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Outlaw Gene Starwind and his young sidekick James "Jim" Hawking are hired to act as bodyguards by infamous outlaw "Hot Ice" Hilda as the retrieves the ship she has stolen from a band of space pirates. Hilda dies leaving Gene with the ship, which he names the 'Outlaw Star', and its bio-android; Melfina. Hilda had told Gene that the reason she took the ship was that it was designed to find the legendary Galactic Leyline. Before they head off for the Leyline Gene, Jim and Melfina have a number of adventures during which they pick up two more crew members; assassin "Twilight" Suzuka who has been hired to kill Gene and a Ctarl-Ctarl, think alien cat-girl, named Aisha Clanclan. During their adventures they meet a variety of other characters; both enemies and friends and eventually they find what the Leyline really is.
This anime series is a great mix of humour and adventure thanks to an intriguing story and interesting characters. Gene is a fine protagonist; a good guy who is rough round the edges; Melfina isn't the deepest of characters but has an aura of mystery about her and Aisha is just hilarious. The early episodes quickly pulled me into the story and even surprised me
I was convinced that Hilda was going to be a main character but she was quickly killed off! While the character designs show the age of the series it still looks good; indeed it is part of the series' charm. The animation is pretty good too. Overall I'd recommend this to anybody who enjoys Space-based anime
I enjoyed it so much that after watching it online I ordered it on DVD.
These comments are based on watching the uncut series in Japanese with English subtitles. I read that a censored version was broadcast in some countries although I couldn't see much to offend here; just some non-sexual nudity, the occasional minor swearword and a little violence.
score 9/10
Tweekums 22 June 2015
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3262810/ |
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