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NEWS: Adult Swim, Cartoon Network Are #1 in Quarterly Rankings for Key Demographics

There is, as I am the Western fan who is tired of moe and nothing about Space Dandy appeals to me.

If the mission of Space Dandy was what you purport it to be then the show clearly missed the mark.

I disagree about the visuals in Space Dandy as they struck me as a cheap imitation of Gainax's stuff or Excel Saga

Excel Saga was worlds above Space Dandy; Dandy is a hybrid of Bebop and Excel Saga that isn't as good as either.

BTW, if you didn't watch Excel Saga dubbed then you didn't watch Excel Saga and I can understand, to an extent, your disdain for it.

still hate Dandy, and I still think the real lack of competition is what's driving these numbers

I was about to ask the same thing. Some people don't have anything better to do than offer "intellectual" defenses for why they don't like things, and to try and make people feel bad for liking them. Go figure.

Seeing as how I also found Excel Saga tired and unfunny after the first 5 episodes and could never watch it again, I'm not sure I'd hold Nabeshin up to some great height. At least Space Dandy has some nice visuals going on.

So let me get this straight. You bash someone for not liking a show and say their opinion doesn't matter essentially, then you talk about how you don't like a show, yet somehow your word should be taken as arbiter of the grandiose?

Looks like Space Dandy is a hit after all! Don't underestimate the power of a Dandy guy in Space!

Although the earlier start might have something to do with the ratings as well...

As for its CN side, its no surprised that nearly 15 years pocket monster is still as popular , considering the demograph their targeting, but unless they start expanding it, by having actual sub versions and using the original japaneese scripts, it will tank badly, and Nintendo's sales will tank too.

cause just like some yugioh fans, those that got into pocket monsters 15 years ago are now watching fansub versions of the series, especially those infamous banned episodes online, and not watching it on TV anymore, which will obviously means less revenue for its creators nintendo and game freak.

It's kind of a shame that those first few episodes gave Space Dandy a reputation as a fanservice show, because it actually has very little of that beyond the increasingly occasional visits to Boobies.

When Dandy has one of his lengthy monologues in which talks about his adoration of asses ,we aren't laughing with him,we are laughing at him.

Y'know, I don't see how any of these supposed 'western appealing' shows really are all that different from what people complain about. People are tired of wacky, nonsensical fanservice anime so they watch a wacky, nonsensical fanservice anime like Space Dandy. People are tired of moe lolis running around, so they fund the Little Witch Academia kickstarter so we get more moe lolis running around. People are tired of exploitative fanservice at the sake of women's dignity, so they watch Kill La Kill, a show that revels in exploiting its female characters and humiliating them.

These three shows seem to be some recent stuff people use when they wanna talk about western appeal but it seems like American tastes and Japanese tastes aren't all that different after all Maybe fans of the shows just have an issue with admitting they like this kinda stuff and gotta find some excuse or something...

jr0904 you're operating on the misguidance the dubbing companies actually care about the show I think the fact they always cancel Yu-Gi-Oh early to move onto the newest season and don't dub the specials/OVAs for Pokemon is clear they just put em on TV to make money and little else. Not really concerned with treating the fans right.

I think you're grossly misinterpreting who the target demographic is.