Product Details

• Actors: Emily Brown, Bob Buchholz, Takaya Hashi, Bridget Hoffman, Gene Holliday
• Directors: Wendee Lee
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: February 14, 2001
• Run Time: 225 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005094Q
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,908 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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In this second two-disc set of adventures, Gene Starwind and Jim Hawking shift operations to the planet Heifong, accompanied by the lovely assassin Suzuka and the cyborg Malfina. The Ctarl-Ctarl alien Aisha Clanclan joins them as a rather fractious partner. During a high-stakes space race, Gene discovers that MacDougall, the enemy he met in episode 9, is really two brothers: Harry, a psychotic cyborg, and Ron, a gelid sadist. Nasty as they are, the MacDougall brothers are small potatoes compared to the real threat Gene and his friends face. In "The Seven Emerge," Lord Hazano, the head of the 108 Stars pirate gang, sends a band of dreaded murderers after them. Hazano wants Gene's ship, the Outlaw Star, which rebel pirate "Hot Ice" Hilda gave him before she was murdered by the MacDougalls. A secret coalition of pirates and Space Force agents developed the ship: with Malefina acting as its guidance system, it's the only vessel capable of reaching the fabulous treasure hidden at the Galactic Leyline. Although he's unable to discover the nature of the treasure or the location of the Galactic Leyline, Gene resolves to take his crew there at the end of episode 18. But there's still time for plenty of comic adventure, including Gene's entry in the distaff events of the Galactic Strongman Contest as "Jenny." Rhinestone-in-the-rough Gene Starwind may remind viewers of a cross between Kain Blueriver in Lost Universe and Vash the Stampede in Trigun. Like Kain, he comes out on top in misadventures that never quite cover his expenses, and he's as formidable a marksman as Vash. But he lacks the metaphysical bent that enables Kain to wield a psi blade, and the viewer looks in vain for Vash's reverence for life and self-deprecating charm. Outlaw Star delivers an engaging, rather dark brand of comedy-adventure, although the clean-up artists on the series do very sloppy work: Gene's features change noticeably from scene to scene. Episodes included: 10. "Gathering for the Space Race," 11. "Adrift in Subspace," 12. "Life and Death Struggle with the El Dorado," 13. "Advance Guard from an Alien World," 14. "Final Countdown," 15. "The Seven Emerge," 16. "Demon of the Water Planet," 17. "Between Life and Machine," 18. "The Strongest Woman in the Universe." Rated 13 and up for nudity, sexual situations, profanity, and violence. --Charles Solomon

Product Description
As the Space Race continues, Gene hasn't given up his obsession with finding the MacDougall Brothers. But confronted with more than one enemy in the race proves to be a challenging test for the young crew and its pilot. Soon, the crew of the Outlaw Star faces a new problem...money's tight again, so everyone starts taking small jobs to make ends meet and having Harry MacDougall take a special interests in Melfina can be a little unsettling. Can Gene protect her and at the same time protect himself from the Assassins known as the Anten Seven? *"Outlaw Star is cool. WE DIG IT!" - Gamers Republic *Outlaw Star is cool. Very Cool. A funky, fastpaced sci-fi adventure!"- -EX:Anime *Based on the successful Japanese manga by Takehito Ito

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Second DVD, May 25, 2001

By A Customer

I'm writing this to describe ep. 10-19 so get ready!

10-Gathering for the Space Race-As Gene and crew finally get to Heifong, the enter in the Heifong Space Race. As Sukuza leaves the crew for a while(She dosent want to race), and the get Fred to give them MORE money, they race to the starting point. As they wait to leave, Gene sees that ship.....

11-Adrift in Subspace-After clearing checkpoint 1, they Outlaw Star crew ends up at a rest stop where Gene meets up with the crew of that ship, The El Dorado. After the one pilot says hes not MacDougal, Gene leaves. After piking up a certin "Person" on the way they are hit with gravity wave missiles shot by the El Dorado.....

12-Life and Death with the El Dorado-When Gene gets a com-cube sent from the El Dorado, he finds out that guy WAS one of the MacDougal Brothers. As they arrive at the Leon La Grange point,the El Dorado begins attack, but it seems that the El Dorado keeps sneaking behind them.....

13-Advane Gaurd from an Alien World-When Aisha tells Gene and Jim about a sewer job and Fred calls about a missing Plant and Bug, you know something's going on, but what?

14-Final Countdown-As Gene becomes a Tugboat pilot, that end up being hostages by terrorists. But is terrorism their real objective?

15-The Seven Emerge-As Lord Hazanko sends out 1 of the Anten Seven after Gene, things get pretty bad. The don't have much money and Gene is in a duel by a man named Shimi but.....

16-Demon of the Water Planet-As Gene and Jim are offered a job to get a sunken ship,Gene dosen't really know until he finds out that his pay will be 2.5 Million Wong, IN DRAGONITE! But theres a catch.....

17-Between Life and Machine-As Gene Meets up with the older MacDougal Brother, Ron, his little brother Harry is after someting else. The bad thing is, hes got a new arm.....

18-The Strongest Woman in the Universe-Gene agrees to help Fred take on Reiko, a female wrestler in the Universal Strong Man Competition. As the enter, a chalenger named Iiraga seems to want to kill Gene, but why?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outlaw Star 2 rules, January 17, 2002

By	C. Fritz (Akron, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Dude, if you have second thoughts about purchasing this item, get rid of them fast! the dvds are great! outlaw star is one of my ultimate fav animes, and the eppy when gene dresses up as female wressler is hilarious. FRED LUO RULES! :-D

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great value on quality show, February 9, 2001

By	Steven Myers (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the second Outlaw Star DVD set. It's two discs, containing 9 episodes (10 - 18); mine came in a slimline case the size of a regular case, but some come in a double size case. Outlaw Star is a well-done, if not thoroughly original, science fiction/action show. The basic premise, as set up in the first disc set, has Gene Starwind end up with a highly advanced starship, the Outlaw Star, which is controlled by an artificial girl named Melfina. The pirates who built the ship and a pair named the McDougal brothers, hired to destroy it, are after him.

These episodes vary in quality. Some are individual and episodic; others tie into the main plotline, which involves the purpose for building the ship and creating Melfina. There is one bad episode here--the story is poor, the characters go off-model (they are drawn incorrectly), and the animation has corners cut all over the place--but the rest are of at least fair quality. If you liked the more humorous parts of the show from the first disc set, my two favorite episodes of the series so far are on this set. It's not perfect, but it is a good deal and a good show (doesn't every show vary in quality to some degree?). There is a continuing story, so you should start with the first set, not this one.