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Space Dandy
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Score

7.7 / 10

Status

Finished Airing

Episodes

13

Studio

bones

Official Streams

HuluAmazon Prime VideoCrunchyroll

Space Dandy

Also known as スペース☆ダンディ | Space☆Dandy

TVWinter 2014Source OriginalPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
ComedySci-Fi

7.7/10

Community score

#948

Rank

392.1K

Members

5.9K

Favorites

Synopsis

The story of the anime revolves around Dandy, an alien-hunter. His job is to seek out new aliens never seen before, and receives a reward whenever he finds a new species. His mission is to find those new species faster than anyone else as he travels the galaxy. Together with the bucket-of-bolts robot QT and the dimwit alien Meow he picked up along the way, he comes into contact with new planets and their inhabitants..

(Source: Anime News Network)

Production Notes

Space☆Dandy reunites a number of lead production staff members from Cowboy Bebop, including producer Masahiko Minami and director Shinichiro Watanabe. Its production involved as many as 70 animation creators and 20 musical artists as collaborators, with Watanabe insisting that artists could only use pre-1984 musical styles. Although character designer Yoshiyuki Itou is credited as an animation director, his designs were not standardized across the series, allowing for individual animators to express their style. The series was licensed in North America by Funimation. Due to licensing issues, their initial simulcast used the instrumental track Cosmic Adventure by jazz band Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro as the opening song. Viva Namida was used from the 8th episode onwards.

Cast Highlights

Dandy

Dandy

Main

Voice: Suwabe, Junichi (Japanese)

Meow

Meow

Main

Voice: Yoshino, Hiroyuki (Japanese)

QT

QT

Main

Voice: Viktorin, Alison (English)

033H

033H

Supporting

Voice: Kaneda, Tomoko (Japanese)

Adélie's Grandfather

Adélie's Grandfather

Supporting

Voice: Ooki, Tamio (Japanese)

Admiral Perry

Admiral Perry

Supporting

Voice: Ginga, Banjou (Japanese)

Adélie

Adélie

Supporting

Voice: Hanazawa, Kana (Japanese)

Alethia

Alethia

Supporting

Voice: Shimamoto, Sumi (Japanese)

Theme Songs

Openings

"Viva Namida (ビバナミダ)" by Yasuyuki Okamura

Endings

"X Jigen e Youkoso (X次元へようこそ)" by Etsuko Yakushimaru

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Related Titles

Sequel

Space☆Dandy 2nd Season

anime

Adaptation

Space☆Dandy

manga

Other

Viva Namida

anime

Other

Space☆Dandy Picture Drama

anime

Recent Episodes

Episode 1

Live with the Flow, Baby

4.09/5
Aired 1/5/2014

Episode 2

The Search for the Phantom Space Ramen, Baby

4.26/5
Aired 1/12/2014

Episode 3

Occasionally Even the Deceiver Is Deceived, Baby

4.31/5
Aired 1/19/2014

Episode 4

Sometimes You Can't Live with Dying, Baby

4.31/5
Aired 1/26/2014

Episode 5

A Merry Companion Is a Wagon in Space, Baby

4.77/5
Aired 2/2/2014

Episode 6

The War of the Undies and Vests, Baby

4.08/5
Aired 2/9/2014

Episode 7

A Race in Space Is Dangerous, Baby

4.48/5
Aired 2/16/2014

Episode 8

The Lonely Pooch Planet, Baby

4.29/5
Aired 2/23/2014
Full episode listing

Quick Facts

FormatTV
Episodes13
Duration24 min per ep
SourceOriginal
RatingPG-13 - Teens 13 or older
SeasonWinter 2014
AiredJan 5, 2014 to Mar 27, 2014
StatusFinished Airing
Recommended
Monetizing Content

Ranking And Reach

Popularity#698
Scored by164.6K
BroadcastSundays at 23:00 (JST)
ApprovedYes

Title Variants

English title

Space Dandy

Romaji title

Space☆Dandy

Japanese title

スペース☆ダンディ

Synonyms

Unknown

Production Team

Main studio

bones

Producers

Bandai Visual, flying DOG, Bandai Namco Entertainment

Licensors

Funimation

Japanese title

スペース☆ダンディ

Themes And Audience

Adult CastSpace