Outlaw Star

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.

Synopsis

Gene Starwind and his partner Jim Hawking run a small business on the backwater planet of Sentinel III. 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.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Voice Actor
Main Characters
	Gene Starwind	Shigeru Shibuya	Bob Buchholz
	Gene Starwind	Tsutomu Kashiwakura (young)	Ezra Weisz (young)
	Jim Hawking	Rika Matsumoto	Brianne Siddall
	Melfina	Ayako Kawasumi	Emilie Brown
	Aisha Clanclan	Yūko Miyamura	Lenore Zann
	Twilight Suzuka	Sayuri Yamauchi	Wendee Lee
Supporting Characters
	"Hot Ice" Hilda	Toshiko Fujita	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
	Gilliam II	Takaya Hashi	Peter Spellos
	Fred Luo	Toshihiko Seki	Ezra Weisz
	Swanzo	Takeshi Aono	Doug Stone
	Swanzo	Takeshi Aono	Doug Stone
	Mikey	Katsuyuki Konishi	Shannon Presby
	Clyde	Toshihiko Nakajima	Steve McGowan
	Iris	Akiko Kimura	Rebecca Forstadt
Antagonists
	Ron MacDougall	Kazuhiro Nakata	John Snyder
	Harry MacDougall	Tsutomu Kashiwakura	Steve Staley
	Professor Nguyen Khan	Takeshi Aono	Milton James
	Lord Hazanko	Seizō Katō	Tom Wyner
The Kei Pirates
	Soi Len	Wakana Yamazaki	Wendee Lee
	Roi Fong	Takeshi Watabe	Simon Prescott
	Guugaku	Tetsuya Sakai	Steve Blum
	Yase	Akira Ishida	R. Martin Klein
	Kyokan	Hisao Egawa	Joe Romersa
The Anten Seven
	Shimi / Leilong	Yūsaku Yara	Steve Bulen
	Lady Iraga	Chiyako Shibahara	Barbara Goodson
	Hanmyo	Tomoko Kawakami	Rebecca Forstadt
	Hamushi	Mako Hyōdō	Dorothy Elias-Fahn
	Tobigera	Hikaru Midorikawa	Michael Lindsay
	Jukai	Masashi Ebara	David Ellenstein
	Hitoriga	Kiyonobu Suzuki	Barry Stigler
Other
	Narrator	Takaya Hashi	Beau Billingslea

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Voice Actor	Episode(s)
Fred's Bodyguard	Yasunori Masutani	Michael McConnohie	6, 11-12
Zamba	Kunihiko Yasui	Tom Wyner	9
Claire	Rumi Kasahara	Bridget Hoffman	10, 13
Nubuta	Hideyuki Umezu	Steve Staley	10-11
Terry	Kentarō Itō	Michael Lindsay	11-12
Leo	Nobuyuki Tanaka	Richard Cansino	11-12
Crackerjack	Wataru Takagi	Kirk Thornton	14
Old Man Outlaw	Kenichi Ogata	Mike Reynolds	16
Reiko Ando	Yuriko Yamaguchi	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	18
Valeria	Atsuko Tanaka	Debra Jean Rogers	19
Duuz	Kenji Utsumi	Richard Epcar	19
Kemi	Mako Hyōdō	Clara York	20
Mata	Masashi Ebara	Tony Oliver	20
Saiyo Wong	Masahiko Tanaka	Daniel Woren	22
Urt	Aya Hisakawa	Clara York	23
Lord Hadul	Kōichi Kitamura	Steve Kramer
Ark Manaf	Toshihiko Seki	Kirk Thornton

Additional Voices[]

Transmission[]

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2001-2002	Cartoon Network (Toonami / Adult Swim)	United States
2002-2003	CNX	United Kingdom
2017-2018	Cartoon Network (Toonami)	United States

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Content	Region	Country
Bandai Entertainment	1999-2000	The Complete Series	NTSC	United States
	1999-2000	13 Volumes	NTSC
	2000	The Complete Series	1 NTSC
	2000	3 Volumes
	2002	The Complete Series
	2002	6 Discs
	2006	The Complete Series
	2006	6 Discs
Anime Limited	2013	The Complete Series	2 PAL	United Kingdom
	2013	4 Discs	2 PAL
	2016	The Complete Series	B DVB-T
	2016	4 Discs	B DVB-T
FUNimation Entertainment	2017	The Complete Series	A DVB-T	United States
FUNimation Entertainment	2017	7 Discs	A DVB-T	United States

External Links[]

Outlaw Star at the Internet Movie Database
Outlaw Star (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia