History Manga / Outlanders

The manga was distributed by Creator/DarkHorseComics in the United States prior to the expiration of their license on the property. The Dark Horse version was translated by Toren Smith of Studio Proteus. There is also an ''Outlanders'' [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]], produced by Creator/{{AIC}} on behalf of Creator/TatsunokoProduction and is not listed on Tatsunoko's web site. In 2005, Creator/CentralParkMedia released a remastered version of the [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] with new voice actors. A poll was conducted to select said actors, with fans selecting who they wished to voice the characters.

* SidekickCreatureNuisance: Kahm's personal staff includes two [[StarWars Yoda-sized]] frog-creatures and their three children. [[TheMatchMaker the woman offers Kahm advice]] on how to court Tetsuya during the FuroScene. The couple's catchphrase is "Leave them alone", in reference to our favorite green-haired space princess and her squeeze.

* TwerpSweating: The Emperor doesn't even bother ''trying'' to intimidate Tetsuya. He's got that part down pat. He just skips straight to the [[DisproportionateRetribution execution by being fed to nasty giant alien worms.]] Cue Battia pulling a [[StarWars Lando Calrissian]] to save Tetsuya from the aforementioned horrible fate.

* ActionGirl: Kahm and her best friend, Battia.
* ActionGirlfriend: Both the above.
* TheAlcoholic: Geobaldi has a big jug of... [[GargleBlaster something]] he takes a swig from almost every time he's seen.

* ArrangedMarriage: Kahm is fleeing one of these.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:''Quintuplets'', even!]]
* BetaCouple: Battia and Geobaldi.
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the manga, [[spoiler:Kahm and Tetsuya survive all the events of the story [[BabiesEverAfter and have children of their own]], but they paid a huge price for it.]]
* BizarreAlienBiology: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Kahm and Battia. Possibly played straight with Geobaldi, but is not made clear.
* BleachedUnderpants: Manabe publishes both erotic doujinshi and original hentai manga to this day. He also publishes some doujinshi based on his own work, as ''Ura Outlanders''.
* BoisterousBruiser: Geobaldi, toned down from his BloodKnight introduction in the manga.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the manga, the Emperor resorts to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind-wiping Kahm]] to stop her [[strike:rebellion]] relationship with Tetsuya. [[spoiler: Tetsuya succeeds in regaining her memories.]]
* ButtMonkey: Tetsuya
* CatGirl: Battia has cat ears.
* ChainmailBikini: Kahm and Battia's attire of choice.
* CrashIntoHello: More of a Charging Attack into Hello, but you get the idea. However, rather than the associated awkwardness, the two are instantly attracted to one another.
* CreatorCameo
** Creator/JohjiManabe himself voiced a background character in the Japanese dub of the OVA.
** He also drew chibi versions of himself as extras in the manga.

* DistressedDamsel: Kahm briefly becomes one of these after bringing Tetsuya to meet her father. It didn't go well.
* TheDulcineaEffect: Tetsuya quickly succumbs to this.
* DwindlingParty: [[spoiler:Battia, Gerobaldi, and Raika all die in that order when trying to rescue Kahm, after Earth's Destruction.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the manga. [[spoiler:Considering what happened, it may be somewhat bittersweet.]]
* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler:Ironically this is not applied to the [[ColonyDrop Earth's Destruction]]. This, however, applies to the Destruction of the Santovasku Empire.]]
* EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding: The special epilogue to the manga.
* ExactWords: Used for a throwaway gag in Central Park Media's dub.
--> '''Progress''': Say "good-bye", Geobaldi!
--> '''Soldier''': "Good-bye, Geobaldi", sir!
* {{Expy}}: A green-haired alien princess with horns and a bikini comes to Earth with her father's invasion fleet, and then decides on a whim to marry a Japanese boy after he sees her topless. If that's not familiar enough, she's named Kaamu (instead of Ramu) in Japanese. The major difference is ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' plays the whole alien invasion angle for comedy, and it's all but forgotten by the [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot end of chapter two]].
* {{Fanservice}}: ''Rampant''.
* FirstGirlWins: Gender inversion. Tetsuya is the first human male Kahm meets that isn't ugly and trying to kill her.
* FishPeople: Nao and the entire Nuba tribe. They're not aquatic, but still.

* FunnyAnimal: Geobaldi, a starship captain and MasterSwordsman implied to be from a world enthralled by TheEmpire.
* FuroScene: Sort of, as the scene is an actual bath as opposed to a soaking bit.

* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler:Tetsuya gets his happy ending.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: In the theme song.
* GreyAndGreyMorality: More like the BlueAndOrangeMorality of the [[TheEmpire Santovasku Empire]] vs. the FantasticRacism [[HumansAreBastards of Humanity]]. Even among the rebels, [[spoiler:Geobaldi]] has no problems [[spoiler:destroying New York City and Washington D.C.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: The implied result of Kahm and Tetsuya's relationship. [[spoiler:Not just ''implied'' in the manga.]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Battia has elements of this.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Geobaldi after being convinced by Tetsuya and DoubleSubverted with]] Raika. [[spoiler:See ShipperOnDeck.]]
* HornedHumanoid: All of the Santovasku royals, but Kahm's horns are much cuter than her father's.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: So insignificant in fact that [[spoiler:the Earth is destroyed at the two-thirds point.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Geobaldi
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The only characters to survive the entire series are Kahm, Tetsuya, and the main crew of the Rha Ledaruba.]]

* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Tetsuya by the end of the entire series is the last human alive.]]
* LoadBearingBoss: The Emperor is a particularly egregious example, causing the collapse of an entire planet.
* LoveAtFirstSight: More or less what happens between Kahm and Tetsuya, at least in the anime. (The manga is somewhere between BestHerToBedHer and FireForgedFriends.)
* LoveObstructingParents: The Emperor frowns upon his daughter's shenanigans.

* OneHeadTaller: [[AvertedTrope averted]], interestingly enough. Kahm and Tetsuya are roughly the same height. Played straight with Battia and Geobaldi. Battia's no shrimp, but Geobaldi is [[TheBigGuy massive.]]
* OrganicTechnology: Santovasku tech seems to be equal parts this and {{Magitek}}.
* OverlyLongGag: Everyone keeps calling poor Tetsuya a monkey.
* PlanetSpaceship: Earth's moon is revealed to be a millennia-old ship, the superweapon called "Dola".
* ReadyForLovemaking: Kahm is an eager woman indeed. Her outfit facilitates this.
* RebelliousPrincess: Kahm again.
* RescueSex: Almost happens, but is [[MomentKiller stopped]] by Battia and Geobaldi reminding them that they still have a nigh-impossible escape to execute.
* TheRival: Battia's intial appearance leads to a SwordFight with her friend Kahm, but we quickly discover she's more of TheLancer.

* ShamelessFanServiceGirl: Kham, of course.

* SlapSlapKiss: How Kahm and Tetsuya meet. The kiss confers Kahm's language to Tetsuya.

* {{Squee}}: Kahm's reaction to Tetsuya coming to her rescue. Almost results in RescueSex.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Tetsuya's old boss Aki once the AncientConspiracy turns her into the BlackMagicianGirl Jilehr.
* SwordFight: Several.

* TreacherousAdvisor: Court advisor and fleet commander Progress is implied to be this by Kahm, but never gets a chance to enact whatever scheme he had in mind. [[spoiler:Neo is revealed to be one as well.]]

* MarsNeedsWomen: Part of the reason Kahm comes to Earth in the first place. She also genuinely cares about it and would rather her father not wipe humans out.

* YouSexyBeast: Battia, to Geobaldi.

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:''Quintuplets'', even!]] (manga spoiler)

* BittersweetEnding: At the end of the manga, [[spoiler: Kahm and Tetsuya survive all the events of the story [[BabiesEverAfter and have children of their own]] [[LastOfHisKind but]] [[DwindlingParty they]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain paid]] [[ColonyDrop a]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom huge]] [[KillEmAll price]] [[EverybodysDeadDave for]] [[OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding it]].]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the manga. [[spoiler:[[ColonyDrop Considering]] [[DwindlingParty what]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom happened]] [[LastOfHisKind it]] [[KillEmAll may be]] [[EveryoneComesBackFantasyPartyEnding somewhat]] [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]].]]

* FiveRoundsRapid: Early in the OVA, Kahm lands her ship on Earth while being attacked by the military, presumably the UsefulNotes/{{JSDF}}. Her ship wipes the floor with them. After personally slaughtering a whole squad with only her sword and ChainMailBikini, she bumps into Tetsuya taking pictures of the action. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Cue plot and no further mention of the destruction.]]

* GreyAndGreyMorality: [[UpToEleven More like the]] BlueAndOrangeMorality of the [[TheEmpire Santovasku Empire]] vs. the FantasticRacism [[HumansAreBastards of Humanity]]. Even among the rebels, [[spoiler:Geobaldi]] has no problems [[spoiler:destroying New York City and Washington D.C.]]

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Mohs/WorldOfPhlebotinum. While most of the AppliedPhlebotinum is derived from PsychicPowers, it's treated fairly consistently throughout, and unlike most SpaceOpera the series has a rather good understanding of the implications of the [[ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale scale]] of a galactic civilization. The series generally stays fairly in line with reality outside of the Phlebotinum as well - the advanced technology built by Earth humans largely qualifies as Mohs/SpeculativeScience.

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Kahm's personal staff includes two [[StarWars Yoda-sized]] frog-creatures and their three children. [[TheMatchMaker the woman offers Kahm advice]] on how to court Tetsuya during the FuroScene. The couple's catchphrase is "Leave them alone", in reference to our favorite green-haired space princess and her squeeze.