Outlaw Star

Outlaw Star  (星方武侠アウトロースター Seihō Bukyō Autorō Sutā?, lit. "Starward Warrior Knight Outlaw Star")  is a  seinen  manga series written and illustrated by  Takehiko Itō and his affiliated Morning Star Studio.  This includes an English version from  Bandai Entertainment that received an  edited airing on the North American  Cartoon Network blocks  Toonami in early 2001 and  Adult Swim in early 2002.

Plot
Outlaw Star opens on the backwater planet Sentinel III, on which the protagonist Gene Starwind <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> and his 11-year-old business associate James Hawking <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> run a small jack-of-all-trades business. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-protoc_5-0" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[5] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> After the two take a job as bodyguards for a disguised Hilda and engage in a brief skirmish with the Kei Pirates, Gene and Jim find themselves the owners of the XGP15A-II (which they nickname the "Outlaw Star") and the caretakers of Melfina. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-animericafeature_1-3" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[1] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> Hilda reveals that the ship's true purpose is to locate the "Galactic Leyline"  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">(銀河の龍脈 Ginga no Ryuu Myaku<sup style="line-height:1em;"><span class="t_nihongo_icon" style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-weight:bold;font-size:9px;line-height:normal;padding-right:0.1em;padding-left:0.1em;">?, lit. "Galactic Dragon Vein") <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, a place which popular claims say is a holder of immense treasure, knowledge, and power. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-animericafeature_1-4" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[1] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> Throughout the course of the series, the crew grows to include the kimono-garbed contract killer Twilight Suzuka <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> and Aisha Clanclan <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, a catgirl <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> of the Ctarl-Ctarl alien <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> race