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After a big fight with QT and Meow, Dandy is lured to the distant planet of an extremely rare, ukulele-playing alien that wants to turn him into a statue – and steal his smile forever!

There’s a Dandy in every universe, and Space Dandy is about to meet them all! He just needs to pull the nearest Cosmic String, and he’ll find himself face-to-face with himself. Talk about trippy!

When QT falls in love with a hot little coffeemaker, he gets caught up in a revolution that pits abandoned appliances against their human oppressors!

QT’s new fascination with fishing leads to chaos when the little robot hooks an extremely rare alien with the ability to impersonate any living thing. Is the world ready for more than one Dandy?

An encounter with a book-like alien lures Dandy to the great library planet with the promise of endless free food and booze, but the journey is interrupted by a space ambush!

Space gets repetitive when a trip to Meow’s home planet lands Dandy and the gang in an inescapable time loop where every day is the same – and nothing ever changes.

Alien-hunter Space Dandy and his robot sidekick QT search for unknown life forms that they can capture and register for easy money.

The samurai must leave the caves to rescue Kikuchiyo, but as soon as they reach daylight, the towering machines ambush them. Clearly a traitor is in their midst.

The samurai find themselves in a cavern city under the watchful gaze of the mysterious Shikimoribito. Are they man or machine? Ally or enemy? A new friend tries to explain, but she is hiding something, too.

Kambei leads the samurai into a city of relaxation and pays a visit to an old friend from the Great War, Shichiroji. He now lives a peaceful life with a woman he adores. Will he take up his sword again?

After the Imperial Envoy is murdered, a citywide hunt for all samurai begins. The team plans a fast escape, but blundering Kikuchiyo seizes the moment to prove himself to the team.

Kambei’s frustrated group hears of a wandering, moneyless man who chops wood with his sword to pay for meals. As they soon learn, that is only the start of this nomad’s peculiar, rice-loving, philosophizing ways.

The group has gotten the Magistrate’s attention and he orders them executed, farmers and samurai alike. As they battle a string of assassins, Kambei encounters a silent, skilled samurai he is determined to recruit.

Since the Great War ended, samurai struggle to find new ways to survive. For one battle-scarred man, that means entertainment, exploiting his skills for daily bread. He may be exactly what the farmers need.

The fight against the Capital continues, with both sides suffering major losses. Saving the village now will take more costly sacrifices. What will happen to the survivors who must bury their fallen friends?

In addition to the Capital’s terrifying Mujou Gun, Ukyo has created a fleet of Nobuseri drones. Undaunted by the impossible odds, Kambei drives the samurai directly into the heart of the massive fleet.

Katsushiro has returned to Kanna to defend it from the approaching Capital. Meanwhile, Kambei and the rest of the samurai are racing toward the Capital as well, poised for the final showdown.

Ukyo is calling on ronin to defend other villages from the Bandits, while secretly ordering the Bandits to increase their attacks on the villages. All the while, he’s planning to burn Kanna to the ground.

Kambei’s rescue has created deep rifts between Katsushiro and his sensei. At a time when every move is critical, with Ukyo’s plot rapidly unfolding, can the samurai survive their team being split in two?

With Kambei pardoned, Sanae and Muzuki freed, and peace promised to Kanna, it seems the samurai’s work is done. But Maro has a warning: the true struggle has only just begun.