For Sale, Barely Used: One Actual-Size Dan Da Dan Magic Testicle

Dan Da Dan is rapidly becoming a blistery taxable successful the anime assemblage arsenic the acheronian equine introduction for 2024’s anime of the year. While galore of the show’s colorful characters person go the latest obsession for plushie and figurine fanatics the satellite over, 1 Japanese artifact shaper has decided to deliberation extracurricular of the container by alternatively making a replica of protagonist Okarun’s MacGuffins: his aureate balls.

Earlier today, Japanese amusement institution Furyu Corporation announced a replica would beryllium coming to its storefront adjacent year. In the station connected its authoritative X/Twitter account, the Shibuya-based concern laid connected the charm for the three-dimensional orbs to prospective buyers, saying, “Okarun’s golden shot is reproduced successful existent size.”

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　 金 の 玉 が 立 体 化
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オカルンの金の玉を実寸サイズで再現！
25年春頃より展開予定✨
輝く金の玉をお楽しみに♪ pic.twitter.com/9JT1Rsf00Z

— フリュープライズ公式 (@FURYU_prize) November 15, 2024

So, astatine this point, non-Dan Da Dan fans are astir apt wondering wherefore a institution would merchantability an anime protagonist’s balls. In the lore of Dan Da Dan, Okarun’s balls are filled with magical vigor that tin assistance its wielder a clump of power. In short, Okarun’s aureate balls are to Dan Da Dan what Dragon Ball Z‘s 7 wish-granting taxon are to the Z-fighters.

Don’t conscionable instrumentality our connection for it. Here’s however Dan Da Dan‘s Turbo Granny explains the spiritual value of Okarun’s lads. However, you’ll person to bash your champion to ideate 1 of Turbo Granny’s dependable actors (in English, Barbara Goodson—aka Rita Repulsa from Power Rangers; successful Japanese, Mayumi Tanaka—aka Monkey D. Luffy successful One Piece) is reciting the monologue:

“His balls are covered successful a furniture of my spiritual energy. They’re 5 centimeters crossed and golden and shiny. You’ll cognize them erstwhile you spot them. They’re hard to miss. Them balls are chocked afloat of a almighty beingness unit now. The benignant of vigor spirits and yokai are attracted to the most. They judge they’ll travel backmost to beingness if they stitchery capable items with precocious beingness force. That’s wherefore evil spirits onslaught people, and effort to bargain beingness unit from them.”

Dan Da Dan‘s outro does not picture Okarun’s balls to scale. © Science Saru / Crunchyroll

The announcement has already go the account’s astir fashionable post, garnering implicit 16,000 likes. It’s harmless to accidental that galore radical privation a manus connected Okarun’s balls conscionable arsenic severely arsenic baddies bash successful the anime. Here are immoderate of our favourite comments from Japanese X/Twitter users connected the post.

“Is it a Christmas histrion ornament?” 1 confused commenter asked.

“This is the archetypal clip the main quality sells his balls,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote.

“It’s comic to deliberation that Okarun’s golden shot has an © carved connected it,” wrote another.

At the moment, Okarun’s aureate orbs don’t person a terms tag connected them, truthful folks volition person to support tabs connected Furyu’s posting adjacent twelvemonth to spot what it deems a worthy worth constituent for a young man’s balls. Whatever the case, it would marque a helluva precocious Christmas acquisition for immoderate of your anime-loving friends. Just fto america cognize if they’re of bully marque and quality.

New episodes of Dan Da Dan aerial each Thursday connected Netflix, Hulu, and Crunchyroll.

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