Did I walk into a supernatural love triangle? I think I did. Not that it matters; I think all three of our heroes are too busy with saving their own lives at present to worry about romantic liaisons. Not that such didn’t stop the attempted rape in the hot tub by the throng of henchmen. I don’t like “throng,” there, do you? Hmmm … well, since the shoe fits and I have no love of henchmen, toadies, yesmen, sycophants, or weasels, I’m going to call this a rape of henchmen. Yes, that works.
Welcome to the world of Dan Da Dan Rosannadanna fe fi b0-banana nana nana Batdan! Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye is a movie interlude following the end of a full season of a show completely unknown to me.
To the film’s credit, they filled the first five minutes with moments from season one that I might have missed (which is, … everything)
To the film’s detriment, it lost me within the first minute anyway. Is this cartoon about the undead? Is it a superhero thing? Are we in “Gods and Monsters” territory, or is this a fair fight between supernatural humans and unnatural villains? I’m not sure those questions were ever answered adequately.
I think the basic plot is that three teens, Momo, Okarun, and Jiji -who may or may not be in a love triangle and who may or may not have otherworldly powers- are investigating a haunted house. Like, really haunted, not just Scooby-Doo haunted. I’m talkin’ evil specters, a rape of henchmen, and some sort of goddess trapped in the form of one of those waving kitty statues. That’s a neat touch but doesn’t help the confusion.
As if you couldn’t tell, this material not intended for children; the film features both attempted rape and family suicide (hanging). Don’t bring the kids, even if they’re less confused than I am, which wouldn’t be hard.
Is this material suitable for fans of Dan Da Dan? Will they enjoy it? Hell if I know. But they have to enjoy it more than I did. 
I want to be nice to this film, surprisingly, because it did present a different anime look than one that I’m used to. This wasn’t Dragon Ball Z or Miyazaki or school problems or anything sports related. This was a unique and weird vision, much more akin to Japanese horror than traditional Japanese anime.
Does that matter if I have no clue as to what’s going on? A little. If I don’t understand a film, but I do understand, say, a school setting, I’m just bored. Here, there’s a haunted house where a goddess cat statue is stuck in goo in the basement. I don’t understand that at all, but it beats math class, ya dig?
Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye presents a strange combination of undead forces and superhero powers. Geez, franchise, pick a lane. So I’m not recommending it to the uninitiated, but I’m guessing fans of the franchise will enjoy themselves. Or at least I hope they do.
There was once a teen girl called Momo
Whose life was told to me in a promo
Wish that did it
Cuz this narrative is shit
I wouldn’t understand even in slo-mo
Rated R, 93 Minutes
Director: Fūga Yamashiro, Abel Góngora
Writer: Hiroshi Seko
Genre: Huh?
Type of being most likely to enjoy this film: Fans of Dan Da Dan
Type of being least likely to enjoy this film: Anybody, literally anybody else
