Space Dandy is an anime television series produced by Bones. The series is directed by Shingo Natsume, with Shinichirō Watanabe serving as general director. The series follows the misadventures of Dandy, an alien hunter who is "a dandy guy in space", in search for undiscovered and rare aliens with his robot assistant QT and his feline-like friend named Meow.
The anime began airing on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in North America on January 4, 2014,[1][2] one day before its Japanese premiere on Tokyo MX on January 5, 2014. The anime has been licensed by Funimation in North America, Madman Entertainment in Australia, and Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. In Japan, the series was collected in both DVD and Blu-ray format starting on April 25, 2014.[3]
The series' opening theme is "Viva Namida" (ビバナミダ, Biba Namida, "Viva Tears") performed by Yasuyuki Okamura and the ending theme up through episode 19 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. Starting with episode 20, unique ending themes are used each week. Episode 20's ending theme is "Kanchigai Lonely Night" (かんちがいロンリーナイト, Kanchigai Ronrī Naito, "Misunderstood Lonely Night") performed by DROPKIX (vocals by Junichi Suwabe). Episode 21 used "WHITE HOUSE" composed and arranged by Ogre You Asshole. Episode 22 featured "Space Dandy" (スペース☆ダンディ, Supēsu Dandi) performed by ZEN-LA-ROCK featuring Yomeiri Land. Episode 23 featured "Seaside Driving" composed and arranged by Seiichi Nagai of Sōtaisei Riron.
The English version was produced by Funimation in Fort Worth, Texas using its local acting talent pool. The series' ADR voice directors include Zach Bolton[4] and Joel McDonald.[5] The series was also simulcasted at the same time as Japan by Animax Asia in South East Asia with both Japanese and English audio.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "スペース☆ダンディ Blu-ray&DVD 第1巻 4月25日(水)発売" (in Japanese). Space Dandy. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ 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.