Momo is abducted by a group of aliens who accidentally unblock her chakras, enabling latent psychic abilities.

Before the serialization of Dandadan, Yukinobu Tatsu had worked as an assistant for Tatsuki Fujimoto's Chainsaw Man and Yuji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku.

However, Tatsu started Dandadan after Chainsaw Man and Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku had finished because he wanted to complete his role as an assistant until the end.

He cited a quote from the manga Jarinko Chie about how the worst thing to be is hungry and alone, as well as the familial intimacy of eating scenes in Hayao Miyazaki films like My Neighbor Totoro and Porco Rosso.

He also discussed his struggles as a poor manga assistant, receiving 1000 yen from his teacher to treat himself to stir-fried pork and a can of coffee after work.

[6] Written and illustrated by Yukinobu Tatsu [ja], Dandadan started its serialization in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ app and website on April 6, 2021.

[9] The series is simultaneously published in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform and on Viz Media's Shonen Jump website.

[13] The series aired from October 4 to December 20, 2024, on the Super Animeism Turbo programming block on all JNN affiliates, including MBS and TBS.

[34] In North America, the volumes of Dandadan were ranked on Circana (formerly NPD) BookScan's monthly top 20 adult graphic novels list since October 2022.

Caitlin Moore and James Beckett gave it a perfect score; Moore complimented Science Saru's animation, the dynamic between Momo and Okarun, and their voice acting while Beckett praised the studio's art in bringing the anime to life, noting its romcom tropes combining with horror and science fiction and Okarun's reference name.

In contrast, while Rebecca Silverman agreed that the animation and visuals were great and premise was interesting, she did not enjoy the episode and expressed she was done with the series due to the use of sudden bright lights and flashing images, a vast majority of the dialogue was "spoken in a scream", and the distasteful handling and depiction of the sexual assault scenes.

Kambole Campbell praised the series for its humor, animation, colors, art direction, and Kensuke Ushio's musical score.

Furthermore, James Beckett applauded the series' premise, humor, action, production values, characters, and the chemistry between Momo and Okarun.