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 Space☆Dandy is... a dandy guy in the space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZ2udQkr3c&hd=1 It is being directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Director for Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope) and Shingo Natsume (Key Animation for Gurren Lagann, FMA:Brotherhood), with writing by Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Samurai Champloo, Wolf's Rain), Keiko Nobumoto (Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus, Wolf's Rain), and Kimiko Ueno (Here Comes the Black Witch). It's being produced by BONES. Basically? Watanabe, the dude behind Cowboy Bebop and a lot of other megahits decided he wanted to make another space opera series. Where Cowboy Bebop was 80% serious, 20% comedy, Space☆Dandy is flipping it the other way around to be 80% comedy, 20% serious. Watanabe described it as "like Mushroom Samba every week."  Space☆Dandy is, again, about a dandy guy in space. Named Dandy. He's kind of a punk, likes Hawaii (even though he's never been there), and doesn't sweat any of the small stuff. He has a lazy spacecat partner named Meow (from Betelgeuse) who spends all his time reading twitter on his iPhone, and a robot named QT which is little more than a lovely Roomba. When they aren't hanging out at Space Hooters, they travel the universe in their spaceship called the Aloha Oe, looking for new life. They often find themselves butting heads with Professor Gel, a sinister figure who pilots a spaceship made out of the Statue of Liberty's head.  Watanabe basically wanted to make a fun retro-esque space opera that captures the fun of both Bebop and 80s space operas. Each week they visit a new world and encounter new aliens, with each planet having a completely different designer (which they're keeping secret until it airs, since apparently they've brought on some heavy hitters and they want it to be a surprise). The producer has said that the narratives go pretty wild too, with basically anything being fair game so long as there's spaceships (apparently because he just likes spaceships). Like Watanabe said, they're going for a real Mushroom Samba-esque feel. The fact that Dai Sato is on board makes me really excited, as he's done a lot of good poo poo I rank amongst my favorites. Watanabe brought Keiko Nobumoto onto the writing team explicitly because she hadn't seen Star Wars and he thought it'd result in some funny scripts. Watanabe has said he wants the show to be as epic and surprising as possible, and not have a single "normal dude" in its cast. Watanabe's anime ALWAYS revolves around music to some degree, and he's often partnered with the likes of Yoko Kanno and indie musicians from around the world to capture a particular feel for the series. Space☆Dandy has over 20 artists working on the music, with 3-4 songs per artist. We don't know who all those artists are yet, but it's bound to be pretty eclectic. I'd be surprised if Yoko Kanno herself didn't show up at some point. Space☆Dandy is set to air in January simultaneously in Japan and (at least) in the United States on Adult Swim. It's US airdate is January 4th. It will be 26 episodes long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvrgMnPogKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUDxKdnsEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT6y1f_mPSc Zorak fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Jan 5, 2014 |
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This looks loving baller. 
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Nov 30, 2013 22:16
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First Kill La Kill, and now this. It's like anime wants me to watch it again regularly, despite the lack of super robot shows. 
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Nov 30, 2013 22:19
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Zorak posted:Space☆Dandy is... a dandy guy in the space. There's a music video from the show circulating around called "Viva Namida" by J-pop idol Yasuyuki Okamura, though it keeps getting pulled from YouTube so you'll have to look for it yourself. EDIT: Found a link that's official, so it should be okay - http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Yasuyuki-Okamura---Viva-Namida/0878482d18f44604d63374839c6cacfd Doodles fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Dec 30, 2013 |
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Nov 30, 2013 22:21
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Doodles posted:A small correction. Good point.
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Nov 30, 2013 22:24
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Figures that Watanabe would be the one thing that would make me post in ADTRW again. I am all aboard the hype train for this, and I am getting everyone I know onboard. Even my friends who don't give a poo poo about anime have seen Cowboy Bebop or Champloo and are in turn excited for this thing. I'm ready to be dandy as gently caress.
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Nov 30, 2013 23:06
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king of no pants posted:Figures that Watanabe would be the one thing that would make me post in ADTRW again.
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Nov 30, 2013 23:08
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Is this actually going to be 26 episodes long? I know I've seen that number thrown out there, but then later I heard that might not actually be the case.
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Nov 30, 2013 23:11
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Takanago posted:Is this actually going to be 26 episodes long? I know I've seen that number thrown out there, but then later I heard that might not actually be the case. Last line of the OP Zorak posted:
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Nov 30, 2013 23:12
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That is what I am questioning.
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Nov 30, 2013 23:13
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Takanago posted:Is this actually going to be 26 episodes long? I know I've seen that number thrown out there, but then later I heard that might not actually be the case. Adult Swim funded more episodes IIRC
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Nov 30, 2013 23:15
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Takanago posted:That is what I am questioning. Toonami / Adult Swim have been saying it's twenty six episodes. Dunno why they'd lie. It's probably why there was a delay from Fall to Winter; presumably Madhouse and Cartoon Network both wanted more.
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Nov 30, 2013 23:17
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Looks like this is going to be the first anime I follow in five years. loving pumped.
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Nov 30, 2013 23:21
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Whoa, I was all pumped up for watching this yet I was completely unaware of the fact it would be airing on Adult Swim. I'm going to have to actually watch Adult Swim again. What a weird feeling. 
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Dec 1, 2013 00:04
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Volt Catfish posted:Looks like this is going to be the first anime I follow in five years. loving pumped. This and JoJo are pretty much the only anime I'm legit excited for.
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Dec 1, 2013 01:34
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The show was announced as 1-cour but Toonami leaked it having more episodes in their acquisition announcement. The second cour may air after a break and not immediately following the first.
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Dec 1, 2013 02:00
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Back the gently caress up, it's 26 episodes now? I was excited when it was 1 cour, but now I'm excited.
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Broniki posted:Back the gently caress up, it's 26 episodes now? I was excited when it was 1 cour, but now I'm excited. Cartoon Network basically walked in and threw a lot of money into it for simulcast releases in english and an additional cour. God bless toonami.
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The hype train can't slow down for nothin'. The wait has been awful but this is gonna be sooo goooooodddddd
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Zorak posted:The producer has said that the narratives go pretty wild too, with basically anything being fair game so long as there's spaceships (apparently because he just likes spaceships). Finally someone who knows what they're doing.
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Dec 1, 2013 03:02
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Down for an entire show of Mushroom Samba, oh my yes.
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I saw the pedigree in that first paragraph and almost started frothing at the mouth. Please let this be as amazing as the people working on it.
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Lets do this poo poo, I am ready. Major kudos to Adult Swim for pulling a Big O and funding a second cour, even though this probably won't draw in Bleach or Naruto numbers (because people have no loving taste) I hope it pays off huge for them.
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Dec 1, 2013 03:19
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I Watson posted:Lets do this poo poo, I am ready. I dunno, man. This is a space show from the creator of Cowboy Bebop. You're underestimating how good Cowboy Bebop was for Adult Swim. It was a near-constant fixture on the channel for like 10 years.
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Waffleman_ posted:I dunno, man. This is a space show from the creator of Cowboy Bebop. You're underestimating how good Cowboy Bebop was for Adult Swim. It was a near-constant fixture on the channel for like 10 years. Oh I want to believe. I just hope we can get some of the 'LOL MUNKY CHEEZU WAI ^-^;;;;' demo in for this.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjUDxKdnsEQ
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Zorak posted:They often find themselves butting heads with Professor Gel, a sinister figure who pilots a spaceship made out of the Statue of Liberty's head. Not just the Statue of Liberty's head, it's the Statue of Liberty's head wearing a ballgag.  Watanabe's record is pretty much 100% excellent, so I'm expecting this to be pretty great, especially given what you've written about the music emphasis. I still listen to the Bebop and Champloo soundtracks. Here's hoping the rest of the songs are on the same level or greater than Viva Namida.
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Man I really want to believe, but after the kind of disappointing so far performance of Imaishi with Kill la Kill and the AWFUL Kids on the Slope showing Watanabe made, I don't want to get too hype. It does sound like the pieces are in place so far though.
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Dec 1, 2013 08:50
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You're going to see that "Dandy" look at anime cons all over the damned place by no later than February. And I wouldn't be shocked if it was sooner.
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Dec 1, 2013 20:29
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Partially disappointed that Dandy does not look like Patrick Troughton. Will watch anyway.
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CaptainYesterday posted:Partially disappointed that Dandy does not look like Patrick Troughton. Will watch anyway. Troughton was the clown, the dandy was Pertwee.
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Dec 1, 2013 22:24
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If this turns out bad I'll never watch another anime.
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Rodyle posted:Man I really want to believe, but after the kind of disappointing so far performance of Imaishi with Kill la Kill and the AWFUL Kids on the Slope showing Watanabe made, I don't want to get too hype. We must have watched two completely different shows.
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I still can't wrap my head around this being literally Cowboy Bebop on shrooms.
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Oh poo poo Jan 4?  I was thinking this would be a late January/February thing since it seemed like [as] spoke too soon back when they announced this. That is awesome and I can't wait.Also, Rexides posted:If this turns out bad I'll never watch another anime.
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Dec 2, 2013 01:53
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poo poo, I'll be away from television during the premier. What are the odds on Toonami putting full episodes on Youtube?
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Dec 2, 2013 02:27
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I wouldn't be surprised if Funimation had the show up on their website, either subbed or dubbed.
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Rodyle posted:The AWFUL Kids on the Slope . 'Awful' seems a strong word, but I certainly wasn't impressed with it either. I'm confident we're back on safe ground this time though.
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Anyone know if this is also streaming on CR? I swear I saw some announcement of that nature some time ago.
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ViggyNash posted:I still can't wrap my head around this being literally Cowboy Bebop on shrooms. I'm pretty sure Cowboy Bebop was Cowboy Bebop on shrooms.
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