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This along with episode one confirms it. Dandy is a terrible shot, he has yet to hit anything he has aimed at.
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MonsterEnvy posted:This along with episode one confirms it. Dandy is a terrible shot, he has yet to hit anything he has aimed at. Space Dandy: the first sci-fi protagonist to suffer from Stormtrooper Syndrome.
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Jan 13, 2014 09:06
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Thirty-Five Minutes posted:I don't find Dandy and the crew very likeable, and the sense of humour is kind of lacking, The tone between 1 and 2 was pretty different, I felt like the first ep was a bad attempt at cribbing on Adult Swim type shows and didnt really pan out, Episode 2 had more of its own voice and was a lot more enjoyable. I hope it stays that way.
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Jan 13, 2014 09:58
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Genocyber posted:The fanservice episode is MA as opposed to TV14 It's the vagina-mouths. Definitely the vagina-mouths.
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Jan 13, 2014 11:35
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The animation of the kung-fu sequence was horribly familiar. I know I've seen that style before. I even saw a Youtube compilation of sequences by the same person. However I'll be damned if I can find it again...
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Daler Mehndi posted:The animation of the kung-fu sequence was horribly familiar. I know I've seen that style before. I even saw a Youtube compilation of sequences by the same person. However I'll be damned if I can find it again... I think based on some comments I read on some other site the guy you might be looking for is Bahi JD?
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Daler Mehndi posted:The animation of the kung-fu sequence was horribly familiar. I know I've seen that style before. I even saw a Youtube compilation of sequences by the same person. However I'll be damned if I can find it again... Edit: better video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIz2kQizx9g (I mean, maybe this is what it reminds you of, not that it's this guy animating Space Dandy) darkgray fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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Jan 13, 2014 18:32
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After two episodes, the music is still the best thing about this series. I don't really mean that in a good way.
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Jan 13, 2014 18:44
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I find myself liking certain sequences but not quite the whole package For now it feels like it's less than the sum of its parts
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Jan 13, 2014 18:48
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darkgray posted:Edit: better video. I don't know who it was that animated that sequence in Space Dandy, but I do know that I immediately thought of Cowboy Bebop when I saw it.
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Jan 13, 2014 19:46
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Episode 2 was good fun and alleviated most of my doubts from episode 1, so consider me on board. Dandy does seem to have a pretty liberal definition of a useful crewmate though. Silentman0 posted:What was up with some of Meow's Twitter messages converting to kanji? In the grim illiteracy of the far future there is only overzealous auto-correct.
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Jan 13, 2014 20:42
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Elite posted:Dandy does seem to have a pretty liberal definition of a useful crewmate though. Well Dandy is... Dandy, and QT's OS is obsolete so his one real job with the crew (identifying unknown aliens) outside of the all-inclusive "play straight man to wild antics" has to be done with a book. The bar to entry on the crew is pretty low.
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This show has the same problem as Redline; All style, no substance. the Gaffe posted:You're right, but once I realized that I tried to let the show stand on its own. So far though, the show hasn't made me crack a smile at any of its jokes, and I don't have a vested interest in any of the characters or plot developments yet. I'll stick with it a few more episodes to see if that changes, of course, but it's on a slim line. Thats exactly how I feel. I actually enjoy some Adult Swim type humor, but aside from the Ramen alien flashback, I haven't laughed once so far.
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Daler Mehndi posted:The animation of the kung-fu sequence was horribly familiar. I know I've seen that style before. I even saw a Youtube compilation of sequences by the same person. However I'll be damned if I can find it again... Takashi Mukouda did Scarlet's fight scene. Here's a MAD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq0UPZ1ZR5c aers fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Jan 13, 2014 |
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Jan 13, 2014 22:50
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dundun posted:This show has the same problem as Redline; All style, no substance. That's not inherently a problem though.
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dundun posted:This show has the same problem as Redline; All style, no substance. Not sure what "substance" you found lacking in Redline. All the main and supporting characters had clear motivations and interesting backstories and the story was solid and well paced. Dandy has been kinda dissapointing for me so far. I mean, comparing it to the first two eps of Bebop it's lacking in action, establishing a setting, and even humor. Not saying that the two are directly comparable since they're following different themes, but when your serious action future show set in space from 16 years ago is outdoing your wacky comedy future show set in space from now in humor, you got a problem. I dunno, something just seems a bit off. Highlight for me from this ep is Dandy's disco walk up to Scarlet. Looks to me like the animator had a lot of fun drawing it.
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Huh... I like this a lot less than I thought I would.
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It's a shame that the show is so divisive among people so far but I'm having a blast. This is the first genuine reason I've had to tune into Toonami other than giving them viewership in a while.
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I feel a lot of people came in this show expecting Cowboy Bepop or some other expectations with no basis and are getting severely disappointed. I'm having fun with the show as well
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Jan 14, 2014 05:04
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I found myself smiling/chuckling through most of episode 2. I came on here and was surprised to see so many people not digging it. Oh well I guess.
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boredsatellite posted:I feel a lot of people came in this show expecting Cowboy Bepop or some other expectations with no basis and are getting severely disappointed. I'm having fun with the show as well The staff for the show is basically a who's who of the best in the industry. The hype surrounding the show was imagine mushroom hunting, but a whole show of that. The teaser was really great. I wouldn't say there was no basis behind the high expectations. The show is still a trip, it's just that so far, at least for me, it's not living up to the premise of cool times with a dandy guy in space (who turns out is not even really that dandy). Instead we get let's go to space hooters and eat weird ramen while a cat thing posts on twitter woo wee.
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Genocyber posted:The fanservice episode is MA as opposed to TV14 Fanservice usually doesn't get that. Adult Swim programs have to work to get that TV-MA. Rick and Morty uses the word "poo poo" unbleeped and it's still just TV-14. So I'd say it's something else, or they haven't actually rated the episode yet and are simply slapping that on the promo as a cautionary measure. I chuckled when their IGPX promos said "TV-14 LV" on them when the show never received anything higher than a TV-PG, and half had TV-Y7 ratings.
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Jan 14, 2014 05:49
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The biggest draw for me is how expressive the show is. Meow's terrified face as he tries to rush for the wormhole while not spilling his Ramen is so rich.
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Trying to track someone by using a universe version of google street view... Amazing.
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Another Titmouse animator working on this show is Jeremy Polgar. Here's his demo reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDrj3Wf3npc
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I'm amazed how many foreign animators they have working on this.
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Neeksy posted:I'm amazed how many foreign animators they have working on this. Welcome to the 21st century, Space Cowboy.
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I feel terrible, friends. The first two episodes entertained me enough, I suppose, but I just have no motivation to go on watching it. I will probably give it a whole chance (i.e. 4 full episodes, as is my norm) but I don't have high hopes for this one. I'm very disappointed in Space Dandy, which is compounded when you consider the show's pedigree. I don't think it's unfair to expect something that will grab you more than this from Shinichiro Watanabe. E: Also, I know that the shows are not related in any way, and it may not be a valid criticism to compare it as such, but I feel like Kill la Kill is filling the same niche for me, but better.
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In terms of being "deep" or not...whatever. Space Dandy is just a fun show to watch. I mean, yeah, it's partially because it's clear that the people animating this are just having a blast pulling out all the stops and doing little their own little scenes and artistic flairs, but that definitely comes across for me and part of the reason I can't wait for the next episode is to see what they'll do next in the department. But only partially, I also like watching this band of space goofs bungle their way across the galaxy. Not everything's gotta be cerebral drama, or even overblown use of made up terms and vague imagery masquerading as depth [I'm looking at you, 50% of modern anime].
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I just want to add to the team of people who didn't think the first episode was great but the second was substantially better. I'm looking forward to watch this silly thing every week now.
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I was expecting the show to be more... clever. Aside from the animation, everything feels very dry.
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MEAT! posted:Despite everything, Dandy is a p cool guy. All I could think during that scene was "Man, whoever said something about this being Johnny Bravo in space was right."
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AnacondaHL posted:I was expecting the show to be more... clever. Aside from the animation, everything feels very dry. Space Dandy episode 2 is the deepest treatise on the human desire to forfeit their own security and privacy so they can be observed and validated since Deus Ex. When the NSA controls the world and watches your every move, you'll wish you listened to that cartoon where a talking cat taking too many selfies helped a gorilla man track them across the galaxy.
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And if you pay attention, even though Dandy is self professed to always go with the flow, Meow is the one who usually follows through with that plan. And in the end he's the one who ends up missing out on phantom space ramen.
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Great Rumbler posted:In terms of being "deep" or not...whatever. Space Dandy is just a fun show to watch. I mean, yeah, it's partially because it's clear that the people animating this are just having a blast pulling out all the stops and doing little their own little scenes and artistic flairs, but that definitely comes across for me and part of the reason I can't wait for the next episode is to see what they'll do next in the department. But only partially, I also like watching this band of space goofs bungle their way across the galaxy. Not everything's gotta be cerebral drama, or even overblown use of made up terms and vague imagery masquerading as depth [I'm looking at you, 50% of modern anime]. Though if they could focus on things like the giant thumbs up robot sequence and cosmic ramen stand it would be a lot better.
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MEAT! posted:Not sure what "substance" you found lacking in Redline. All the main and supporting characters had clear motivations and interesting backstories and the story was solid and well paced. Don't want to derail the thread, but how was Redline's story in any way solid? The whole top secret weapon on the military planet was not explained at all, along with a dozen of other things. Anyways I wasn't expecting cowboy bebop from Space Dandy, and I actually enjoy zany comedies like Devil is a Part-Timer, hopefully this show gets better
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dundun posted:Don't want to derail the thread, but how was Redline's story in any way solid? The whole top secret weapon on the military planet was not explained at all, along with a dozen of other things. "Why do the cyborg space nazis have an untested, treaty-breaking superweapon" is one of those questions that contains its own answer.
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livingfruitvirus posted:Fanservice usually doesn't get that. Adult Swim programs have to work to get that TV-MA. Rick and Morty uses the word "poo poo" unbleeped and it's still just TV-14. So I'd say it's something else, or they haven't actually rated the episode yet and are simply slapping that on the promo as a cautionary measure. I chuckled when their IGPX promos said "TV-14 LV" on them when the show never received anything higher than a TV-PG, and half had TV-Y7 ratings. All the aliens with vagina-dentatafaces probably had something to do with it.
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Symbolic Butt posted:I just want to add to the team of people who didn't think the first episode was great but the second was substantially better. I'm looking forward to watch this silly thing every week now. I thought ep 1 was alright, and ep 2 was better. Hopefully this goes somewhere much more interesting, but if it winds up sucking, oh well...it's anime. Fandom tends to cling to a hot new show and forget about it in a year anyway. I'm glad Watanabe is at least trying something new. I don't want another Cowboy Bebop. Samurai Champloo got enough criticism hurled at it for being too much like Cowboy Bebop.
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