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vaden · 2014-03-21, 10:57

"Aim at this world and pull the trigger."

Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Kids on the Slope) are back, baby. Character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa (Samurai Champloo among others).

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Official website. Trailer. Airs on noitaminA starting in July.

Horse · 2014-03-21, 11:57

What's weird here is that the other show announced for July noitaminA is a re-edited PSYCHO-PASS that is 1 hour per episode...

How are they fitting both of these? Could this be a short one?

Nachtwandler · 2014-03-21, 12:05

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Originally Posted by Horse

What's weird here is that the other show announced for July noitaminA is a re-edited PSYCHO-PASS that is 1 hour per episode...

How are they fitting both of these? Could this be a short one?

I doubt Rerun of Psycho-Pass will be in NoitaminA.

Sage Shinigami · 2014-03-21, 12:05

....Do not want. Will watch anyway. Shinichiro Watanabe is just too fucking talented to avoid.

Reckoner · 2014-03-21, 12:05

Watanabe continuing to save anime I see.

Kanon · 2014-03-21, 12:08

I hope this will be better than Space Dandy. That shouldn't be too hard.

Anyway, always glad to see more original anime.

MCAL · 2014-03-21, 12:09

More Watanabe anime is always good. Space Dandy has been great.

Sage Shinigami · 2014-03-21, 12:14

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I hope this will be better than Space Dandy. That shouldn't be too hard.

Anyway, always glad to see more original anime.

Space Dandy isn't bad, though. It's just, not Cowboy Bebop, which is what I'm pretty sure everyone hoped for when they heard the words "Shinichiro Watanabe" and "space sci-fi project" in a sentence together, comedy or no.

Also, and this is just coming from a person who hates 80% of the trends in anime, it's still a better show than most of the series that aired in its season.

Horse · 2014-03-21, 12:14

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Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

I doubt Rerun of Psycho-Pass will be in NoitaminA.

Not sure if this confirms it 100% but... http://noitamina.tv/archive/

Reckoner · 2014-03-21, 12:16

Space Dandy is a very good show. It doesn't appeal to your typical 2chan otaku sensibilities though. The fact that it has quite the ratings on cartoon network says enough about that.

Kanon · 2014-03-21, 12:17

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Originally Posted by Sage Shinigami

Space Dandy isn't bad, though. It's just, not Cowboy Bebop, which is what I'm pretty sure everyone hoped for when they heard the words "Shinichiro Watanabe" and "space sci-fi project" in a sentence together, comedy or no.

Also, and this is just coming from a person who hates 80% of the trends in anime, it's still a better show than most of the series that aired in its season.

I disagree. I think Space Dandy has only had a couple of great episodes. The rest has been mediocre to downright terrible. Watanabe just isn't good at comedy.

Nachtwandler · 2014-03-21, 12:23

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Originally Posted by Horse

Not sure if this confirms it 100% but... http://noitamina.tv/archive/

I mean it's more believable that they run it in another slot than that NoitaminA expanding it's airing time again.

MCAL · 2014-03-21, 12:32

Yeah. Space Dandy is a very good show where each episode has been a completely different experience. Not to mention the animation as been fantastic. To be honest, I like it much better than Kill la Kill at the moment. I agree that the show doesn't mostly pander to the otaku common denominator (Yeah, I know that's not a real term) like KLK can sometimes do (Which I still like btw), which is why I like it more.

BTW, I mention Kill la Kill, just because I've seen these two shows compared lately.

EDIT: I also think the comedy has been great. I've laughed a lot. The humor has a real sense of wit and sometimes (Like the second half of the zombie episode) is highly inspired.

RollingPenguin · 2014-03-21, 12:40

I was a bit disappointed when I saw that there were teenagers in Watanabe's work,but that trailer looks beautiful so I now am not really bothered by it.
I wonder who the writer will be for this one.

Horse · 2014-03-21, 12:42

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Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

I mean it's more believable that they run it in another slot than that NoitaminA expanding it's airing time again.

After anohana reairing in the same block and katanagatari taking over for a cour, I just wouldn't be surprised.

Eudaimonia · 2014-03-21, 12:47

Apparently they will just extend the time slot in summer to fit in both the 1-hour Psycho-Pass edition and this show.

Horse · 2014-03-21, 12:48

Guess they've got moneys. Good for them.

Lenneth4 · 2014-03-21, 13:19

I really hope it will be better than space dandy (oh god , what have you done )

AleX_MytH · 2014-03-21, 13:42

Dunno why so much hate on Space Dandy, it's definitly an interesting experimental series.
Looking forward to this, though kinda worried about the script.

Eudaimonia · 2014-03-21, 15:17

Space Dandy is just the most recent airing show that's affiliated to Watanabe's name (that show itself is splendid imo), I would assume that the individual episode directors are pretty much given as much creative freedom as they want and have much more influence on the show than Watanabe himself hence why each episode feels so different and unique in style and storytelling, so I wouldn't take this show as an example of his directing capabilities regardless of how one feels about Space Dandy.

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MCAL Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012	Yeah. Space Dandy is a very good show where each episode has been a completely different experience. Not to mention the animation as been fantastic. To be honest, I like it much better than Kill la Kill at the moment. I agree that the show doesn't mostly pander to the otaku common denominator (Yeah, I know that's not a real term) like KLK can sometimes do (Which I still like btw), which is why I like it more. BTW, I mention Kill la Kill, just because I've seen these two shows compared lately. EDIT: I also think the comedy has been great. I've laughed a lot. The humor has a real sense of wit and sometimes (Like the second half of the zombie episode) is highly inspired. Last edited by MCAL; 2014-03-31 at 22:01.

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Eudaimonia Member Join Date: Jan 2014	Apparently they will just extend the time slot in summer to fit in both the 1-hour Psycho-Pass edition and this show. __________________

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Eudaimonia Member Join Date: Jan 2014	Space Dandy is just the most recent airing show that's affiliated to Watanabe's name (that show itself is splendid imo), I would assume that the individual episode directors are pretty much given as much creative freedom as they want and have much more influence on the show than Watanabe himself hence why each episode feels so different and unique in style and storytelling, so I wouldn't take this show as an example of his directing capabilities regardless of how one feels about Space Dandy. __________________

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Horse Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009	What's weird here is that the other show announced for July noitaminA is a re-edited PSYCHO-PASS that is 1 hour per episode... How are they fitting both of these? Could this be a short one?

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Sage Shinigami Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006	....Do not want. Will watch anyway. Shinichiro Watanabe is just too fucking talented to avoid.

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MCAL Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012	More Watanabe anime is always good. Space Dandy has been great.

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RollingPenguin Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013	I was a bit disappointed when I saw that there were teenagers in Watanabe's work,but that trailer looks beautiful so I now am not really bothered by it. I wonder who the writer will be for this one.

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Horse Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009	Guess they've got moneys. Good for them.

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AleX_MytH Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Russia Age: 31	Dunno why so much hate on Space Dandy, it's definitly an interesting experimental series. Looking forward to this, though kinda worried about the script.