Space Dandy | |
Promotional image for the anime series
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スペース☆ダンディ (Supēsu Dandi) |
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Genre | Comedy, Science fiction |
Manga | |
Written by | Masafumi Harada |
Illustrated by |
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Published by | Square Enix |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Young Gangan |
Original run | December 20, 2013 – October 3, 2014 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by |
Shinichirō Watanabe (General director) Shingo Natsume |
Produced by |
Masahiko Minami Motoki Mukaichi Hirofumi Inagaki Hirotsugu Ogisu Yukako Inoue Yukihiro Ito |
Music by | Space Dandy Band |
Studio | Bones |
Licensed by | |
Original network | MX, TVO, TVA, BS Fuji, AT-X |
English network | |
Original run | January 4, 2014 – September 27, 2014 |
Episodes | 26 |
Game | |
Developer | Bandai Namco Games |
Publisher | Bandai Namco Games |
Genre | Fixed shooter |
Platform | Android, iOS |
Released |
Android
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Space Dandy, stylized as Space☆Dandy (Japanese: スペース☆ダンディ Hepburn: Supēsu Dandi?) is a 2014 Japanese science fiction comedy anime series produced by Bones. The series follows Dandy, an alien hunter who is "a dandy guy in space," in search for aliens with his robot assistant QT and a cat-like alien named Meow.
The anime has been licensed by Funimation in North America, Madman Entertainment in Australia and by Anime Limited in the United Kingdom. The series premiered in the United States before Japan on January 4, 2014 at 11:30pm on Adult Swim's Toonami block. The series began airing in Japan on Tokyo MX at 11:00pm on January 5, 2014, followed by TV Osaka, TV Aichi, BS Fuji and AT-X. The series is also simulcasted in South East Asia at the same time as Japan on Animax Asia. The series broadcasts in Australia on SBS 2 which started 3 October 2015.
A manga adaptation ran in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine from December 20, 2013 to October 3, 2014. The manga is licensed in English by Yen Press. The 13 episodes of the first season aired from January to March 2014, and the second season (also with 13 episodes) premiered on July 5, 2014.