DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 marks a major turning point in the anime. Not only does this episode introduces a pair of new characters to us, but it seems that this episode is when the situation comes to a head. What else do you call it when aliens start raining down from the sky in what seems to be a very lethal way, all thanks to the paranoia and violence of humanity?

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8: Details

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION NA key visual.
Things are going to get real in this episode.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 is the eighth episode (you can read reviews of Ep. 0, Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, and Ep. 7 here) of this 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.

Production Cast

Tomoyuki Kurokawa is the director behind DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8, and alas, he is the only member of the production cast we know is behind this specific episode. 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. 8 features the voices of Lilas Ikuta (Elyse Maloway in English dub) as Kadode Koyama and (Britt McKillip in English dub) as Oran “Ontan” Nakagawa. Other notable voices in this episode include Miyuri Shimabukuro (Meaghan Hommy in English dub) as Ai Demoto, Saeko Oki (Kazumi Evans in English dub) as Rin Hirama, Azumi Waki (Chelsea Miller in English dub) as Futaba Takemoto, and Ryoko Shiraishi (Travis Turner in English dub) as Makoto Tainuma.

When and Where to Watch

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on July 18, 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. 8: Synopsis

He’s a witness to the violence.

Alas, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION is an ongoing anime series. In fact, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 only just premiered four 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:

Kadode and Oran graduate from high school and face a new chapter in their lives. Meanwhile, Japan is working hard on the construction of the Chokujin, while the existence of the invaders remains an official secret. However, resistance is stirring.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8: The Good

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They won’t be smiling for long after they see what happened.

The story of DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 is definitely the best part of it, and holy shit, was it a story. Much of it was the usual happy slice of life story that dealt with developing our main group of girls that Kadode and Ontan are a part of, all while introducing a pair of new characters to the story. Alas, those two new characters get caught up in the main event of this episode. Without any spoilers: this is probably one of the most horrific episodes to date just in the sheer number of alien fatalities, both shown and implied. It’s this jarring switch between slice of life and sci-fi thriller that’s what I love about this anime. Seriously, Inio Asano is a masterful storyteller.

Of course though, what’s the story with the animation? Fortunately, Production +h. continue to deliver with some very high quality animation. This time, in some very horrific fashion. It does make sense that they would though. After all, they did make the anime film duology that this anime was adapted from. It’s feature-length anime film levels of animation quality, but for an anime series. A bit like Black Butler -Public School Arc-, really.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8: The Bad

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 screenshot showing alien bodies raining out of the sky.
That’s a lot of bodies.

Alas, if you’re an action junkie, then DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 8 is probably not the episode for you. Yes, it’s got military action in it. However, the military action is played for drama and horror rather than being the typical action scenes you’d find in an action film. There’s a gravitas and tragedy to it that’s more akin to the nuclear missile scene in Independence Day, really. If you want an anime with action more akin to the dogfights from that film, then you might want to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No. 8, and/or The Elusive Samurai for that.

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