DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 continues with the slice of life fun times taking place in the midst of an alien invasion. Or at least, what the Japanese and American governments think is an alien invasion. However, this episode gives us a plotline that’s just a touch more dramatic, and it all has to do with Kiho’s tumultuous love life. You know, the one Oran keeps making fun of her for?

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3: Details

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As it turns out, even this slice of life is not all sunshine and rainbows.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 is the fourth episode (you can read reviews of Ep. 0, Ep. 1, and Ep. 2 here) of this postapocalyptic science fiction slice-of-life anime series. Said anime is the anime adaptation of the manga of the same name by Inio Asano (Solanin, Goodnight Punpun). Said anime also originally premiered as a pair of anime films on March 22, 2024 and May 24, 2024. Production +h. (The Orbital Children) is the animation studio behind this anime. Crunchyroll is the company licensing this anime for its worldwide debut.

Tomoyuki Kurokawa is the director behind DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3, with Ilya Kuvshinov doing the storyboard, and the writer currently unknown as of this writing. For the anime as a whole, we do still know that Tomoyuki Kurokawa (PSYCHO-PASS) is the director. Reiko Yoshida (Violet Evergarden) is the writer. Takaaki Suzuki (Violet Evergarden series) did the world setting. Nobutake Ito (INU-OH) is the chief animation director and character designer. Satoshi Takezawa (Digimon Adventure) is the color designer. Mika Nishimura (Typhoon Noruda) is the art director. Satoi Inami is the CG director. Takuma Morooka (Moriarty the Patriot) is the cinematographer. Masayuki Kurosawa (Laid-Back Camp) is the editor. Takeshi Takadera ([Oshi no Ko]) is the sound director. Taro Umebayashi (Space Dandy) is the composer responsible for the music.

Speaking of the music: the opening theme song is “Shinsekai Yori” (SHINSEKAIより, lit. ’From the New World’) by Ano and Lilas Ikuta. “ZeZeZeZettai Seiiki” also by Ano and Lilas Ikuta is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 features the voices of Lilas Ikuta (Elyse Maloway in English dub) as Kadode Koyama and (Britt McKillip in English dub) as Oran Nakagawa. Other notable voice roles in this episode include Atsumi Tanezaki (Caitlyn Bairstow in English dub) as Kiho Kurihara, Miyuri Shimabukuro (Meaghan Hommy in English dub) as Ai Demoto, Saeko Oki (Kazumi Evans in English dub) as Rin Hirama, Koki Uchiyama (Graham Hamilton in English dub) as Kenichi Kohiruimaki, Saori Ōnishi (Kazumi Evans in English dub) as Hikari Sumaru, and Miyu Irino (Cole Howard in English dub) as Keita Ōba.

When and Where to Watch

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on June 13, 2024. You can watch this episode of the anime only on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this anime series as a whole only on Crunchyroll as well, due to it being an exclusive there.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3: Synopsis

At last, we come to the scene in this thumb!

las, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION is an ongoing anime series. In fact, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 only just premiered five days ago as of this writing. Thus, you will all get the official synopsis of this episode from Crunchyroll in place of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can check out that synopsis below:

After the Fujin-6 successfully shot down its first target, the government is accelerating the deployment of more by all means. However, there are voices that consider this questionable.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3: The Good

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This scene actually appears in this episode, and it’s a weird example of…horror-comedy?

There’s no question about it. It’s the story of DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 that’s the best part about it. All thanks to Inio Asano, who created the manga this anime is adapted from. Why, you might ask? Well, it’s that mix of slice of life antics amidst the ongoing alien “menace”, of course. A “menace” that’s mostly caused by humanity’s attempts to destroy the aliens, but not a whole lot of people seem to care here. However, these are mere background events to complement the slice of life…and the romantic drama in this episode. It creates a bizarre yet fascinating contrast between those two sets of events. Like adding two unrelated flavors together, and getting something uniquely tasty out of it.

Of course, complementing that story is the animation. Production +h. continue to do a wonderful job with that animation. At least part of it is due to mimicking Asano’s own art style, which produces an almost whimsical air for the anime. The other part of it is the continued high quality of that animation, on par with feature-length anime films. Which is quite fitting, due to this anime originally seeing release as an anime film in its home nation of Japan.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3: The Good

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Now that is the most bored look I’ve ever seen anyone give in an anime.

If you’re looking for an action-packed Michael Bay-esque of an anime, then DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 3 isn’t it. In fact, this whole anime series isn’t something for action junkies. At its heart, it’s basically a slice of life sci-fi anime, with just a hint of military fiction to complement it. If you want high-intensity action, then you might want to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, and/or Kaiju No. 8 for that.