Space dandy

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Space dandy
Original title ス ペ ー ス ☆ ダ ン デ ィ
transcription Supēsu Dandi
genre Comedy , space opera , his
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Masafumi Harada
Illustrator Park Sung-woo , Red Ice
publishing company Square Enix
magazine Young Gangan
First publication December 20, 2013 - October 3, 2014
expenditure 2
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 2013-2014
Studio Bones
length 24 minutes
Episodes 26 in 2 seasons
Theme music Viva Namida
Director Shingo Natsume, Shinichirō Watanabe
First broadcast January 4th, 2014 on Adult Swim
synchronization
Computer / video game
Studio Bandai Namco Games
Publisher Bandai Namco Games
Erstveröffent-
lichung
January 24, 2014
platform Android , iOS
genre Shoot 'em up
Game mode Single player
language Japanese

Space Dandy ( Jap . スペース☆ダンディ, Supēsu Dandi ) is a Japanese anime - television series and manga series . The comedy - Space Opera , which was produced in 2013 and 2014, is about the adventures of three space travelers in search of new species. A computer game was also released for the franchise.

action

The series revolves around Dandy, an alien hunter in space who plays the role of a dandy and, together with his orderly robot assistant QT and his cat-like alien friend Meow, goes on a search for unexplored aliens. Strange things always happen to them in different places in the universe and they rush from one adventure to the next. Many pop culture references to science fiction, music, anime and net culture are drawn.

Manga series

The first manga series started in December 2013 in Young Gangan magazine on Square Enix . The series, written by Masafumi Harada and drawn by Park Sung-woo and Red Ice , also appeared in two anthologies. An English edition was published by Yen Press .

A second manga was also released in 2014 and comes from Hiroki Katsumata alone. The publication under the title Ore Space Dandy ( 俺 ス ペ ー ス ☆ ダ ン デ ィ ) appeared in English as I am Space Dandy .

Anime television series

The anime series was produced by Bones in Japan. Directed by Shingo Natsume and Shinichirō Watanabe . This resulted in two seasons with 26 episodes. The character design was designed by Yoshiyuki Ito and the artistic direction was Ryō Kōno and, for episode 9, Kevin Aymeric.

For the first time the series was broadcast from January 4, 2014 to October 27, 2014 on the television channel Adult Swim in the Toonami program block in North America. The Japanese premiere follows a day later on Tokyo MX . The series was published in 8 volumes on DVD and Blu-ray Disc and can also be viewed in German from several video-on-demand providers. Season 1 was released in August 2014, also set to German by Kazé Germany . The anime is marketed by Funimation in North America , Madman Entertainment in Australia and Anime Limited in the UK .

synchronization

The German dubbed version was made by G&G Studios.

role Seiyū (voice actor) German speaker
dandy Junichi Suwabe Tobias Brecklinghaus
Meow Hiroyuki Yoshino Martin Bross
QT Uki Satake Kirstin Hesse
Commodore Perry Banjō Ginga Thomas Balou Martin
Scarlet Hoko Kuwashima Susanne Reuter
Honey Yurin Rieke Werner
teller Masaaki Yajima Andreas Meese

music

The opening theme is Viva Namida ( ビ バ ナ ミ ダ , Biba Namida ) and is sung by Yasuyuki Okamura . The ending theme is X-Jigen e Yōkoso ( X 次 元 へ よ う こ そ ) and is sung by Etsuko Yakushimaru . Additional songs are also played during the episodes:

  • Anatato from LUVRAW
  • lick tonight by LUVRAW & BTB
  • Shiritai ( 知 り た い ) by Izumi Macra x mabanua
  • Stardust Pipeline ( 星 屑 の パ イ プ ラ イ ン ) from Junk Fujiyama

Episode list

season 1

episode

(total)

episode

(Season)

German title Original title First broadcast
1 01 Let life take its course Nagare nagasarete ikiru jan yo 04/01/2014
2 02 Find the mysterious space ramen Maboroshi uchuu ra-men o sagashi jan yo 11/01/2014
3 03 Fooling and getting fooled Damashi Damasareru Koto mo Aru jan yo 01/18/2014
4th 04 Dead and yet undead Shindemo shi ni kirenai toki mo aru jan yo 01/25/2014
5 05 Companion on the journey through space Tabi wa michidzure uchuu wa nasake jan yo 02/01/2014
6th 06 Battle of the briefs and vests Pantsu to chokki no sensou jan yo 02/08/2014
7th 07 Dangerous space race Uchuu wa denjarasu jan yo 02/15/2014
8th 08 Lonely canine planet Hitoribocchi no wanko boshi jan yo 02/22/2014
9 09 Plants are also living beings Shokubutsu datte ikiteru jan yo 03/01/2014
10 10 Tomorrow is a new day Ashita wa kitto tumoro- jan yo 03/08/2014
11 11 I will never forget you Omae o neba- omoidasenai jan yo 03/15/2014
12 12 Unknown chameleonian Daremo shiranai kamereon seijin jan yo 03/22/2014
13 13 Vacuum cleaners have feelings too Soujiki datte koisuru jan yo 03/26/2014

season 2

episode

(total)

episode

(Season)

Original title First broadcast
14th 01 Onri Wan ni Narenai Jan yo 07/05/2014
15th 02 Yami ni wa Yami no Onshoku ga Aru Jan yo 07/12/2014
16 03 Isogabamawaru no ga Ore Jan yo 07/19/2014
17th 04 Tenkoosei wa Dandi Jan yo 07/26/2014
18th 05 Biggu Fisshu wa Dekkai Jan yo 08/02/2014
19th 06 Uchuu Shinshi wa Jentoruman Jan yo 08/09/2014
20th 07 Rokkunrooru? Dandi Jan yo 08/16/2014
21st 08 Kanashimi no Nai Sekai Jan yo 08/23/2014
22nd 09 Onaji Baka nara Odoranya Son Jan yo 08/30/2014
23 10 Koibito-tachi wa Torendi Jan yo 09/06/2014
24 11 Jigen no Chigaugatari Jan yo 09/13/2014
25th 12 Sabakareru no wa Dandi Jan yo 09/20/2014
26th 13 Nebaendingu Dandi Jan yo 09/24/2014

computer game

The computer game Space Galga is based on Space Dandy and uses the gameplay of the arcade game Galaga . It was developed by Bandai Namco Games and released on January 24, 2014 for Android and February 6, 2014 for IOS .

reception

The series was positively received by TV Club and praised for the surreal stories and humor. In addition, the many parodies of science fiction and superheroes were positively highlighted by the embodiment of the space dandy. The Animania praises the changeable staging of the "crazy adventures", between shimmering neon colors and dark noir tone, which is especially something for fans of Shinichirō Watanabe and crazy space science fiction. The German version was also successful in synchronization and technical implementation.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Mike Hale, 'Space Dandy' Makes Its US Premiere on Adult Swim . In: The New York Times . 2014, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 21, 2018]).
  2. a b c Animania 6/2014, p. 25.
  3. Alasdair Wilkins: Space Dandy is more than Cowboy Bebop's demented little brother . In: TV Club . ( avclub.com [accessed February 21, 2018]).