The Birth of the Giant Buddha Robot! Nonstop “Classic Scenes” Make Boys’ Hearts Race—“They Went All Out with the Details!”—Episode 23 of the Anime “DANDADAN”

Episode 23 of the anime “DANDADAN” is airing sequentially, starting late at night on September 11. The transformation scene featuring a “giant Buddha robot,” packed with classic tropes beloved by giant robot fans, has excited viewers, drawing reactions like “This really fired up my inner child!” and “They went completely overboard with the detail!”

In Episode 23, titled “It’s a Kaiju, Ain’t It,” Ken “Okarun” Takakura (voiced by Natsuki Hanae) and the others are attacked by an enormous space monster. To counter the space kaiju, they devise a plan to build something just as huge. Kinta Sakata (voiced by Daichi Fujiwara), a die-hard sci-fi fan, uses his imagination to remodel the house freely. As a background track reminiscent of “something” (?) plays, Okarun and the rest make their way through a long, narrow tunnel and reach the cockpit. The house then transforms into a gigantic Buddha-shaped robot.

The sequence full of “giant robot classics,” such as the tunnel leading to the cockpit, sent fans into a frenzy: “A compilation of classic robot moments—it really fired up my inner child!” “They went ridiculously all-out with the transformation scene!” “Transformation scenes with all those moving inner mechanisms are just so exciting!”