More info from the press conference and second Q&A today:
- Bebop was 80% serious, 20% comedy; Space Dandy is 80% comedy, 20% serious.
- Dandy is a positive guy who doesn't dwell on mistakes or failures and just does whatever he likes. He thinks big, doesn't care about small details.
- Meow is very lazy, and uses twitter on her phone all the time. She looks like a cat, but she's an alien from planet Beetlejuice.
- The show will be episodic and they will be visiting a new planet every week. There are many different designers and each planet will be different types and styles of designs for the aliens.
- The main villain is Professor Gel, a gorilla alien who comes up with evil schemes every week. His sidekick is Bee from the planet Cucumber.
- Honey works at a Hooters-like establishment in space.
- The Aloha Oe was designed to look like a canoe because Hawaii is awesome.
- There are about 20 different artists working on the music for Space Dandy, with 3-4 songs per artist. No instruments invented after 1984 were allowed.
- There are already over 100 alien designs, so they can make a really long show if it's popular (?!).
Sources:
https://twitter.com/gendomike
https://twitter.com/linkington