Dandadan's 5th Anniversary: A First Stage Play, the KaiDan Festival, and a 2027 Season 3

Dandadan's 5th Anniversary: A First Stage Play, the KaiDan Festival, and a 2027 Season 3

Dandadan, Yukinobu Tatsu's occult-meets-sci-fi hit serialized on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+, is celebrating its 5th anniversary with its busiest stretch yet: a first-ever stage adaptation, the return of its KaiDan Festival, and a confirmed third anime season for 2027. With more than 14 million copies in circulation as of June 2026, the series about a ghost-skeptic boy and an alien-skeptic girl is riding one of the strongest momentum waves in modern shonen — and that momentum is exactly what collectors watch for.

Dandadan: Occultic Stage — The Franchise's First Stage Play

Announced to commemorate the manga's 5th anniversary, Dandadan ~Occultic Stage~ is the property's first live theatrical adaptation. The Tokyo run is set for Nippon Seinenkan Hall from August 26 to September 3, 2026, followed by a short Osaka engagement at Sky Theater MBS on September 11 to 13, 2026. The production is directed by Kimihito Itoh, with a script by Shinjiro Kameda and music by Ryo Konishi, and it leans into dance and high-energy staging to translate the manga's blend of youth romance, occult mystery, and supernatural action to the stage.

First stage plays tend to signal a franchise entering its "evergreen" phase — the point where a series is stable enough to support live events, anniversary goods, and premium figures rather than one-off tie-ins. For collectors, that usually means a steadier stream of Momo Ayase and Okarun merchandise going forward.

ComicBook.com — Dandadan Gets a New Look For a Major Project Ahead of Season 3
Image: ComicBook.com

The KaiDan Festival Returns

Alongside the stage play, the anime is hosting its second KaiDan Festival at Nakaiizumo Park in Toshima City, Tokyo, on August 29, 2026. The event is built around new illustrations, a stamp rally, a one-shot drawing contest, and other fan activities. Ticketed festivals like this are typically where anniversary-exclusive visuals and event-limited goods debut, and those event pieces — acrylic stands, tin badges, and the like — are often the items overseas fans have the hardest time getting after the fact.

What's On Japan — Stage Play DANDADAN Occultic Stage in Tokyo/Osaka 2026
Image: whatsonjapan.com

Season 3 Confirmed for 2027

The biggest long-term news for collectors: Dandadan Season 3 is officially in production for a 2027 premiere, with Science Saru returning to animate. The new season is expected to adapt the Space Globalists Arc, one of the manga's longest storylines at roughly 47 chapters, picking up from the Kaiju Arc cliffhanger. A confirmed continuation years in advance is the kind of runway that keeps demand — and figure output — high for the whole franchise.

What Dandadan Collectors Should Watch

Anniversary years are prime collecting windows: they concentrate new figure reveals, prize-figure waves, and capsule-toy lines around a single franchise while interest peaks. With a stage play, a festival, and a 2027 season all landing together, Dandadan figures, prize items, and gashapon of Momo, Okarun, and Turbo Granny are exactly the kind of pieces worth securing before Season 3 hype pushes demand up. Building a Dandadan shelf? Browse Dandadan collectibles at Akibato and ship them worldwide.

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