Review: Space Dandy “The War of the Undies and Vests, Baby!”

This takes the underwear war to a whole new level. After the review, read on about a special bit of news!

Spoilers!

Dandy is relaxing, while QT is practically begging to clean Dandy’s room. After getting ripped on by Meow for his collection of surf boards, Dandy goes into a story that was pulled out of his ass about surfing. They make it to what was left of Planet Eden, where only a moon remains. As they get closer to the moon, they are under attack by the inhabitants, causing them to crash land.  Dandy drags Meow along to go alien hunting. Dandy and Meow get caught by one side of the war, respectfully. Practically getting eye raped by his side, getting his pants ripped. Apparently, the war is based on what type of undergarments the Undian and Vestian people wear. They go to their “Final Duel,” where they talk, then try to blast the shit out of each other with their fighter jets. Meanwhile, Dandy and Meow are trying to kick the crap out of one another for no other reason than they’re fighting for their respective alien friend. After they stroke each other’s ego, they’re caught in an exploding sand volcano.

Less than 5 minutes screen time, the aliens’ war is carrying over with Dandy and Meow. This is one of the funniest episodes I have ever seen. With this bedroom scene, I don’t see it being played in Russia anytime soon. Gay man / alien bed time wouldn’t fly. Both sides come up with the conclusion of blowing up the moons, but Dandy and Meow are talking them down. With what, you ask? Of course, it’s Boobies! They end the war, with a peace conference. It went off without a hitch, until they had to trade off their prized possession, the vest and underwear, respectfully. They exchange, but couldn’t pull the trigger on wearing them. And of course, a gun fight breaks out with the two aliens. As both aliens die from their own boulder smashing their skulls, they hit the plungers on their missiles, blowing the planet to hell. As Dandy and Meow get blown up by a real volcano this time, QT shoots a surf board down to Dandy. He rides that sumbitch through the sky in a surfing blaze of glory.

Anyone who has seen this episode will get the immediate feel of the Star Trek episode where Kirk and Spock kick the crap out of one another for a girl or something. Shout out to my buddy Paul for the reference. This has to be one of the best episodes yet. No getting sidetracked by tits, or the Golgol.  This was a laugh fest from moment one. The fact that both Dandy and Meow take up the fight of their alien was fantastic, and not seen coming. What was the best part? The plot is as non-sensical as the show itself. It’s a war between and alien that wears underwear, and one that wears a vest. Not something over thought like in some shows. And it added to the allure. This is the type of episode to not watch at night, because you will wake someone up by laughing. The interaction with the aliens, especially the line-riding homosexual bed time shared by Dandy and Meow with their respective aliens had me rolling. If you’re looking for a reason to watch Space Dandy here it is. I spent almost 10 years away from anime, and all of that hard work has been undone in 6 weeks.

 

Also, we have a bonus!

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SPECIAL TOONAMI ANNOUNCEMENT!

On September 8th, 2000, TOM encountered a creature that changed the face of Toonami. In 2015 (date tbd), TOM and Sara will face that creature again.

Toonami is happy to announce THE INTRUDER: PART 2! Why are we telling you about this so early? Simple! WE NEED YOUR HELP. This weekend, we need every Toonami faithful to Tweet, FB post, Instagram, etc  the hashtag, “#intruder2.” The level of interest you guys show will determine how BIG the story we get to tell is. This adventure is in YOUR HANDS. Let us know if you’re excited for THE INTRUDER: PART 2 by posting about it, talking about it, and making your excitement known to the world! TOM and Sara are about to have their greatest adventure yet… and we promise, Toonami will not be the same.

DUN DUNNNNNN

Love, The Toonami Crew.

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