Martial Arts: Brawling Maneuver OCVĝCVĝamageĤĝodge - +5ĝodge, Affects All Attacks, AbortĤ9 Caster Pistol: Multipower, 210-point reserve, No Conscious Control (Only EffectsĬannot be controlled Gene can never be sure what charges and advantages/slots, if any, Jason DeMarco, senior vice-president and creative director for Adult Swim, added that the likelihood of airing the episode, "Hot Springs Planet Tenrei" was possible with minor editing.OUTLAW STAR GENE STARWIND ValĜHAĜost Roll Notesġ8 STRĘđ3- Lift 303.1 kg 3 1/2d6 HTH Damage ģ5 STUNđ Total Characteristic Cost: 140 Movement: Running:Ė"/12"Ħ Keeps His Cool: +12 PRE Only To Defend Against Presence Attacks (-1) EDT, replacing Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
#GENE STARWIND OUTLAW STAR SERIES#
, however, Outlaw Star was not among the series chosen to be rebroadcast.Īugust 3, 2017, Adult Swim's official Facebook account announced that Outlaw Star would be re-broadcast Augat 2:30 a.m. Toonami was later rebroadcast, May 25, 2013. 2012Īpril 1, 2012, Outlaw Star was among several anime broadcast by Adult Swim under the banner of Toonami as an April Fool's joke, to guage audience interest in the possible return of Toonami. Īdult Swim's Toonami advertisement for Outlaw Star. The broadcast was cancelled late in the year and, according to Sean Akins, the network allowed its rights to the series to expire by 2003. In 2002, Outlaw Star was aired on Cartoon Network's late night block, Adult Swim. Toonami reran Outlaw Star Jthrough Augduring the summer. Though Outlaw Star was also premiered and broadcast on Toonami's " Midnight Run" at 12:30am, alongside the likes of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 8TH MS Team and Dragonball Z, the series remained censored for content. According to Toonami's creative director, Sean Akins, Cartoon Network made all of their own edits to their licensed properties during this time period and in a manner that "preserved the story". However, some instances of adult language were not removed for the anime's initial run. The twenty third episode of the series, " Hot Springs Planet Tenrei", remained unaired as a result of its suggestive themes and explicit fanservice. Nudity was also censored, clothes digitally inserted on characters such as Melfina, to obscure her body. The womanizing nature of Gene Starwind and the sexuality of Fred Luo, a openly gay character, were toned down. As with most anime broadcast on television, Outlaw Star was edited for adult content and violence. The series ran from January 15, to February 15, 2001. Outlaw Star premiered Januat 6:30pm on Toonami's evening block. Original Broadcast Main article: Outlaw Star#Japanese and International Broadcast The question of "human vs machine" (and normality vs abnormality) also saw Outlaw Star featured prominently in their "Mad Rhetoric" video, Harry MacDougall and Melfina's nature as cyborgs used as a key point of alienation within more "human" circles. However, in a change of tone, in Toonami's "Dreams (Broken Promise)" inspirational video, Outlaw Star and the series reoccurring theme of dreams and faith was used as a backdrop for the video's focus on adolescence and the transition from "boyhood-to-manhood".
#GENE STARWIND OUTLAW STAR TV#
Character TV spots were used to highlight the different personality aspects of the characters ( Aisha Clan-Clan's brute strength, Jim Hawking's intelligence, Suzuka's infamy as an assassin and the obscurity of Melfina's origins). Gene Starwind and the crew of the Outlaw Star were also painted as bounty hunters. References such as "time to roll the dice" and "place your cards on the table" were repeated devices in most the then afternoon block's promotion of the series. In conjunction with the Wild West aesthetic, Toonami used the reoccurring theme of chance and gambling to illustrate the luck driven fortune of Outlaw Star's protagonist, Gene Starwind. Toonami's advertising campaign for Outlaw Star focused primarily on the Wild West aesthetic of the series, placing heavy emphasis on the lawlessness of characters (like Gene Starwind and the Kei pirates) and the post-2000 atmosphere of the North America, oblique references implicating the time into the then " new millennium".
0 kommentar(er)
