[Anime] Space Dandy

HYPE!

From ANN:

Director Shinichiro Watanabe (Macross Plus, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope) revealed at his Q&A panel at Otakon on Saturday that he is directing the Space Dandy anime at the anime studio BONES. Watanabe said the anime was "not an anime to be taken seriously." It will be the first comedic TV anime series that he will direct. The show will premiere in January 2014.

Staff members include:

   General Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
   Director: Shingo Natsume
   Scriptwriters: Dai Sato, Keiko Nobumoto, and Kimiko Ueno
   Character Design: Yoshiyuki Ito
   Spaceship Design: Thomas Romain
   Theme Song: Yasuyuki Okamura
   Animation Production: BONES

The producers for the series showed key visuals and character designs for the series (see gallery below). The lead character Dandy is an alien hunter and the "dandiest man in space." The anime is set far in the future where people have gone to the far reaches of the universe. Dandy is searching for aliens that no one has found before with his robot partner QT. Watanabe said Dandy bought the robot thinking it was an R2D2-like robot, but in reality "it was a Roomba." Dandy also travels with a cat alien named Meow. Watanabe showed designs for different aliens, which will be introduced in the series each week.

Lastly, the staff showed a promotional video for the series.

BONES had revealed last year that it was working with Watanabe on an original television anime series. The studio filed for trademark registration on "Space Dandy" with the Japan Patent Office for a variety of goods last year. Bandai Visual had registered the "space-dandy.jp" domain on July 18, and Bandai America Inc. registered the "space-dandy.us" domain on July 29.

Trailer: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12xcgm_trim-n9i0ym



Link to the source (More pics) : https://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2013-08-10/shinichiro-watanabe-reveals-space-dandy-comedy-tv-anime

To be honest, I'm excited

Hajime no Ippo season 3, SNK continuing and now this! I'm HYPE

I was beginning to think it had died.

dunno if want, but as always ill watch the first few episodes

MikuHatsune wrote:dunno if want, but as always ill watch the first few episodes

Yeah it doesn't look as stylish or classy as Bebop but I'll probably still enjoy it. The premise sounds good.

New series form the guy that brought us Bebop and Champloo, Sold

http://www.animetake.com/space%E2%98%86dandy-pre-air/

It's half of episode 1, im gonna wait for the full release.

Revy wrote:http://www.animetake.com/space%E2%98%86dandy-pre-air/

It's half of episode 1, im gonna wait for the full release.

Or you can just watch it on Toonami every week...just saying.

Cowboy Bebop, this ain't.

I'll still watch it though.

TopgunUK wrote:Cowboy Bebop, this ain't.

I'll still watch it though.

Its more like Samurai Champloo in space.

Its like Spike, Mugen and Johnny Bravo were combined into one person

just seem the preview and i love it.

CluelessNeko wrote:just seem the preview and i love it.

Yep, it's just dandy.

WolfWood37 wrote:

CluelessNeko wrote:just seem the preview and i love it.

Yep, it's just dandy.

Can't wait to the 5th.

TopgunUK wrote:I was beginning to think it had died.

You pessimist you   

That sure was Dandy

Yep, dub was awesome.

I'm going to throw a spoiler tag on this just in case no one else has watched the first episode yet.

Spoiler:

That was truly Dandy.

I think its just easier to say Space Dandy is this guy in space

lol you got a point.

You're right when you think about it haha.

They just called the money WuLongs?

Yep that happened haha.

This anime be trollling son.

CluelessNeko wrote:This anime be trollling son.

are you talking about this?
Already a Space Dandy Backlash?