DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 quickly scales up the aliens’ appearances. We not only see a lot more of them, but also just how horrendously the humans are treating any alien they find. Honestly, this is when the invasion comes home for a lot of the main characters.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10: Details

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I can already tell something is going to go horribly wrong soon.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 is the 10th episode (you can read my reviews of Ep. 0, Ep. 1, Ep. 2, Ep. 3, Ep. 4, Ep. 5, Ep. 6, Ep. 7, Ep. 8, and Ep. 9 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. 10, 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. This time though, “Seishun Ōka” (青春謳歌, lit. ’Adolescence Hymn’) by Lilas Ikuta feat. Ano is the new ending theme song for this second part.

Voice Cast

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 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, Koki Uchiyama (Graham Hamilton in English dub) as Kenichi Kohiruimaki, Saori Ōnishi (Kazumi Evans in English dub) as Hikari Sumaru, Kengo Kawanishi (Bill Newton in English dub) as Tarō Miura, and Miyu Irino (Cole Howard in English dub) as Keita Ōba.

When and Where to Watch

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on August 1, 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. 10: Synopsis

This guy finally becomes a main character in this episode.

Alas, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION is an ongoing anime series. In fact, DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 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:

Oran encounters the invader who has taken over Oba’s body and decides to temporarily house him with Kadode. Meanwhile, the JSDF and other organizations begin a public hunt for the invaders after their existence is announced to the public.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10: The Good

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 screenshot showing Keita with his face not right after a sneeze.
Funny for us, but not good for him.

There’s no doubt whatsoever that it’s the story of DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 that keeps me on the edge of my seat. Mostly because of the dark thriller aspects of this episode. Seriously, this is one of the darkest episodes in the anime so far. When an episode of the anime shows the main characters watching as unarmed civilians, including children, are being gunned down more or less right in front of them, you know that this story is a very dark one. Really, you end up longing for the slice of life parts of this episode. At the very least, they provide some relief from the tension and drama. Kudos for Inio Asano for writing such a delectable dark chocolate of a story here.

A story that would not nearly be as good without the animation. Fortunately, Production +h. continues to deliver with quality animation. Indeed, it’s basically feature-length anime film levels of animation on par with Black Butler -Public School Arc-. Which isn’t surprising given how Production +h. was also responsible for the anime film duology this anime was adapted from. Seriously, the blood and gore in this episode was disturbingly highly detailed. It shall haunt my nightmares.

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10: The Bad

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10 screenshot showing Ontan with a broken alien device.
Probably not a bad thing it’s not working.

Alas, despite the fairly large amount of action in DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION Ep. 10, it’s still probably not enough for most action junkies. The action isn’t for Michael Bay-esque high-intensity vibes. No, it’s played far more for drama and even horror. If you want action played positively instead, then you might want to check out Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No. 8, and/or The Elusive Samurai. Those anime will get your blood pumping without making you feel like you just watched a war crime happen.