▁Mor ning ▁Star ▁Studio . ▁Take h iko ▁It ō ▁was ▁the ▁m anga ' s ▁director , ▁writer , ▁and ▁chief ▁artist . ▁It ō ▁was ▁a ided ▁in ▁his ▁duties ▁by ▁H aj ime ▁Y at ate , ▁a ▁pseud onym ▁of ▁writers ▁at ▁Sun r ise . ▁O thers ▁who ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁work ▁include ▁producer ▁K enz oh ▁Tom ita ; ▁star ship ▁designer ▁Sho ji ▁K aw am ori ; ▁character ▁concept ▁and ▁image board ▁ill ust rat ors ▁Y ut aka ▁Min owa ▁and ▁H aj ime ▁J ingu ji ; ▁and ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁production ▁design ers ▁and ▁assistant ▁artists . ▁Out law ▁Star ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁Tow ard ▁Stars ▁Era , ▁the ▁same ▁universe ▁as ▁It ō ' s ▁, ▁a ▁pul p - s cience ▁fiction ▁m anga ▁that ▁was ▁first ▁serial ized ▁by ▁K ad ok awa ▁Sh oten ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁It ō ▁has ▁described ▁this ▁earlier ▁work ▁as ▁" something ▁out ▁of ▁boy ' s ▁dream " ▁and ▁took ▁a ▁much ▁more ▁m ature , ▁scientific ▁approach ▁when ▁writing ▁Out law ▁Star . ▁The ▁author ▁also ▁referenced ▁aspects ▁of ▁Chinese ▁culture ▁when ▁creating ▁Out law ▁Star . ▁ ▁The ▁animated ▁television ▁series ▁of ▁Out law ▁Star ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁Sun r ise ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁M its uru ▁H ongo , ▁whose ▁previous ▁cred its ▁include ▁the ▁comedy ▁C ray on ▁Shin - chan ▁and ▁the ▁mag ical ▁girl ▁series ▁Sh aman ic ▁Princess . ▁The