Outlaw Star
Creator(s): Hajime Yatate | Release: 1998
Outlaw Star is a Space Western anime series by Hajime Yatate that loosely adapts the manga series Outlaw Star by Takehiko Ito. Hajime Yatate is a pseudonym for the collective of Shinichiro Watanabe, Keiko Nobumoto, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Kimitoshi Yamane, and Yoko Kanno. It was produced by Sunrise.
Outlaw Star consists of:
2 seasons (26 episodes)
A single-episode OVA Outlaw Star 2: Sword of Wind set 3 years after the events of Outlaw Star and following Gene Starwind in his new starship “Sword of Wind” was planned but never completed.
Easter Egg(s)
Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, and Space Dandy all feature the same currency known as Woolongs.
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Gene uses a weapon called a Caster which uses shells that contain magic in them.
The Outlaw Star universe features spaceships called “grappler ships” which have arms.