14 Facts About Outlaw Star

1.

Outlaw Star was originally serialized in the monthly Shueisha magazine Ultra Jump between 1996 and 1999 for a total of 21 chapters.

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2.

Outlaw Star has been licensed for release in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment and in Europe by Beez Entertainment.

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3.

Outlaw Star opens on the backwater planet Sentinel III, on which the protagonist Gene Starwind and his 11-year-old business associate and best friend James "Jim" Hawking run a small jack-of-all-trades business.

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4.

Animated television series of Outlaw Star was produced by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuru Hongo, whose previous credits include the comedy Crayon Shin-chan and the magical girl series Shamanic Princess.

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5.

Outlaw Star was serialized in Japan's monthly Shueisha magazine Ultra Jump between 1996 and 1999.

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6.

Outlaw Star was aired on the late night Adult Swim block throughout 2002.

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7.

Outlaw Star was aired in the United Kingdom on CNX in October 2002.

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8.

Outlaw Star additionally received DVD releases in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Entertainment on June 23,2004, and in the United Kingdom by Beez Entertainment on April 25,2011.

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9.

On March 16,2017, Funimation announced that Outlaw Star would be released in North America in both standard and Collector's Editions on June 13,2017.

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10.

Opening theme and the two closing themes of Outlaw Star were published in Japan in 1998 as CD singles by Victor Entertainment and JVC respectively.

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11.

Series of light novels based on Outlaw Star has been released in Japan by Shueisha under its Super Dash Bunko label.

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12.

The novel features an original plot involving the Outlaw Star crew pursuing a serial killer named Billy McAglen in a mining town called El Dorado.

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13.

Outlaw Star has received very modest commercial success and miscellaneous viewer recognition.

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14.

Outlaw Star was voted as the 20th best anime of 1999 in the Japanese Animage Anime Grand Prix.

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