and a mere 20 minutes of the anime. This is how much Yukinobu Tatsu flies through his story, because he is able to cram in so much crazy shit at once in a mere chapter of comic. He is just amazing, and huge respects to Science Saru for willing to follow his crazy pace. The story, however, obviously doesn't end there: the main objective is to retrieve Okarun's genitals from the Turbo Granny that has possessed the same Okarun. I know, right, batshit insane.

CHARACTERS
Okarun and Momo are the main characters of the story, two people with seemingly opposing characteristics and personality. Okarun is deep into the occult culture, especially the extraterrestrial, and Momo is just your typical gyaru, but with a family background of exorcism and spirits. We meet Momo's grandma, a woman really young-looking for her age, who is a professional exorcist and is the reason why Momo believes in spirits in the first place. Later on, we meet Aira, probably one of the main bullies of the school, which ends up getting one of the saddest backstories I have ever seen attached to her character, and at the end of the season we meet Jiji, a childhood friend of Momo, who is very energetic and spits out some borderline copyright-infringement risking lines. Thank god this series is Shonen Jump.
As you can see, these characters are by no means boring, and are so different from one another that you might not remember their names, but you will most certainly remember their personality. They are also pretty three-dimensional characters, with each of them getting a good backstory not only for their character, but also for the yokai that are correlated to their character (I am still crying for the Aira backstory). All in all, great characters.

ANIMATION AND DESIGN
As I said before, Science Saru do not disappoint AT ALL. The fight scenes are amazing, the choreography is unique and it is absolutely on par with the lightning-fast pace that the manga goes for, while still making it feel that the story and the fights are not rushed or dragged out in any way at all. The character designs are great as well, nothing to be said on that front.

CONCLUSION
I'm all caught on the manga so I tried to go spoiler-free on this review, but Dandadan's anime is just amazing: in my opinion this first part of Dandadan is on par with the manga, which I highly recommend everyone to read, just so everyone knows if Okarun gets his balls back or not. Jokes aside, Dandadan in terms of animation and story, in my opinion (god knows what will happen if I don't repeat this too many times), is a cut above the rest of the anime coming out recently, and is just a great experience overall. You will definitely not get bored watching this.