Gene Starwind and his partner Jim Hawking run a small business on the backwater planet of Centinel 3. But all that changes the day that Hilda hires them for a bodyguard job. Now, thrust into a mystery they don't fully understand, they're on the run from the cops, the pirates, an angry alien, and a mysterious assassin. But they've got one thing going in their favor - they have the galaxy's most advanced ship, the Outlaw Star
Written by Divine_Aurora on August 26, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Overall Rating
Excellent
Story: 5
Dialogue: 5
Animation: 5
Entertainment: 5
I first watched Outlaw Star back in the day on Toonami, and later saw a few episodes of the uncut version on DVD at a friend's house. I was very glad to find it here. While I've heard it wasn't very popular in Japan, and over here Cowboy Bebop was much more popular, I actually like it more than Cowboy Beebop, in terms of style of entertainment I'm looking for. Outlaw Star has surprising depth and design quality to the universe it takes place in, and while many of the characters have heavily used tropes in their designs, each has their own unique twists that make them highly memorable characters. If you like space combat, magic-guns, sci-fi, space pirates, shapeshifting cat-girls, cute android girls, awesome samurai girls, or the idea of grappling spaceships, or simply want an entertaining anime with a good mix of action, humor, and drama, and lots of badass characters, this show is for you!
