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The official site is up (still no direct feed PV): http://www.space-dandy.com/

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Clean versions of the Space Dandy main character designs: http://moca-news.net/article/20130819/201308191336a/01/

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Watanabe and the Space Dandy staff will also be producing a full animated music video for Yasuyuki Okamura's "Viva Namida" (which is also the Space Dandy theme song):

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Original OP:

At his first Q&A session at Otakon 2013 today, Watanabe officially announced his long rumored/leaked TV series - Space Dandy. It will air in Japan starting in January 2014, and they're aggressively trying to sell the show internationally.

It is a crazy scifi comedy action series which he describes as "Mushroom Samba every week". The story is set in the far future, following Dandy - the dandiest guy in the galaxy - and his crew of alien hunters as they discover strange new worlds and look for unknown alien races.

Watanabe says they want to create an oldschool scifi adventure show with lots of new elements as well, and they want it to feel really epic. There will be a ton of variety and new aliens every week. They already have over 100 designs.

TRAILER: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12xcgm_trim-n9i0ym

Source for news and trailer: https://twitter.com/linkington (Thanks!)
Source for photos: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...veals-space-dandy-comedy-tv-anime#gallery_top

 

[Branduil]

 

[airmangataosenai]

This makes me happy.

 

[Dresden]

Can't wait.

 

[Mature]

In short, we should all be very excited.

 

[jett]

I'm interested.

 

[TheRancor]

I thought we were getting this sooner! Hype nonetheless!

 

[Coffee Dog]

Yeah, I'm in. Sounds way fun.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

The female character feels like Jennifer from Disgaea. Somehow I just imagine the cast having Gordon, Thursday's, and Jennifer's voice, seem like theyd fit a lot (assuming, of course, it comes here, guess it would go to Sentai).

 

[Dead]

Keiko Nobumoto writing again is a far bigger deal to me. And glad to see Dai Sato finally back at Bones

DAT perfect staff. Just have to confirm Yoko Kanno for the music.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

I'm in for the hair and whatnot. Wish it was able to make it for Fall though.

 

[Regulus Tera]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

BONES IS BACK

 

[Hagi]

Great news, did not expect BONES though.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Nice, I don't think I'd care for another bromance like kids on the slope.

 

[Pachael]

Hype! Again!

 

[Kazzy]

Looks good, but I'm hesitant about getting excited about this. Kids on the Slope was just...forgettable in hindsight, they fudged the landing.

Staff list be damned (before someone points me to the other names included here), that was the last thing I can remember genuinely anticipating.

 

[Mobius 1]

Sign up Kanno for the music, and this can't possibly fail.

 

[Eleuin]

Er ma gash hyped

 

[ezekial45]

Sweet.

Spoiler

I still hope one day he'll do a reboot of CB in the vein of FMA Brotherhood.

 

[radios shipping overview]

BONER

 

[Hot Coldman]

guys is anime saved

 

[DrForester]

This will hold me over until Despera.

 

[Dead]

Any word on length? I wanna believe it will be 26 but I fear it will be 13

 

[duckroll]

More photos of the weird awesome designs, this time from Mandoric:

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Stupid name, and that chick has nothing on Faye, but ultra-hype because Watanabe is boss.

 

[Adam Blade]

Bones :/

 

[slightconfuse]

Oh helll yea

 

[Regulus Tera]

Looks good, but I'm hesitant about getting excited about this. Kids on the Slope was just...forgettable in hindsight, they fudged the landing.

Many of the issues with Kids on the Slope were a result of having to adapt so much material in very few episodes. Space Dandy is an anime original so it should not run into those problems.

 

[O.DOGG]

Excellent. Looks like I found the next anime series I'll watch.

 

[Canti.]

I'm carefully optimistic about this. Space Dandy is is a weird title tho, I want to dislike it but its kinda catchy.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Watanabe ? Sci-fi ? retro 70 looks ? SOLD

 

[radios shipping overview]

guys is anime saved

For now.

 

[Mesoian]

Who's doing the muuuuuuuuuusic!?!

 

[- J - D -]

I'll be completely honest this wasn't the kind of return to sci-fi I was hoping for Watanabe, but I'll take what I can get.

 

[duckroll]

Bones :/

BONES is the best. SUCK IT DOWN HATERS! THE KING HAS RETURNED!

Who's doing the muuuuuuuuuusic!?!

Fans who saw a clip a few months ago at a Chilean convention said it was Yoko Kanno.

 

[Kazzy]

Many of the problems with Kids on the Slope were a result of having to adapt so much material in very few episodes. Space Dandy is an anime original so it should not run into those problems.

You would hope so. And even so, I think they did a bad job of making certain elements concise, and conversely leaving themselves with too much material to cover for the latter half of the show.

My heart can't take the disappointment

 

[Mature]

BONES is the best. SUCK IT DOWN HATERS! THE KING HAS RETURNED!

I expect a lot more of this in the future.

 

[Kai Dracon]

Sounds dandy.

 

[boinx]

HYPE!

 

[DrForester]

Who's doing the muuuuuuuuuusic!?!

Like asking who's doing the music for the next Tim Burton film...

 

[Ventilaator]

Well then. This seems like a time to finally go and watch Cowboy Bebop.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Any word on length? I wanna believe it will be 26 but I fear it will be 13

A 13 episode show would be a hard sell internationally, I think.

 

[Regulus Tera]

BONES is the best. SUCK IT DOWN HATERS! THE KING HAS RETURNED!

You are starting to sound like pre-Star Driver duckroll!

 

[kswiston]

Stupid name, and that chick has nothing on Faye, but ultra-hype because Watanabe is boss.

At least she's not in Junior High.

This looks pretty interesting. Like most people of my age group, Cowboy Bebop was one of my favourites when I was still watching anime.

 

[Sojgat]

Had me at Shinichiro Watanabe, but the concept also sounds kind of amazing.

 

[Amagon]

Jesus Christ at the description of the show.

 

[Branduil]

Stupid name

As opposed to "Cowboy Bebop."

 

[Zabojnik]

Ups, wrong thread.

 

[Master Thespian]

aw yiss

 

[Clevinger]

BONES is the best. SUCK IT DOWN HATERS! THE KING HAS RETURNED!

Shit. Duckroll's hyping it. It's going to be terrible, isn't it?