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Dandy hunts unregistered alien species for bounties, accompanied by an obsolete robot called QT and a cat-like alien named Meow, and he is comprehensively bad at the job. Each episode drops the trio into an entirely different scenario, genre, and visual style, frequently killing all three with no acknowledgment the following week. Continuity is optional, tone swings without warning between slapstick and genuine melancholy, and the series remains committed to being whatever it feels like being on any given week. Every episode resets, which is exactly the freedom the whole production was built around.
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Directed by Shinichiro Watanabe with a rotating roster of guest directors and animators, Space Dandy was designed as a showcase for individual creative voices, with each episode handed to a different team and given near-total freedom. That structure produced enormous stylistic variation, from broad comedy to genuinely experimental animation. Produced by Bones and notably simulcast in English before Japanese, it earned critical acclaim for ambition and remains a favorite among viewers who value animation as a creative medium. Its anthology structure remains genuinely rare for a series with recurring characters.
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Space Dandy 2nd Season
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26
1
Live with the Flow, Baby
Aired 2014-01-04
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The Search for the Phantom Space Ramen, Baby
Aired 2014-01-11
3
Occasionally Even the Deceiver Is Deceived, Baby
Aired 2014-01-18
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Sometimes You Can't Live with Dying, Baby
Aired 2014-01-25
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A Merry Companion Is a Wagon in Space, Baby
Aired 2014-02-01
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The War of the Undies and Vests, Baby
Aired 2014-02-08
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A Race in Space Is Dangerous, Baby
Aired 2014-02-15
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The Lonely Pooch Planet, Baby
Aired 2014-02-22
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Plants Are Living Things, Too, Baby
Aired 2014-03-01
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There's Always Tomorrow, Baby
Aired 2014-03-08
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I'm Never Remembering You, Baby
Aired 2014-03-15
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Nobody Knows the Chameleon Alien, Baby
Aired 2014-03-22
13
Even Vacuum Cleaners Fall in Love, Baby
Aired 2014-03-26
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I Can't Be the Only One, Baby
Aired 2014-07-05
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There's Music in Darkness, Baby
Aired 2014-07-12
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Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Baby
Aired 2014-07-19
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The Transfer Student is Dandy, Baby
Aired 2014-07-26
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The Big Fish is Huge, Baby
Aired 2014-08-02
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Gallant Space Gentleman, Baby
Aired 2014-08-09
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Rock 'n' Roll★Dandy, Baby
Aired 2014-08-16
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A World with No Sadness, Baby
Aired 2014-08-23
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We're All Fools, So Let's All Dance, Baby
Aired 2014-08-30
A stunning Blu-ray transfer and excellent art book ensures that Space Dandy gets exactly the treatment it deserves as a fascinating but fun free-form comedy.
Overall a really enjoyable showcase of animation styles and different talents; disparate and not always successful, but fantastic often enough to be worthwhile.
It's had a slow start, but Space Dandy is worth watching for its glorious visuals alone, and now that its comedy is beginning to gel it promises to provide an entertaining ride to go along with them.
