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Outlaw Star

Outlaw Star

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Overview

Gene Starwind is a jack-of-all-trades responsible for odd jobs and bounty hunting with his partner, Jim Hawking. Stuck on a rundown planet, he’s going nowhere fast. But when a bodyguard job goes sideways, he finds himself the proud owner of the Outlaw Star and on an adventure to find the mysterious Galactic Leyline. Facing pirates and dangers galore, can he survive the journey through space?

Created by Hiroshi Nishikiori
Written by Hiroshi Nishikiori, Takehiko Itō
NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Shigeru Shibuya

Shigeru Shibuya

Gene Starwind (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Jim Hawking (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Melfina (voice)

Sayuri

Sayuri

Suzuka (voice)

Yuko Miyamura

Yuko Miyamura

Aisha Clanclan (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

Toshihiko Seki

Fred (voice)

Kazuhiro Nakata

Kazuhiro Nakata

Ron MacDougall (voice)

Tsutomu Kashiwakura

Tsutomu Kashiwakura

Harry MacDougall (voice)

Themes & Keywords

artificial intelligence (a.i.)bounty hunterandroidswordplaybiotechnologysmuggling (contraband)aliendogfightspace westerncyberpunkgunfightbased on mangaseinenanime

About Outlaw Star

Outlaw Star is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, drama series that first aired in 1998 exploring themes of artificial intelligence (a.i.), bounty hunter, android, swordplay, biotechnology, smuggling (contraband). Created by Hiroshi Nishikiori, it stars Shigeru Shibuya, Rica Matsumoto, Ayako Kawasumi. Gene Starwind is a jack-of-all-trades responsible for odd jobs and bounty hunting with his partner, Jim Hawking. Stuck on a rundown planet, he’s going nowhere fast. But when a bodyguard job goes sideways, he finds himself the proud owner of the Outlaw Star and on an adventure to find the mysterious Galactic Leyline. Facing pirates and dangers galore, can he survive the journey through space?

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