History Manga / OutlawStar

* TheDreaded: The Ctarl-Ctarl. They're feared and renowned for their natural born beast strength and their ability to transform into werebeasts. Ctarl-Ctarl as an entire species are even banned from taking part in the Universe's Strongest Man tournament, and its counterpart for women, because the previous time a Ctarl-Ctarl entered, it went berserk and nearly killed its opponent, did kill ''HUNDREDS'' of other people, and injured THOUSANDS.

* TranslationConvention: This universe is basically Hong Kong InSpace. Chinese regularly appears on signs (especially in Blue Heaven), and it's stated that Chinese pirates colonized space first. Also the Triad-like pirate clan, the names of several planets and some minor characters, and some of the readouts on the XGP. Also the inter-galactic currency is [[FictionalCurrency Wong]]. BUT, on the other hand, many of the ''major'' characters have English names – Gene Starwind, Jim Hawking, Rod & Harry [=MacDougal=], "Hot Ice" Hilda, Gilliam, Fred Luo[[labelnote:†]] (well, his ''given'' name is English, even if his surname is Chinese)[[/labelnote]] – and the sign for Gene & Jim's business is quite blatantly in English. Also, many names in this world contain sound clusters that just flat-out don't exist in Chinese. SO... it's probably safe to assume that most characters we see are speaking English to each other, but also know enough Chinese to get by if they have to deal with officials.

** The currency is also called 'wong' (both singular and plural), which may be related to the Korean 'won' (though much more valuable).

* TriggerPhrase: Malfina has two, one[[labelnote:†]]Keyline Project Command: It was you who broke my Meissen plate.[[/labelnote]] puts her into a trance that forces her to obey the commands of whoever said the phrase, the other[[labelnote:†]]Breakfast is signaled with a silver spoon.[[/labelnote]] returns her to normal. [[spoiler:Once she's no longer the Maiden of the Galactic Ley Line, the phrases stop working on her]].

* VariableLengthChain: In "Creeping Evil", a pirate assassing goes after Malfina with an EpicFlail (actually a kusarigama with an enormous spiked weight attached to the chain, but he only makes use of that side and not the sickle end). After shooting it out forty or fifty feet to attack, he can reel it back into the handle, which is less than two feet long.

* TranslationConvention: This universe is basically Hong Kong InSpace. Chinese regularly appears on signs (especially in Blue Heaven), and it's stated that Chinese pirates colonized space first. Also the Triad-like pirate clan, the names of several planets and some minor characters, and some of the readouts on the XGP. BUT, on the other hand, many of the ''major'' characters have English names – Gene Starwind, Jim Hawking, Rod & Harry [=MacDougal=], "Hot Ice" Hilda, Gilliam, Fred Luo[[labelnote:†]] (well, his ''given'' name is English, even if his surname is Chinese)[[/labelnote]] – and the sign for Gene & Jim's business is quite blatantly in English. Also, many names in this world contain sound clusters that just flat-out don't exist in Chinese. SO... it's probably safe to assume that most characters we see are speaking English to each other, but also know enough Chinese to get by if they have to deal with officials.
** Also, the currency is [[FictionalCurrency Wong]].

** Also, the currency is [FictionalCurrency Wong].

** TheSixthRanger: Gilliam II — The ship's [[ArtificialIntelligence AI]], also shares redundancies with Melfina and performs routine maintenance.

* KingOfThieves: [[BigBad Lord Hazanko]] of the "108 stars" branch of the [[SpacePirate Kei Pirate Guild]]. The [[BiggerBad Tendo King]] of the guild itself, and the even BiggerBad Tenpa Emperor.

* KingOfThieves: [[BigBad Lord Hazanko]] of the "OneHundredAndEight stars" branch of the [[SpacePirate Kei Pirate Guild]]. The [[BiggerBad Tendo King]] of the guild itself, and the even BiggerBad Tenpa Emperor.

* OneHundredAndEight: The {{Big Bad}}'s pirate faction is the "One Hundred and Eight Stars."

* LandingInSomeonesBathtub In the HotSpringsEpisode, Gene ends up landing in the hot springs where Suzuka and Melfina were bathing in. At first, both girls have a NakedFreakOut and clutch {{Modesty Towel}}s to them while Suzuka [[CantBatheWithoutAWeapon grabs her sword]], but Gene just apologizes and starts to leave and it looks like the incident might actually end peacefully... but then [[LovableSexManiac he decides]] to [[TemptingFate tempt fate]] and [[PeepingTom tries to sneak a peek]] and is [[PervertRevengeMode promptly smacked]] by Suzuka's sheathed sword.

''Outlaw Star'' was available uncut on VHS and DVD from Creator/BandaiEntertainment in North America until Bandai went out of business. It remained out of print for a few years until Creator/{{Funimation}} rescued the series in 2013. Most of the series has been shown – in edited form – on both Creator/{{Toonami}} and Creator/AdultSwim, though the uncut version was shown on Toonami in 2017. The show is available in Australia and New Zealand from Creator/MadmanEntertainment, and in the UK from Creator/AnimeLimited.

* AnimationBump: The first episode and last episodes have the most fluid animation of the entire series, with episodes 21 and 25 being the runners up. The other episodes, have a hit and miss, for example episode 13 has very OffModel and static animation, while the following episodes 14 and 15, are much higher quality. The episodes supervised by Creator/StudioMu's Asako Nishida also have their moments of good character acting (particularly noticeable in episode 23).

* SamuraiPonytail :as a Samurai, Suzuka ties her hair higher.
* SlipknotPonytail:Suzuka is notorious Female Samurai. in the first Fight againts Gene, she was disarmed. she Gene knocked Suzuka's sword out of her hand, forcing her to chase him in order to reach it first. When she gained ground, Gene pulled the sash from around her kimono. her kimono was going down and so was her SamuraiPonytail

* InstantOracleJustAddWater

* LayingOnAHillside

* DragonsUpTheYinYang

* TooHotForTV: The BannedEpisode "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" was never aired on Creator/CartoonNetwork or Creator/AdultSwim due to its use of {{Fanservice}}.

* AnimationBump: The first episode and last episodes have the most fluid animation of the entire series, with episodes 21 and 25 being the runners up. The other episodes, have a hit and miss, for example episode 13 has very OffModel and static animation, while the following episodes 14 and 15, are much higher quality. The episodes supervised by Creator/StudioMu's Asako Nishida also have their moments of good character acting (particularly noticable in episode 23).

* AnimationBump: The first episode and last episodes have the most fluid animation of the entire series, with episode 21 being the runner up. The other episodes, have a hit and miss, for example episode 13 has very OffModel and static animation, while the following episodes 14 and 15, are much higher quality.

* CampGay: Fred Luo never stops flirting with Gene (or Jim, for that matter).
** Averted, though, in that Fred clearly is playing it up specifically because it makes Gene uncomfortable, and for the most part is a serious, normally dressed (for the setting) business shark who takes his money very seriously.

* DeadlyUpgrade: The three rare Caster Shells, numbered [[FourIsDeath 4]], 9, and [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13]], are so powerful that when one is fired it also takes away part of Gene's life. Furthermore, all the numbers are synonymous with death or misfortune in different cultures[[note]]In addition to the linked tropes for 4 and 13, 9 is synonymous with "torture" in Japanese kanji[[/note]].
** A slight inversion in the fact that these shells weren't originally designed to be harmful. It's just that there's so little mana left in the universe, that taking away life force is the only way to power them.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/outlaw_star.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:[[Creator/{{Toonami}} Wild West, Y2K style!]]]] -->''"Outlaws. This was the name given to those who traveled space with only his freedom as his guide."''

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/outlaw_star.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:[[Creator/{{Toonami}} Wild West, Y2K style!]]]] ->''"Outlaws. This was the name given to those who traveled space with only his freedom as his guide."''