Tokyo, Japan, December 5, 2013 – Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., a leader in the development and production of Japanese animation, announced that the series Space Dandy will start airing on TV in Japan at 11:00pm on January 5th on Tokyo MX, followed by TV Osaka, TV Aichi and BS Fuji. In the meantime, the series will start on Adult Swim’s Toonami block at 11:30pm on January 4th with English audio in the US. The other countries and regions also plan to simulcast the series.
<Asia except for Korea and Japan>
Space Dandy is set to be Animax Asia’s latest simulcast anime title. Across Southeast Asia, Space Dandy will premiere on January 5th at 10:00pm (SG, MY, PH, HK, TW) / 9:00pm (JKT, TH) first and exclusively on Animax, in a same-time-as-Japan broadcast. In addition, Space Dandy will debut in India on the same day as the Japan premiere at 10:00pm (IST) on Animax. The series will air with local language subtitling and an option of English dubbed audio on Animax.
<Korea>
Animax Korea has also licensed Space Dandy for South Korea. The channel will launch a Korean-subtitled version of the series simultaneously with Japan in January on their live channel and web-based VOD platform, SPINA.
<Oceania>
Australia / New Zealand fans will be able to watch the series via Madman’s Screening Room (madman.com.au/videos) at the same time as the Japanese broadcast. The series will be streamed in Japanese with English subtitles. English dub broadcast information will be confirmed at a later date.
<Europe>
The series has been licensed to Anime Limited for English and French-speaking countries and regions in Europe. TV and online broadcast schedules are to be managed by Wakanim, with other outlets under consideration.
AV Visionen had gained the license for German-speaking countries and regions, and they plan to simulcast the series with German subtitles on their own streaming platform.
See below for the Japanese and English voice cast:
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<Character> |
<Japanese Cast> |
<English Cast> |
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Dandy |
Junichi Suwabe |
Ian Sinclair |
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QT |
Uki Satake (9nine) |
Alison Viktorin |
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Meow |
Hiroyuki Yoshino |
Joel McDonald |
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Dr. Gel |
Unsho Ishizuka |
J. Michael Tatum |
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Bea |
Kosuke Hatakeyama |
Micah Solusod |
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Perry |
Banjo Ginga |
Kent Williams |
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Honey |
Yurin |
Alexis Tipton |
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Scarlet |
Hoko Kuwashima |
Colleen Clinkenbeard |
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Narrator |
Masaaki Yajima |
R Bruce Elliott |
The Japanese official website got an all-new look now, with a new trailer added! Besides the new trailer, gorgeous participating staff have been added. Please visit the new official website for more information about staff: http://space-dandy.com/. Also, find out the participating musicians who create the world of Space Dandy!
See below for the English subtitled trailer in HD!
About Space Dandy
Get ready to blast off with Space Dandy, a dazzling new anime from the entire creative team behind “Cowboy Bebop”! General Director: Shinichiro Watanabe (“Cowboy Bebop”, and “Samurai Champloo”), Director: Shingo Natsume (“Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos”), Screenplay: Kimiko Ueno (Movie “Crayon Shin-chan”), Dai Sato (“Cowboy Bebop”, “Eureka Seven”), Keiko Nobumoto (“Cowboy Bebop”, “Wolf’s Rain”) and many others, Character Design: Yoshiyuki Ito (“Star Driver”), Spaceship Design: Thomas Romain (Satelight) (“Basquash!”), Theme Song: Yasuyuki Okamura, Animation Production: Bones Inc. (“Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood”, “Soul Eater”, “Eureka Seven AO”).
Space Dandy Synopsis
Space Dandy is a dandy in space! This dreamy adventurer with a to-die-for pompadour travels across the galaxy in search of aliens no one has ever laid eyes on. Each new species he discovers earns him a hefty reward, but this dandy has to be quick on his feet because it’s first come – first served! Accompanied by his sidekicks, a rundown robot named QT and Meow the cat-looking space alien, Dandy bravely explores unknown worlds inhabited by a variety of aliens. Join the best dressed alien hunter in all of space and time as he embarks on an adventure that ends at the edge of the universe!
About Bandai Visual Co., Ltd.
Bandai Visual Co., Ltd., founded in August 1983, is a Japanese company that develops, produces and distributes film, TV and home entertainment media. As a pioneer of the Japanese animation scene Bandai Visual has consistently held the top-class market share in the genre and continues to lead the market. Bandai Visual has also proven its expertise in creating and delivering quality home entertainment media packaging in Japan. Using such key strategies, Bandai Visual hopes to expand and emulate its success in North American and other international markets. Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings.
My Sister and I are looking forward to this, and it’s only a month away!
This looks awesome but one question.
Will Space Dandy be airing in Canadian Television?
(See if YTV Canada is willing to air it.)
Do we have to take the online route?
yes since Bionix stopped airing. Probably the only chance that anime can come to canada is if Toonami gets launched, but there’s also a problem with that. CRTC forces channels to maintain a certain amount of Canadian Content (i.e. productions that have a Canadian involved), and given that Ocean Studio’s barely had any dubs in the last couple of years, it seems unlikely that Toonami would come to Canada.
Post @ ANN forums said something I pretty much agree with so I’ll just quote it
“A lot of B-List dub talent for what should be an A-List show… Can’t say I’m entirely happy with the English cast but I’ll give them a chance. Dub production on this show must be intense (if anything like Gundam Unicorn, many are probably losing sleep) so I suppose it’s possible Funimation didn’t want to use all their best VAs otherwise production on other dubs would fall behind if they’re too exhausted”
yes, make wild accusations because they didn’t do something you wanted to happen
MAN I wish i could be a voice actor. Thats what i want to do is be a voice actor for anime 😀 I wish i could.
I’m highly looking forward to this!
Can’t wait to watch! C:
If Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop had a child, it would most likely look like this….and I can’t wait.
And to the individual who made the “B-list” comment: you’ve got some balls calling Ian Sinclair et. al. B-List, my friend.
Maybe with a dash of Gurren Lagann and Lupin, too. Just going by the trailer and production team, I’m willing to bet the music will be on par with Bebop.
this looks amazing and seems interesting, hope they dont end up censoring cleavage in toonami like they did in tenchi, i like my anime without edits.
when will the Blue ray/DVD be release? 🙂