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Outlaw Star

★ 7.9 4K votes 1998–2001 1 season · 27 episodes Ended TV Tokyo
AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Space & sci-fiSpace, aliens and grand-scale science fiction.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Shigeru ShibuyaRica MatsumotoBridget HoffmanBrianne BrozeyBob BuchholzEmilie de Azevedo Brown
Written by
Hajime Yatate
Starring
Shigeru ShibuyaRica MatsumotoBridget HoffmanBrianne BrozeyBob BuchholzEmilie de Azevedo Brown
Written by
Hajime Yatate
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Pulpy space-western swagger with unexpected heart"

Gene Starwind, a small-time bounty hunter, suddenly finds himself piloting a legendary starship called Outlaw Star and getting dragged into a galaxy-wide chase for a mythical treasure known as the Galactic Leyline. Along the way he picks up a ragtag crew, including a mysterious android woman tied to the ship's past, and squares off against pirates, bounty hunters, and rival gunslingers. The tone is breezy space-western pulp, heavy on gunfights, banter, and episodic detours before tightening into a bigger quest. It's carried by likable characters and a scrappy late-90s anime energy rather than deep philosophy.

Watch it for

the charismatic misfit crew and freewheeling space-western energy that never takes itself too seriously.

Maybe skip if

you want tight plotting or deep world-building rather than loose episodic adventure.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11998
7.54K2710h 51m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶0Outlaw Star Pilot6.7
472 min
▶1Outlaw World7.4
15824 min
▶2The Star of Desire7.3
15025 min
▶3Into Burning Space7.1
14425 min
▶4When the Hot Ice Melts7.8
16825 min
▶5The Beast Girl Ready to Pounce!7.5
14525 min
▶6The Beautiful Assassin7.3
14525 min
▶7Creeping Evil7.3
14325 min
▶8Forced Departure8.0
16425 min
▶9A Journey of Adventure! Huh?5.9
14325 min
▶10Gathering for the Space Race6.4
14225 min
▶11Adrift in Subspace6.5
14125 min
▶12Mortal Combat with the El Dorado8.2
16225 min
▶13Advance Guard from an Alien World6.5
13925 min
▶14Final Countdown8.1
16425 min
▶15The Seven Emerge7.9
15825 min
▶16The Demon of the Water Planet7.3
13825 min
▶17Between Life and Machine8.1
16025 min
▶18The Strongest Woman in the Universe7.0
14025 min
▶19Law and Lawlessness7.9
15625 min
▶20Cats and Girls and Spaceships8.2
18425 min
▶21Grave of the Dragon7.4
13825 min
▶22Gravity Jailbreak7.2
14025 min
▶23Hot Springs Planet Tenrei6.7
14225 min
▶24Cutting the Galactic Leyline8.1
14625 min
▶25Maze of Despair8.4
16325 min
▶26Return to Space8.5
17125 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Shigeru Shibuya Gene Starwind
Rica Matsumoto James 'Jim' Hawking
Bridget Hoffman Clair, Melfina I
Brianne Brozey James 'Jim' Hawking
Bob Buchholz Gene Starwind
Emilie de Azevedo Brown Melfina II
Ayako Kawasumi Melfina
Takaya Hashi Gilliam, Narration
Lenore Zann Aisha Clanclan
Wendee Lee Kei Pirate, Twilight Suzuka, Blue Heaven Announcer

Crew

Hajime Yatate

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