First of all, the plot: Space Dandy's crew tries to hunt rare aliens to make money and spend it how they please.
The gorilla (Dr. Gel) is chasing Dandy, because he is believed to possess a rare element known as pionium. Pionium is believed by Gel's employer- a SPACE EMPEROR WITH A FLAMING SKULL HEAD- to be the secret to defeating rival nations. How will it defeat these rival nations? You do not know unless you watch more of the series to discover its effects through Dandy.
[This gives one the drive to view the series besides the creative mind-bending episodes that makes one think twice about how the universe works. Seriously. I have tried to view each new episode as critically as possible, but nearly each installment provided new and intelligent themes to enjoy and ponder.]
Art: Space Dandy is one of the best series that I have viewed as far as animation goes. The movements are extremely fluid and no two characters are completely alike.
Sound: Fabulous. I take sound pretty seriously, and there are several episodes where my jaw tends to drop. In Season 2 episode 5, I love the scene where Dandy is dragged through multiple waves of water. How you imagine it would sound like if it were to happen to you in real life is exactly how it is replicated in the show. Voice actors are top notch as well.
Characters: Meh. Who cares. This show is all about doing whatever the heck you feel like, baby. You get 1 lazy luster, 1 techy moocher, and 1 hopeless goody-goody who are set amongst this amazing world, and you achieve a flat-out stellar experience. Feel good. Feel unashamed. Do your best. Do your worst. If all else fails, pull a cosmic string and move on to meet more species in the amazing universe both friendly...and not...
Grasping the tone of this anime- the lightheartedness and intrigue of discovery- is probably the most difficult "task." However, I believe Space Dandy to be one of the easier animes to understand, because the show makes a firm point that not everything can be understood. Dandy does not care and neither should you. This is perhaps the only reason that I rate this show a 9 instead of a 10, because it's human instinct to make logical sense of the world. Therefore, it may not have universal appeal.
Try it and enjoy.
