Ah, yes... Outlaw Star is perhaps another title I should have covered long ago. This series falls under the category Space Western: bearing traits of the Old West, yet deals with space, much like Cowboy Bebop. Airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, it stands as one of the famous action anime seen on there (beside others like Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and Tenchi Muyo!, to name a few) before it's overall shift years later.
Outlaw Star centers on Gene Starwind and his young partner James Hawking, or Jim, as they travel through space onboard their ship, the Outlaw Star. During their adventures, they deal with Melfina, a bio-android; Aisha ClanClan, a beastly Ctarl-Ctarl, and "Twilight" Suzuka, whose bokken is more fatal than it initially appears, fitting for an assassin. This group encounters troubles in search of the Galactic Leyline, running into troublemakers like the McDougal Brothers, one of which is responisble of the slaying of Gene's father. And to think, this all stems from a chance encouter with "Hot Ice" Hilda, who hires the two in the beginning.
Outlaw Star lasts 26 episodes, licensed by Bandai Entertainment for the US. Interesting to point that the title spawned a spinoff series titled Angel Links, featuring 2 minor characters from one of Outlaw Star's episodes (when I come across it, I will cover this title.) Bob Buchholz (who did roles of Beck in The Big O, and Tom Wiles of Cowboy Bebop, to name a few) voices Gene, while another familiar voice actor, Wendee Lee (who did roles like Yuri of Dirty Pair, Faye Valentine of Cowboy Bebop, and Iczer One of Fight! Iczer One) voiced Suzuka. The flow between the manga and anime were different, and while the anime lasted a year, the manga concluded in 3 years time.
Outlaw Star is a big plus, gaining a grade of 8.2 of 10.
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