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| Space Dandy | |
 Promotional image featuring (from left to right) Meow, Dandy, and QT | |
| スペース☆ダンディ (Supēsu Dandi) | |
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| Genre | Science fiction, Comedy-drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Masafumi Harada |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | December 20, 2013 – present |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinichiro Watanabe Shingo Natsume |
| Written by | Dai Satō Keiko Nobumoto Kimiko Ueno |
| Music by | Yasuyuki Okamura |
| Studio | Bones |
| Original network | Tokyo MX TVO TVA BS Fuji AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | January 4, 2014 – present |
| Episodes | 9 (List of episodes) |
Space Dandy (スペース☆ダンディ, Supēsu Dandi) is a Japanese anime series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by Bones. The series follows Dandy, an alien hunter who is "a dandy guy in space", in search for aliens with his robot assistant QT and a space cat named Meow. The anime has been licensed by FUNimation Entertainment in North America, Madman Entertainment in Australia and by Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. The series premiered in the United States before Japan on January 4, 2014 at 11:30pm on Adult Swim's Toonami block. The series began airing in Japan on Tokyo MX at 11:00pm on January 5, 2014, followed by TV Osaka, TV Aichi, BS Fuji and AT-X. The series is also simulcasted in South East Asia at the same time as Japan on Animax Asia. A manga adaptation is currently running in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine since December 20, 2013.
Characters
Crew of the Aloha Oe
- Dandy (ダンディ, Dandi)
- Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)
- The main character, an easygoing yet forgetful young man working as an alien hunter whose job is to locate and apprehend rare specimens of creatures across the galaxy. He is the captain of the Aloha Oe (アロハオエ号, Arohaoe-gō), his personal spaceship. The cockpit of the Aloha Oe can split off into an escape pod dubbed the Little Aloha (リトルアロハ, Ritoru Aroha) and it displays the ability to transform into a robot called the "Hawaiian Yankee" (ハワイアン・ヤンキー, Hawaian Yankī). Dandy regularly visits an intergalactic Hooters-type restaurant known as "BooBies" (ブービーズ, Būbīzu) where he indulges in his posterior fetish and dreams of someday buying out the chain.
- QT
- Voiced by: Uki Satake (Japanese); Alison Viktorin (English)
- A member of Dandy's crew, a robot that resembles and also operates as a vacuum cleaner. QT boasts being more intelligent and competent than its fellow crewmates, but its usefulness is stymied by problems caused by its outdated hardware such as memory shortages and battery outages.
- Meow (ミャウ, Myau)
- Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese); Joel McDonald (English)
- A dimwitted cat-like Betelgeusian (ベテルギウス星人, Beterugiusu-seijin) who is brought aboard the Aloha Oe after Dandy and QT mistake him for a new species of alien. His name, "Meow", is given to him by Dandy as neither he nor QT are able to comprehend his real name. Aside from lounging around the Aloha Oe, he aids Dandy by giving him advice on where to find rare aliens, to varying degrees of success.
Gogol Empire
- Dr. Gel (ゲル博士, Geru-hakase)
- Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)
- A scientist working for the Gogol Empire (ゴーゴル帝国, Gōgoru Teikoku), who pursues Dandy for unknown reasons. He resembles a gorilla and wears a G-shaped eye piece over his right eye. His ship has a ball gagged head of the Statue of Liberty on it.
- Admiral Perry (ペリー提督, Perī-teitoku)
- Voiced by: Banjō Ginga (Japanese); Kent Williams (English)
- The ruler of the Gogol Empire, which is at war with the Jaicro Empire for control of the universe. He sends Dr. Gel to capture Dandy, claiming he is the key to the future of the universe. His appearance is that of a skull with miniature "planets" orbiting it.
- Bea (ビー, Bī)
- Voiced by: Kosuke Hatakeyama (Japanese); Micah Solusod (English)
- Dr. Gel's right-hand assistant, a diminutive alien whose head resembles an eggplant.
Other characters
- Honey (ハニー, Hanī)
- Voiced by: Yurin (Japanese); Alexis Tipton (English)
- A blonde haired and "blockhead" waitress, or "Breast" (ブレスト, Buresuto), who works at the BooBies restaurant, or rather "Breastaurant" (ブレストラン, buresutoran), that Dandy usually frequents. She seems to enjoy Dandy's company since he visits all the time.
- Scarlet (スカーレット, Sukāretto)
- Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard (English)
- An inspector at the space alien registration center tasked with evaluating the aliens brought by Dandy and paying him accordingly when he brings her a worthy specimen.
- Mamitas (マミタス, Mamitasu)
- Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu (Japanese); Trina Nishimura (English)
- A young woman the Aloha Oe crew encounter on a hostile planet, she is actually a Deathgerian (デスゲリア星人, Desugeria-seijin), a multiple-breasted ravenous monster that assumes a human-like form and increase its size by eating.
- Adélie (アデリー, Aderī)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English)
- An orphan girl Dandy meets on one of his adventures, she a Gentooan (ジェンツー星人, Jentsū-seijin) whose kind can momentarily switch the consciousness of another person into the body of a stuffed doll that they keep on their person. Dandy initially tries to hunt her, and the two bicker constantly, but eventually grow attached to each other before leaving her with her granfather.
- Prince (プリンス, Purinsu)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)
- A handsome, blue haired racer adored by young women throughout the galaxy whom Dandy competes against in the Magellanic Nebula Grand Prix (マゼラン星雲グランプリ, Mazeran Seiun Guranpuri). He becomes Dandy's rival patron at BooBies, later developing an attraction for Dandy.
- Z
- Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Lindsay Seidel (English)
- Prince's high-spec robot companion who becomes QT's rival.
- Squeak (チュウ, Chū)
- Voiced by: Naoki Tatsuta (Japanese); Tyson Rinehart (English)
- Prince's rat-like alien companion and lawyer who rivals Meow.
- Pup (ワンコ, Wanko)
- Voiced by: Keiko Han (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English)
- A female Laika that Dandy found abandoned on a deserted planet. Having spent her life not knowing why she was abandoned, Pup is able to enjoy her last day of life before she died.
- Le Flea Brothers (ノ・ミラー兄弟, No Mirā Kyōdai)
- Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese); David Trosko (older brother), Scott Freeman (younger brother) (English)
- They are two small humanoid flea-like aliens that lived on Pup before she died, their kind have the ability to hijack any form of machine to take control of it.
- Dr. H
- Voiced by: Mugihito (Japanese); Chuck Huber (English)
- He is one the Vegims from the northern hemisphere of Planet Planta, originally a plant before he and his kind underwent a forced evolution by Code D. He works as a scientist for Cocamuka, and later solely for his interests. He has a daughter, 033H.
- 033H
- Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)
- She is Dr. H's daughter, one of the Vegim inhabitants of Planet Planta. After Dandy destroys Code D, she and all other inhabitants on Planet Planta revert back to their normal plant forms.
- Cocamuka
- Voiced by: Shōta Yamamoto (Japanese); Jeremy Inman (English)
- He is the leader of the Vegim state and once enlisted Dr. H as part of his research group, but later evicts him for "challenging his authority".
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation began serialization in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine on December 20, 2013.
Anime
See also: List of Space Dandy episodesThe anime is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe and produced by Bones. The anime began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in North America on January 4, 2014, one day before its Japanese premiere on Tokyo MX on January 5. The anime has been licensed by Funimation in North America, Madman Entertainment in Australia, and by Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. The series' opening theme is "Viva Namida" (ビバナミダ, Biba Namida, "Viva Tears") performed by Yasuyuki Okamura and the ending theme is "X-Jigen e Yōkoso" (X次元へようこそ, Ekkusu Jigen e Yōkoso, "Welcome to the Xth Dimension") performed by Etsuko Yakushimaru. The Adult Swim broadcast initially replaced these themes with the show's soundtrack, but as of the broadcast of episode 8 it now uses the Japanese opening theme. The English version is produced by Funimation in Fort Worth, Texas using its local acting talent pool. The series' ADR directors include Zach Bolton and Joel McDonald. The series is also simulcasted at the same time as Japan by Animax Asia in South East Asia with both Japanese and English audio.
Video game
Space Galaga (スペースギャラガ, Supēsu Gyaraga), a free-to-play shoot 'em up game based on Namco's Galaga series, developed by Bandai Namco Games and was released for iOS and Android devices in winter 2014.
References
- ^ "Shinichiro Watanabe Reveals Space Dandy Comedy TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
- "Bones' Space Dandy Anime Inspires Manga in Young Gangan". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- "ENGLISH PRODUCTION OF "SPACE DANDY" IN PROGRESS— TV BROADCAST DATES AND STAFF/CAST REVEALED!". Funimation. December 5, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
- "BIG HONKIN' TOONAMI ANNOUNCEMENT!". Toonami.tumblr.com. October 25, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
- Otakon Vegas. "Activities: Special Screenings and Events: Space Dandy Launch Event."
- "Twitter / AtYes2Ats: Oh, by the way... In addition". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
- "BONES' Space Dandy Hijacks Namco's Galaga Game - News - Anime News Network:UK". Anime News Network. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Funimation's Official Space Dandy Page (English)
- Space Dandy (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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