▁Man ia . com ' s ▁David ▁O w ens ▁appreciated ▁the ▁art istic ▁style ▁specifically ▁for ▁the ▁characters , ▁nearly ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁he ▁incident ally ▁found ▁like able . ▁Jacob ▁Ch uro sh ▁of ▁THE M ▁An ime ▁Re views ▁addition ally ▁noted ▁high ▁animation ▁quality ▁throughout . ▁Although ▁he ▁proc laimed ▁the ▁vehicle ▁designs ▁of ▁Out law ▁Star ▁to ▁be ▁super b , ▁Pro to c ulture ▁Add ict s ▁writer ▁Martin ▁O uel lette ▁jud ged ▁the ▁animation ▁and ▁character ▁designs ▁to ▁be ▁" less ▁luck y " ▁and ▁lack ing ▁in ▁" the ▁special ▁a ura " ▁of ▁Sun r ise ' s ▁acc laimed ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁series ▁Cow boy ▁B eb op . ▁Jonathan ▁Clement s ▁and ▁Helen ▁Mc Car thy , ▁authors ▁of ▁The ▁An ime ▁Encyclopedia ▁agree ably ▁denoted ▁Out law ▁Star ▁as ▁" no ▁competition ▁for ▁Cow boy ▁B eb op ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁style , ▁content , ▁or ▁execution ". ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁for ▁the ▁plot ▁of ▁Out law ▁Star ▁has ▁been ▁mixed . ▁Ch uro sh ▁found ▁that ▁though ▁the ▁series ▁features ▁many ▁cl ich és ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 0 ' s ▁science ▁fiction ▁an ime , ▁Out law ▁Star ▁man ages ▁to ▁trans c end ▁them ▁as ▁well . ▁" Maybe ▁it ▁doesn ' t ▁go ▁anywhere ▁that ▁other ▁series ▁haven ' t ▁already ▁been ", ▁the ▁rev iewer ▁stated . ▁" But ▁boy , ▁does ▁it ▁have ▁a ▁dam n ▁good ▁time ▁getting ▁there