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Outlaw Star is a 26-episode Science fiction/Space opera anime series created by Sunrise and Bandai Entertainment, loosely based on the manga by Takehito Ito. Bandai and ZRO Limit Productions translated the series into an English release. It was edited for content and time and aired on Cartoon Network.
Angel Links OAV series is set in the same universe, and two characters cross over.
Series Synopsis
The show follows the exploits of Gene Starwind, an outlaw in space, a century and half after humans developed faster-than-light spacecraft. (Note that an "outlaw" in the show's context is simply an independent person with no major governmental loyalties, as opposed to a criminal.) Outlaw Star takes the characters from the original manga with a totally different story.
Gene, along with the 12-year old business associate and hacker Jim Hawking run a small jack-of-all-trades business on the backwater planet of Sentinel III. After taking a job, and the events that follow, the two find themselves the owners and crew of a highly advanced prototype spacecraft, the XPG15A-II, later nicknamed the Outlaw Star, and the caretakers of a highly humanlike android named Melfina. Through the course of their adventures, Gene and Jim also gain as crew "Twilight" Suzuka, a female human assassin and Aisha Clan Clan, a cat-like humanoid.
The show is mainly episodic in nature, combining action, suspense, and comedy, although towards the end of the end of series, the storyline concerns the quest for the Galactic Leyline.
The Outlaw Star itself is, as its onboard AI Gilliam II insists, "the fastest, most advanced ship in the galaxy." It was constructed by the Kei space pirate guild using connections with the Space Forces military. Powered by four plasma fusion Unsen engines (most fast ships have one) and a powerful Munchausen reactor for use with its "sub-ether" faster-than-light drive. In addition, it is a "grappler ship", that is, a spaceship with manipulator arms modified for combat purposes. It is designed where the Bio-Android Mefina who was created by the scientist Gwen Khan, who could link up with the navigational systems and have control over all the navigational systems, this was intended for the sole purpose of navigating the Galactic Layline. It was originally stolen by Hilda and hidden in an asteroid by a sun, she later came back with Gene, Jim, and Melfina. However the Kei Pirates placed a Tao spell on her ship Horus and tracked them there. During the battle the outlaws the Macdougall Brothers arrived who were secretly hired by the Space Forces to destroy all traces of their partnership with the Kei Pirates. In the end Hilda sacrificed herself so Gene, Jim, and Melfina could escape with the ship. In honor of her Gene decided to name the ship the Outlaw Star.
Theme Songs
- Opening
- Ending
- "Hiru no Tsuki" (Daytime Moon) by Arai Akino (eps 1-13)
- "Tsuki no Ie" (House of the Moon) by Arai Akino (eps 14-26)
Banned Episode
Episode 23 Hot Springs Planet Tenrei was banned from the Cartoon Network airings due to nudity issues. It is currently available however on DVD only.
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