Warning: Spoilers for the plot of Space Dandy 1.1 ahead
It’s hard to think of anything harder to review than a media product made in Japan. On one hand, you need to give the show/game/whatever some slack, because it’s usually aimed at an audience that has vastly different tastes than the average American/British/other audience. On the other, some of this stuff has very, very, very creepy, disturbing, or offensive subtexts.
Thankfully, Space Dandy is not your average anime.
What we have in Space Dandy is a comedic throwback to pulp-era space opera directed/showrun by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by a staff that includes a man who rates Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as his Game of the Year for 2013. Watanabe might be best known for directing and showrunning Cowboy Bebop, a 26 episode series about bounty hunters in space Adult Swim reran from 2001 until partway...
It’s hard to think of anything harder to review than a media product made in Japan. On one hand, you need to give the show/game/whatever some slack, because it’s usually aimed at an audience that has vastly different tastes than the average American/British/other audience. On the other, some of this stuff has very, very, very creepy, disturbing, or offensive subtexts.
Thankfully, Space Dandy is not your average anime.
What we have in Space Dandy is a comedic throwback to pulp-era space opera directed/showrun by Shinichiro Watanabe and written by a staff that includes a man who rates Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon as his Game of the Year for 2013. Watanabe might be best known for directing and showrunning Cowboy Bebop, a 26 episode series about bounty hunters in space Adult Swim reran from 2001 until partway...
- 1/8/2014
- by Xavier Santana
- Obsessed with Film
Funimation has announced the full cast list for Baka and Test — Summon the Beasts, the studios latest 13 episode supernatural action anime series:
Aiko—————Trina Nishimura
Akihisa————-Josh Grelle
Akira—————Carli Mosier
Fukuhara———–Anthony Bowling
Hasegawa———–Ian Sinclair
Hazuki————–Lindsay Seidel
Hideyoshi———–Brina Palencia
Hiraga————-Micah Solusod
Hiromi————-Anastasia Munoz
Kouta————–Greg Ayres
Kubo—————Joel McDonald
Miharu————-Kristi Bingham
Miho————–Tia Ballard
Minami————Leah Clark
Mizuki————-Alexis Tipton
Nemoto———–Todd Haberkorn
Nishimura———Kent Williams
Shouko————Jamie Marchi
Sugawa————Chris Burnett
Takahashi———-Colleen Clinkenbeard
Toudou————Wendy Powell
Yoshiko————-Ryan Reynolds
Yuuji—————-Scott Freeman
Yuuko—————Brina Palencia
About Baka and Test — Summon the Beasts
When a fight breaks out at Fumizuki Academy, nobody throws a single punch. Instead, the students utilize the school’s technology to summon Avatars, pint-sized stand-ins with battle powers based on academic ability. That “academic ability” part is bad news for Yoshii – because Yoshii’s an idiot,...
Aiko—————Trina Nishimura
Akihisa————-Josh Grelle
Akira—————Carli Mosier
Fukuhara———–Anthony Bowling
Hasegawa———–Ian Sinclair
Hazuki————–Lindsay Seidel
Hideyoshi———–Brina Palencia
Hiraga————-Micah Solusod
Hiromi————-Anastasia Munoz
Kouta————–Greg Ayres
Kubo—————Joel McDonald
Miharu————-Kristi Bingham
Miho————–Tia Ballard
Minami————Leah Clark
Mizuki————-Alexis Tipton
Nemoto———–Todd Haberkorn
Nishimura———Kent Williams
Shouko————Jamie Marchi
Sugawa————Chris Burnett
Takahashi———-Colleen Clinkenbeard
Toudou————Wendy Powell
Yoshiko————-Ryan Reynolds
Yuuji—————-Scott Freeman
Yuuko—————Brina Palencia
About Baka and Test — Summon the Beasts
When a fight breaks out at Fumizuki Academy, nobody throws a single punch. Instead, the students utilize the school’s technology to summon Avatars, pint-sized stand-ins with battle powers based on academic ability. That “academic ability” part is bad news for Yoshii – because Yoshii’s an idiot,...
- 2/22/2011
- by Terry Boyden
- BuzzFocus.com
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