Outlaw Star (星方武侠アウトロースター Seihō Bukyō Autorō Sutā) is an anime series based on the manga series written and illustrated by Takehiko Itō. The 26 episode series was produced by Sunrise Animation and directed by Mitsuru Hongo, airing on TV Tokyo from January 8 to June 25, 1998.
The English version was produced by Bandai Entertainment, and was originally released on VHS in 1999, with a DVD release the following year. It received an edited airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami block in early 2001 and Adult Swim in early 2002.
Several edits were made to the series to make it more suitable for its TV airing. For example, the character of Fred Luo was altered in the TV dub to hide his homosexuality, and an entire episode was skipped over due to its sexual themes.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Voice Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
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Gene Starwind | Shigeru Shibuya | Bob Buchholz |
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Tsutomu Kashiwakura (young) |
Ezra Weisz (young) | |
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Jim Hawking | Rika Matsumoto | Brianne Siddall |
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Melfina | Ayako Kawasumi | Emilie Brown |
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Aisha Clanclan | Yūko Miyamura | Lenore Zann |
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Twilight Suzuka | Sayuri Yamauchi | Wendee Lee |
| Supporting Characters | |||
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"Hot Ice" Hilda | Toshiko Fujita | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn |
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Gilliam II | Takaya Hashi | Peter Spellos |
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Fred Luo | Toshihiko Seki | Ezra Weisz |
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Swanzo | Takeshi Aono | Doug Stone |
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Mikey | Katsuyuki Konishi | Shannon Presby |
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Clyde | Toshihiko Nakajima | Steve McGowan |
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Iris | Akiko Kimura | Rebecca Forstadt |
| Antagonists | |||
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Ron MacDougall | Kazuhiro Nakata | John Snyder |
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Harry MacDougall | Tsutomu Kashiwakura | Steve Staley |
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Professor Nguyen Khan | Takeshi Aono | Milton James |
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Lord Hazanko | Seizō Katō | Tom Wyner |
| The Kei Pirates | |||
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Soi Len | Wakana Yamazaki | Wendee Lee |
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Roi Fong | Takeshi Watabe | Simon Prescott |
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Guugaku | Tetsuya Sakai | Steve Blum |
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Yase | Akira Ishida | R. Martin Klein |
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Kyokan | Hisao Egawa | Joe Romersa |
| The Anten Seven | |||
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Shimi / Leilong | Yūsaku Yara | Steve Bulen |
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Lady Iraga | Chiyako Shibahara | Barbara Goodson |
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Hanmyo | Tomoko Kawakami | Rebecca Forstadt |
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Hamushi | Mako Hyōdō | Dorothy Elias-Fahn |
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Tobigera | Hikaru Midorikawa | Michael Lindsay |
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Jukai | Masashi Ebara | David Ellenstein |
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Hitoriga | Kiyonobu Suzuki | Barry Stigler |
| Other | |||
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Narrator | Takaya Hashi | Beau Billingslea |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Voice Actor | Episode(s) |
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Fred's Bodyguard | Yasunori Masutani | Michael McConnohie | 6, 11-12 |
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Zamba | Kunihiko Yasui | Tom Wyner | 9 |
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Claire | Rumi Kasahara | Bridget Hoffman | 10, 13 |
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Nubuta | Hideyuki Umezu | Steve Staley | 10-11 |
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Terry | Kentarō Itō | Michael Lindsay | 11-12 |
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Leo | Nobuyuki Tanaka | Richard Cansino | |
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Crackerjack | Wataru Takagi | Kirk Thornton | 14 |
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Old Man Outlaw | Kenichi Ogata | Mike Reynolds | 16 |
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Reiko Ando | Yuriko Yamaguchi | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | 18 |
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Valeria | Atsuko Tanaka | Debra Jean Rogers | 19 |
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Duuz | Kenji Utsumi | Richard Epcar | |
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Kemi | Mako Hyōdō | Clara York | 20 |
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Mata | Masashi Ebara | Tony Oliver | |
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Saiyo Wong | Masahiko Tanaka | Daniel Woren | 22 |
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Urt | Aya Hisakawa | Clara York | 23 |
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Lord Hadul | Kōichi Kitamura | Steve Kramer | |
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Ark Manaf | Toshihiko Seki | Kirk Thornton |
Additional Voices[]
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Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2001-2002 | Cartoon Network (Toonami / Adult Swim) |
United States | 
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| 2002-2003 | CNX | United Kingdom | 
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| 2017-2018 | Cartoon Network (Toonami) |
United States |
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Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Content | Region | Country | |
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| Bandai Entertainment | 1999-2000 | 
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The Complete Series | NTSC | United States |
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| 13 Volumes | ||||||
| 2000 | 
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The Complete Series | 1 NTSC | |||
| 3 Volumes | ||||||
| 2002 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 6 Discs | ||||||
| 2006 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 6 Discs | ||||||
| Anime Limited | 2013 | The Complete Series | 2 PAL |
United Kingdom |
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| 4 Discs | ||||||
| 2016 | 
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The Complete Series | B DVB-T | |||
| 4 Discs | ||||||
| FUNimation Entertainment | 2017 | The Complete Series | A DVB-T |
United States |
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| 7 Discs | ||||||
| Crunchyroll | 2024 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 7 Discs | ||||||
See Also[]
- Angel Links (spin-off)
External Links[]
- Outlaw Star at the Internet Movie Database
- Outlaw Star (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia