Review of Space Dandy

As with other reviews, this is also a review for both seasons, baby. Space Dandy is an episodic show following our main characters Dandy (a human, maybe), QT (an obsolete cleaning robot), and Meow (a cat-like alien otaku). If you don't enjoy the Dandy way of floating through life after the first few episodes then the show most likely isn't for you, and it's fair for you to drop it. Each episode resets at the end, which some seem to think removes its stakes, when it really just creates an environment various directors can do/try anything they want in, and the show vastly benefits from this.This testing ground of a show does generate a few flops though(looking at you glee parody episode), which could be skipped if you thoroughly dislike them anyway, due to its episodic nature. The majority of the episodes are just simple fun, more relaxing artistic pieces (with amazing music jesus christ) or somewhere in between, built in a universe where truly anything can happen. My only wish is that the show ran much longer, it'd be amazing to have a long-running show constantly having various directors test ideas in this blank slate template offered by Space Dandy.

My main problem with the show is actually its conclusion, where they basically explain why the show can reset each episode and still make sense. This development doesn't really benefit the show in any way though, despite this being hinted at in various episodes beforehand (which was fantastic), actually giving definite answers to explain the multiverse retroactively hinders its previous episodes. There's no longer any reason in theorizing "why" anything happens because the show gives you a catch-all answer.

All that said, personally I find this show a 9/10, with a few episodes I find done so well they're nearly infinitely rewatchable, more objectively the show is probably a 7-8/10.