Gene Starwind and his adolescent business partner Jim Hawking work together to help anyone with anything they need, as long as it pays well. The two of them take on a job as a simple bodyguard of a mysterious outlaw. This outlaw turns out to be Hilda, the most sought after outlaw of the Kei space pirate guild. When Hilda is killed in battle Gene and Jim are left the XGP15A-II, a highly advanced spacecraft also known as the Outlaw Star. Also, just before Hilda was killed the three of them came in contact with a bio-android named Melfina. Hilda was in search of Melfina. Melfina was made to connect to the over-advanced spacecraft, the Outlaw Star.
Outlaw Star
4 Stars
Gene Starwind and his adolescent business partner Jim Hawking work together to help anyone with anything they need, as long as it pays well. The two of them take on a job as a simple bodyguard of a mysterious outlaw. This outlaw turns out to be Hilda, the most sought after outlaw of the Kei space pirate guild. When Hilda is killed in battle Gene and Jim are left the XGP15A-II, a highly advanced spacecraft also known as the Outlaw Star. Also, just before Hilda was killed the three of them came in contact with a bio-android named Melfina. Hilda was in search of Melfina. Melfina was made to connect to the over-advanced spacecraft, the Outlaw Star.
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The Outlaw Star needed to be repaired and restocked with ammunition after the battles with the space pirates, and the only person that they can turn to is Fred Luo. When Gene went to Fred for the supplies, Fred was under attack by the known assassin, Twilight Suzuka. Gene fights Suzuka to save Fred, eventually offering his life in place of Fred’s. When the crew of the Outlaw Star prepared for their next departure, Suzuka decided to tag along uninvited. The crew works together to complete tasks and bring in money, but Gene always thinks of the get right quick schemes. Gene’s harebrained idea is to enter the intergalactic race on Heiphon, but soon comes to realize that it costs money to enter. Gene had to go beg Fred to sponsor him, but since Fred is in love with him, it was not too hard.
During the race, the Outlaw Star is attacked by the McDougall brothers’ ship, which is being piloted by Harry McDougall under the false last name of Williams. While Melfina is busy navigating the Outlaw Star, Harry McDougall enters the ship’s navigation system and reveals he is a bio-android as well. After the race, the Outlaw Star needed more opportunities for riches, and they take on a series of tasks to reach their goal. Some strange characters pop up, like the old man outlaw who needs their help recovering a large load of dragonite.
Eventually after 26 episodes, you reach the end. The ending is awesome; it was the only part I could stay focused on to be honest. The epic battle between the McDougall brothers and the Outlaw Star is full of twists. Harry and Melfina both navigate their teams to the Galactic Leyline, the main thing everyone is searching for the entire series. Watch the series to see how the rest of the story pans out.
Let’s just say that this anime is interesting. It starts good, gets a little slow in the next 14 or so episodes and then has a good ending. A few filler episodes in the middle are worth watching just for the sheer comic effect, but have little meaning. Except oh yeah, Gene got neat bullets. I watched the dubbed version of this, since it came out quite some time ago. I am not sure, if it was the dubbed version or if the writers really did mean for it to be as cheesy as it was at times. Not to mention the couple of times that Gene was a little creepy, whether it was how he looked or the words he said. The overall series is good, I liked the anime, the idea and the characters, but it was just too darn drawn out for me.