Despite this, its science fiction settings are creatively crafted, while its showdowns bear the slow gravity of its Western roots. While such an ambivalent attitude to the "main" story outwardly resembles Bebop, whose amorphous aesthetic emulated the spontaneity and freedom of jazz expression, by reveling in its breaks and detours, Outlaw Star holds true to its own inspirations: the meandering narratives of chivalric romance and the Old West.Īs Outlaw Star progresses, these specific aims frequently become lost amid the series' confused and frenetic execution. While its ultimate goal remains in the background, much of Outlaw Star is occupied with smaller, episodic concerns of maintaining their complex vessel, evading the sinister powers after the Ley Line and taking time to right wrongs along the way, with Starwind's implicit sense of honor evoking that of Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
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