Outlaw Star rocks!

SSJAniFan

Outlaw Star's awesome.  Although falsely billed by the Cartoon Network as "Wild West, Y2K style,"(that's Trigun, you idiots!), it features a great mixture of action, humor, romance, and drama.

It focuses on Gene Starwind(the hero), Jim Hawkings(the.... kid sidekick, for lack of a better term), Melfina(an android), Aisha Clan-Clan(the comic relief), and Suzuka(the bad-you-know-what assassin).  They go off in search of bounties, alien scum, and of course treasure, while dealing with space pirates.  This show rules.  Heck, I even like the dub!

Be warned, if you watched the Cartoon Network version, the uncut version is much more adult-oriented.  Gene's a bit of a pervert, the characters will swear quite a bit, and there's a ton of bloodshed.  In fact, one episode late in the series(episode 23, Hot Springs Planet Tenrai) was so raunchy that Cartoon Network couldn't even allow it!  So if you're a parent, and your kid liked the Toonami version of O.S., be warned if you're considering getting them the DVDs.

BOTTOM LINE:  Another great sci-fi anime!

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SSJAniFan 4 July 2003

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