r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jul 03 '25

Episode Dandadan Season 2 - Episode 1 discussion

Dandadan Season 2, episode 1

Alternative names: Dan Da Dan Season 2

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u/Narayan-n91 Jul 03 '25

Remember, if the grandma on screen isn't a badass and/or can't throw hands, then it's not Dandadan

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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Jul 03 '25

Jennifer! Lopez! Anaconda!

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u/Se7en_Sinner https://myanimelist.net/profile/Se7en_Sinner Jul 03 '25

It was easy to miss but this was a subtle reference to the movie Anaconda featuring Jennifer Lopez.

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u/RPO777 x2 Jul 03 '25

That scene was a clear visual reference to the Street Fighter franchise too.

In the scene where Kitou Grandma does the Jennifer Lopez Anaconda move, they used a side view of Kitou Granny double-punching Momo and Momo flying off to the side, the cut includees the background where the other Kitou family folks waving their arms up or clapping (15:06 in the episode) is very distinctly like many Street Fighter fighting stages.

The way that they animated Momo busting throught the wall laterally was very reminiscent of fighting games as well.

https://imgur.com/a/8B3eyVe

https://streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Battle_Harbor?file=Battleharbor.jpg

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u/linkinstreet Jul 04 '25

In the movie, there was an interview with the director, and he mentioned that Kito grandma was actually based on old Hong Kong kung fu movies tropes and stereotypes. Considering that Japanese fighting games are also mostly uses old Kung fu movies as an homage, you can see the similarities.

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u/MaruSoto Jul 04 '25

Think my subconscious caught it because that short part of the scene made me very happy but I couldn't figure out why. Thanks for pointing it out!

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u/1EnTaroAdun1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Totesnotaphanpy Jul 05 '25

https://youtu.be/KVcHbNNWC80?t=237

also reminds me of "snake style" kungfu hahaha