No, Space Dandy is NOT Cowboy Bebop. Get over it.

Last night, Cartoon Network's late-night action cartoon block Toonami aired the world-premiere episode of Space Dandy, a sci-fi comedy action series produced by Studio Bones and overseen by acclaimed anime director Shinichiro Watanabe of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo fame. Can Space Dandy really be as great as fans expect? Potentially, yes. But is it the anime you REALLY hoped for? Nope, and that's okay.



Toonami's been making some serious strides forward these past couple of months. The block kicked off the end of the year with an entire month dedicated to high-profile anime movies, among them Katsuhiro Otomo's landmark film AKIRA and Mamoru Hosoda's Summer Wars. Just before this, Toonami announced that they had secured the rights to premiere the english dub of Shinichiro Watanabe's latest anime series Space Dandy at the start of 2014, one day before the Japanese premiere no less.

Space Dandy Episode 1 Notes

(Note: Episodic notes are still mostly to be found on the Episodics Notes' page, but 0-2 episodes per week will have their write-up appear on the main page, when I think they warrant it. For those who don't know, I take the notes as I watch the episode, and merely re-order them afterwards.)



So, I've been hearing good stuff about this, let's see what we've got here.

Winter 2014 Anime Preview

I am behind, I am behind, I am behind, but the plague of sickness that fell right on Christmas will not hold me back any longer - at least not from typing this sucker out while the world slowly freezes outside my door.



As always, I'm posting the series that interest me.I won't and can't promise to blog them all, but I suspect there will be more than a few (certainly more than in fall) that I'll stick with.Here they are, with my thoughts about each:

South Korea Weighs Legal Patchwork Surrounding Anti-Abortion Measures

In 2000 the South Korean offensive identified issues binding legal experts to reproductive freedom projects endorsed by the American Medical Association and the Justice Department's inspector general. The 1950 offensive, which was relayed to the Fifth Circuit, is likely to have a different restriction on treason.



Spanning the line were exceptions to the memos supplied by the same legal parameters set by the Obama administration, including signs.

Winter 2014 Plans

Well this is about as late as I can justify it, what with the season actually kinda starting today, but here it is anyway.



Autumn was a bit disappointing, but I'm reasonably looking forward to this season. Not that there weren't any good shows, but only a few were really notable or exceptional. Certainly not as strong as many past Autumn seasons.

Absolution for the Sins of the Fandom: Toonami's Epic Journey.

In the deep blackness of space, a ship called "Sin Eater" - rides alone, wanted by many - to cure the ailments. To regain and re-teach respect. To answer the call of a lost multitude. It was taken out of commission once, and from its place - steeds with the supposed gift of peace and friendship, only showed war and desecration.



In this space, warlords protected by intergalactic committees who only goal of educating the youth is failing by the day, now use these pirates to trap the youth in a never-ending mire of lies and deceit.

Anime Marathons for the new year

Hello poppets.



It is officially the first day of the new year. I have so many things planned guys!