DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” kicks this anime into high gear with a boss fight against the titular Turbo Granny. However, this crabby old spirit isn’t fighting alone. Apparently, she has an ally of epic proportions. All entirely historically, of course. After all, Sony did insist that giant enemy crabs are historically accurate.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass”: Details

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The battle is as zany as this key art.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” is the fourth episode (you can read my review for Ep. 1-3 here) of the first season of this action, romantic comedy, and supernatural thriller shonen anime series. Said anime series is the anime adaptation of the Shonen Jump manga of the same name by Yukinobu Tatsu. Science SARU (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, Star Wars: Visions, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) is the animation studio behind this anime.

Production Cast

Moko-chan is the director and storyboarder behind DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass”. As for the DAN DA DAN anime as a whole: Fuga Yamashiro is the director, with Hiroshi Seko is responsible for series composition and screenplay, and kensuke ushio composing the music. Naoyuki Onda is responsible for character design, while Yoshimichi Kameda is responsible for alien and monster design. Satoshi Hashimoto is responsible for color design, while Junichi Higashi is responsible for art direction. Kazuto Izumita is the cinematographer, while Kiyoshi Hirose is the editor, and Eriko Kimura is the sound director.

As for the music: the opening theme song of this anime is “Otonoke” by Creepy Nuts. Meanwhile, “TAIDADA” by ZUTOMAYO is the ending theme song.

Voice Cast

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” features the voices of Shion Wakayama (Abby Trott in English dub) as Momo Ayase and Natsuki Hanae (A.J. Beckles in English dub) as Okarun. Other notable voices in these trio of episodes include Nana Mizuki (Kari Wahlgren in English dub) as Seiko Ayase.

On the antagonists’ side, we have Mayumi Tanaka (Barbara Goodson in English dub) as Turbo Granny.

When and Where to Watch

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” made its airing and streaming (aka. simulcast) debut on October 24, 2024. You can watch this episode on Crunchyroll. In fact, you can watch this entire anime on either Crunchyroll, Netflix, or Hulu.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass”: Synopsis

It does make me wonder if Okarun is going to keep these powers?

Alas, DAN DA DAN only recently made its debut. In fact, DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” only made its debut four days ago as of this writing. Thus, here’s the official synopsis from Crunchyroll instead of a spoiler-filled plot summary. You can check out that synopsis below:

To settle the score with Turbo Granny, Momo and Okarun show up at the promised tunnel. They start the game of tag to pull the location-bound spirit away, and they managed to capture Turbo Granny using Momo’s psychic powers.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass”: The Good

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They got this! Really!

If you too have watched DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass”, then you too will likely also agree that the animation is the best part of this episode. Science SARU just did a magnificent job with that animation. The action scenes are so fluid that it makes you forget reality for a moment, and the scenes are just gorgeous in general. All emphasized by an eerie, blood-red light that bathes many of the scenes in horror. That’s how you know things are going pear-shaped for Momo and Okarun.

Speaking of which: Momo and Okarun’s dynamic is a big part of why the story is the second best thing about this episode. Yukinobu Tatsu does a pretty good job writing a good romcom dynamic between them. Not only that, but kudos for him writing them as an equal relationship in this dynamic to boot. Both of them complement what each other lacks. Momo is clearly the plan-maker here, while Okarun provides the muscle. That’s not to say that Okarun is dumb, but he lacks the initiative and drive that Momo does. Thus, this battle is the product of both of their efforts, which furthers that relationship between them to boot.

DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass”: The Bad

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Totally historically accurate here.

Honestly, DAN DA DAN Ep. 4 “Kicking Turbo Granny’s Ass” has it all here. From cute romcom during slice of life scenes to epic and high-intensity shonen action, this episode has everything you could ever want in an anime. That said, this episode’s action isn’t particularly bloody. It’s more on the horror and comedy side rather than on the side of bloody gore. If you want the latter, then might I suggest Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Kaiju No. 8, and/or DDDD? Those anime series has more than enough blood and gore if you want that in your anime.

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